| December 2, 2020 | View as a webpage |  |         | COVID-19 and Holiday Celebrations  As COVID-19 cases continue to increase rapidly across the United States, the safest way to observe fall and winter holidays is to celebrate at home with the people you live with. Gatherings with family and friends who do not live with you can increase the chances of getting or spreading COVID-19 or the flu.
Visit the HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Holiday Celebrations and Small Gatherings website for tips and guidelines on how to make this holiday season both special and safe for you and your loved ones. | Application Period Now Open: NNEDLearn 2021  The HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) invites National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health (NNED) members to participate in its eleventh annual training opportunity, NNEDLearn 2021. The goal of this training is to develop members' skills in evidence-supported and culturally appropriate mental illness and substance use prevention and treatment practices and to support practice implementation.
March 23-25, 2021, Virtual. | |  | | Funding | | Youth Running Programs Grant Physical activity funding provided by the Saucony Run For Good Foundation.
Deadline is December 15.
Tobacco Control Policies to Promote Health Equity Research funding provided by the HHS National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Deadline for Letters of Intent is January 5, 2021.
TA webinar, December 9, 2:00 pm ET.
Addressing Access to Care Grant Child and adolescent mental health funding provided by the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation.
Deadline is January 10, 2021. | | Statewide Consumer Network Program Grant Mental health funding provided by SAMHSA.
Deadline is January 4, 2021.
HHS Hypertension Innovator Award Competition Maternal health award from the HHS Office on Women's Health (OWH).
Deadline is January 6, 2021.
Nursing Workforce Diversity Program Grant Funding provided by the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Deadline is January 19, 2021.
TA webinar, December 18, 1:30 pm ET. | | | |  | | Webinars and Other Events | | Native Youth and COVID-19 Prevention Strategies Webinar hosted by the National Indian Health Board (NIHB), United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) and We R Native.
December 3, 3:00 pm ET. Healthcare Delivery and Disparities Research Meeting Advisory panel meeting hosted by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
December 10, 11:00 am ET. Registration is open for the Rural Health Policy Institute Hosted by the National Rural Health Association.
February 9-11, 2021, Virtual. | | Tribal Webinar on PHAB Pathway to Accreditation Product Webinar hosted by NIHB and the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB).
December 8, 2:00 pm ET. The Pandemic, Social Isolation and LGBT Older Adults Webinar hosted by the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
December 15, 1:30 pm ET. Registration is open for the Virtual Forum for Migrant and Community Health Hosted by the Northwest Regional Primary Care Association.
March 22-26, 2021, Virtual. | | | |  | | Resources | Resources: COVID-19  The NIH Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) public-private partnership has developed the Rise Above COVID campaign to promote participation in the ACTIV-2 Study, which is testing different medicines to see if they are safe and can help adults with COVID-19. SAMHSA and the American Red Cross have published a fact sheet on Coping with Disasters During the Holidays that features tips that can be applied to the COVID-19 pandemic. SAMHSA has also recently published a Tips for Managing Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic wallet card. | Request for Information: Novel Technologies for Chronic Disease Management for Aging Underserved Populations  The HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) seeks to gain a more comprehensive understanding from health systems, community based organizations, academic institutions, non-federal government agencies, non-profit organizations and other relevant stakeholders regarding solutions to chronic disease management leveraging novel technologies to optimize compliance with evidence-based standards of care in disease states that cause significant morbidity and mortality in aging populations in underserved areas.
Deadline is December 22. | Report: The State of Obesity 2020  The Trust for America's Health has released its 2020 The State of Obesity Report: Better Policies for a Healthier America. This report provides a snapshot of rates of overweight and obesity nationwide including by age, gender, race and state of residence. This 2020 update highlights COVID-19 related food insecurity, as well as obesity-related data, trends, policies and programs.
| |  | | Clinical Trials | PEERS: Using Peer Mentors to Deliver Depression Care This behavioral study, sponsored by Johns Hopkins University and the NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), seeks racial and ethnic minority volunteers age 50 years or older to test PEERS, a community-based peer model of depression care that provides self-care support for minority and low-income older adults. Study is to be conducted at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD.
Clinic Navigation and Home Visits to Improve Guideline-based Care and Outcomes in Low Income Minority Adults with Asthma (HAP3) This behavioral study, sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania and the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), seeks volunteers age 18 years or older with a diagnosis of asthma and who live in a low-income Philadelphia neighborhood. Study is to be conducted at the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia, PA. |  | | Workforce Development | Training: Research and Mentorship Program (RAMP) Scholars The HIV Vaccine Trials Network, in collaboration with the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), will provide Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino medical students with opportunities to conduct independent HIV research while receiving mentoring, project and salary funding, training and professional development opportunities.
Deadline is January 4, 2021, 8:00 pm ET. American Psychological Association Congressional Fellowship The American Psychological Association Congressional fellows will spend a year working on the staff of a member of Congress or congressional committee. The fellowship provides psychologists with a public policy learning experience during which they are expected to contribute to the more effective use of psychological knowledge in government and help broaden awareness about the value of interactions between psychologists and federal government bureaucrats.
Deadline is January 4, 2021. Training: The UCSF Visiting Professor Program The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Training Program for Scientists Conducting Research to Reduce HIV/STI Health Disparities (Visiting Professor Program) will assist investigators interested in conducting HIV-related research with U.S. ethnic minority communities to strengthen the investigators' programs of research and obtain NIH funding.
Deadline is January 20, 2021, 11:00 am ET. | |  | | Knowledge Center | | | | Recommended Reading Climate Change: Mastering the Public Health Role: A Practical Guidebook, published by the American Public Health Association (APHA), is a digest of webinars co-hosted by the CDC. The chapter summaries of these presentations aim to increase awareness among public health workers on the potential health impacts of climate change on diverse communities. The book discusses the science of climate change, human health impacts, case studies, and strategic recommendations. | | | | To read this document online or request additional information, search the online catalog. | |       | |
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