| December 9, 2020 | View as a webpage |  |        | The U.S. Surgeon General Releases a Call to Action to Improve Maternal Health  The U.S. Surgeon General Call to Action provides a list of strategies and specific actions to optimize women's health. The opportunity for action exists across the spectrum of women and families; states, tribes, and local communities; healthcare professionals; healthcare systems, hospitals and birthing facilities; payors; employers; innovators; and researchers. | Solicitation of Nominations for Appointment to the Advisory Committee on Minority Health  The HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) is seeking nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as a member of the Advisory Committee on Minority Health. The Committee provides advice to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health on the development of goals and specific program activities for improving the health and the quality of healthcare minorities receive and eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities consistent with the Public Health Service Act.
Deadline is March 4, 2021, 5:00 pm ET. | HHS Celebrates Title X's 50th Anniversary  For 50 years, Title X family planning clinics have played a critical role in ensuring access to a broad range of family planning and related preventive health services for millions of low-income or uninsured individuals and others. Title X is the only federal grant program dedicated solely to providing individuals with comprehensive family planning and related preventive health services.
To celebrate the program's 50th anniversary, the HHS Office of Population Affairs (OPA) has put together a suite of materials
highlighting the important work of Title X grantees over the years, including the Title X Family Planning Clinic Locator widget. Visit the Locator to learn how you can simply copy and paste the code to host the tool. | |  | | Funding | | Maternal and Child Health LEAP Training Program Funding provided by the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Deadline is January 7, 2021.
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Grants Research funding provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Deadline is January 27, 2021, 4:00 pm ET.
Reducing Inequities in Cancer Outcomes through Community-Based Interventions Cooperative agreement from the HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Deadline is February 10, 2021, 5:00 pm ET. | | PeopleForBikes Community Grant Program Physical activity funding provided by PeopleForBikes.
Deadline for Letter of Intent is January 22, 2021.
College Well-Being Award Funding Opportunity Mental health funding provided by the American College Health Foundation.
Deadline is February 1, 2021.
Advanced Nursing Education: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (ANE-SANE) Program Funding provided by the HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce.
Deadline is February 17, 2021. | | | |  | | Webinars and Other Events | | COVID-19 Vaccines: The Realities of the Next Steps COVID-19 Conversations webinar hosted by the American Public Health Association and the National Academy of Medicine.
TODAY, December 9, 5:00 pm ET. Asthma, COVID-19, Questions We Need Answered Black People like Me series hosted by the
Allergy & Asthma Network.
December 15, 5:00 pm ET. Latinos Rising: Building a Cohesive Culture for Health Equity in the United States Webinar hosted by Healthy Eating Research.
December 16, 12:00 pm ET. | | The Challenges with Cancer, Obesity and COVID-19 Webinar hosted by the HHS National
Institutes of Health (NIH).
December 10, 12:00 pm ET. Making Sense of Vaccines
During COVID-19 Webinar hosted by the Washington State Department of Health.
December 15, 8:00 pm ET. The World We Live in is
a House on Fire: Latinx Health and COVID-19 Webinar hosted by the Latino Commission
on AIDS.
December 16, 2:00 pm ET. | | | |  | | Resources | Resources: COVID-19  HHS, in coordination with NIH and Operation Warp Speed, has launched a central web portal: Combat COVID. The portal is a one-stop resource to help members of the public and doctors find information about the different stages of COVID-19, NIH-supported COVID-19 prevention and treatment clinical trials, and locations to donate plasma. The NIH National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) has published a new NIMHD Insights blog, Amplifying the Voice of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Communities Amid the COVID-19 Crisis. The National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA) invites American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) health professionals, organizations and other stakeholders to participate in a COVID-19 Tribal Needs Assessment which will inform educational materials to share with NICOA members, AI/AN advocacy groups and other aging organizations. | Report: Maternal and Obstetric Care Challenges in Rural America  The HHS National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services has published a Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary that addresses the impact of social determinants of health, health insurance status, hospital closures, workforce shortages and other issues have on maternal health in rural areas.
| |  | | Clinical Trials | COVID-19 and Lactating Mothers This observational study, sponsored by the University of Rochester, the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the New York University, seeks adult lactating parents with COVID-19 and their infants. The study is to be conducted at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY.
Increasing African Immigrant Women's Participation in Breast Cancer Screening (AIBCS) This behavioral study, sponsored by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the NIH NIMHD, seeks female African immigrants age 18-74 years old who can read and speak English or French. The study is to be conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY.
|  | | Workforce Development | Fellowships: NIH Cancer Research Training Award The NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) Behavioral Research Program seeks applications for two post-doctoral Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) fellowships. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.
Training: Preconception Care Educational Modules Before, Between & Beyond Pregnancy, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Preconception Health+Health Care Initiative, offers Continuing Medical Education (CME) modules on preconception and interconception care. The modules can be used for CME credit by physicians, nurse midwives, nurse practitioners and physicians' assistants. | |  | | Knowledge Center | | | | Recommended Reading Preventing Infant and Maternal Mortality: State Policy Options is a report issued by the National Conference of State Legislatures. The document provides a situational overview, including data by race and ethnicity, along with explanations of contributing factors. Promising practices and policy options for state legislators are presented. | | | | To read this publication, search the online catalog. | |       | |
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