| December 16, 2020 | View as a webpage |  |        | OMH Launches #HolidayAskWearAMask Campaign  With COVID-19 cases rising again across the nation, especially among racial and ethnic minority and American Indian and Alaska Native communities, this year's family holiday gatherings are going to look a lot different than usual. The HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urges all Americans to stay home and celebrate with the people you live with.
To spread awareness, the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) is promoting a very important and simple task for communities across the country #HolidayAskWearAMask. By wearing a mask, watching your distance, and washing your hands frequently, together, we can make the holidays safer for everyone. We encourage you to download our #HolidayAskWearAMask Toolkit that includes social media messages and graphics in English and Spanish, a sample newsletter article and more. | HHS Releases an Action Plan to Improve Maternal Health in America  HHS has released Healthy Women, Healthy Pregnancies, Healthy Futures: Action Plan to Improve Maternal Health in America. This plan lays out actions for HHS and its partners to execute on: improving prevention and treatment, prioritizing quality improvement, optimizing prenatal and postpartum health, and improving data and bolstering research to inform future interventions. | |  | | Funding | | Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals Grant from the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Deadline is January 21, 2021.
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Pre-disaster mitigation grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Deadline is January 29, 2021, 3:00 pm ET.
Etiology of Health Disparities and Health Advantages among Immigrant Populations Research project grant from the HHS National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Deadline is February 5, 2021. | | Systems and Best Practices Program Aging services grant from the Tufts Health Plan Foundation.
Deadline for Letter of Intent is
January 22, 2021.
FirstRisk Advisors Initiatives in College Mental/Behavioral Health Mental health grant from the American College Health Foundation.
Deadline is February 1, 2021.
Tribal Behavioral Health Grant Program Grant from the HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Deadline is February 8, 2021. | | | |  | | Webinars and Other Events | | Diversity in Clinical Trials: Trends and Resources Webinar hosted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
TODAY, December 16, 1:00 pm ET. Community Based Organizations and COVID-19 Vaccines Emergency webinar hosted by the CDC Foundation.
TODAY, December 16, 3:00 pm ET. Vaccine Confidence:
Information Gathering Session Event hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM).
December 18, 11:30 am ET. | | Registration is open for the Tribal Health Nations Summit White House transition summit hosted by the National Indian Health Board.
TODAY, December 16, 1:00 pm ET. Making It Plain: Minority Health Professionals and COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Facebook event hosted by BlackDoctor.org.
December 17, 7:00 pm ET. Saving Moms: Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality Webinar hosted by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
December 18, 2:00 pm ET. | | | |  | | Resources | Resources: COVID-19 Call for Papers: COVID-19, Racism and Public Health Infrastructure  The American Public Health Association (APHA) American Journal of Public Health invites editorials, commentaries, essays, public health practice and research articles that critically examine how the public health infrastructure has influenced responses to COVID-19 and responses to racial bias and discrimination.
Deadline is January 31, 2021. | Report: Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine  NASEM recently released a consensus study recommending a four-phase framework to inform national and local guidelines for equitable COVID-19 vaccine allocation: Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine.
In the United States, the pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on people who are already disadvantaged by virtue of their race and ethnicity, age, health status, residence, occupation, socioeconomic condition or other contributing factors. This report's recommendations address the commitments needed to implement equitable allocation policies for COVID-19 vaccines.
| Release: Healthy People 2030's Leading Health Indicators and Overall Health and Well-Being Measures  HHS has released a new subset of objectives and a new set of health measures as part of the Healthy People 2030 initiative: Leading Health Indicators (LHIs) and Overall Health and Well-Being Measures (OHMs). Together, LHIs and OHMs will help public health and health care professionals, businesses, policymakers, national organizations, and community leaders set priorities and track nationwide progress toward improving health and well-being.
| |  | | Clinical Trials | Lupus Clinical Investigators Network (LuCIN) This clinical trials network, sponsored by the Lupus Research Alliance, lists various, ongoing lupus clinical research studies on new investigational drugs or repurposed drugs. The studies are to be conducted at several locations throughout the United States.
Patient-Derived Xenografts to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities This observational study, sponsored by the University of California (UC), Davis and the NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI), seeks racial and ethnic minority volunteers, age 21 years or older, diagnosed with gastric/stomach, liver, bladder or lung cancer at the UC Davis Health System or contributing UC Minority PDX institutions. The study is to be conducted at the UC Irvine Health/Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in Orange, CA and the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center in Sacramento, CA. |  | | Workforce Development | Training: Intramural Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences The NIH NCI Intramural Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (iCURE) program supports mentored research experiences for students and scientists in the multidisciplinary research environment of the NCI campuses in Bethesda, Rockville and Frederick, MD. iCURE strongly encourages the participation of individuals from underrepresented populations.
Deadline is January 15, 2021. Continuing Medical Education: Lupus and Pregnancy Virtual Clinic The American College of Rheumatology Lupus and Pregnancy Virtual Clinic is a no-cost, online lupus educational program for rheumatologists, non-rheumatology physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, OB-GYNs, endocrinologists, pharmacists, midwives and doulas, and others who work with patients who are trying to conceive, are currently pregnant or have recently given birth. | |  | | Knowledge Center | | | | Recommended Reading A Pathway to Leadership for Adult Immunization: Public Health Reports is a report developed by the HHS National Vaccine Advisory Committee. This special journal issue discusses the National Adult Immunization Program and presents a series of recommendations that would lead to a national strategic plan for adult immunization. The report discusses barriers to the equitable provision of immunizations for adults, such as health literacy, public trust, minority health disparities, and access to care. | | | | To read this publication, search the online catalog here. To see recent data and statistics on immunization rates for minority groups, click here to see the Minority Population Profiles. | |       | |
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