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 |        | February is Black History Month  This month HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) is celebrating the achievements of African Americans and honoring the significant role and impact they have made on all facets of life and society throughout U.S. history. During this Black History Month, OMH will partner with fellow Offices of Minority Health at HHS and healthcare professionals around the nation to focus on highlighting the impacts COVID-19 has on African Americans with underlining health issues such as uncontrolled hypertension. Visit the OMH website to download the Black History Month Toolkit. | |  | | Funding | | Cleveland Black Futures Fund Capacity building grant for Cleveland-based organizations from the Cleveland Foundation.
Deadline is February 26.
Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program Cooperative agreement from the HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Deadline is March 18.
Genetic Architecture of Mental Disorders in Ancestrally Diverse Populations Cooperative agreement from the HHS National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Deadline is September 15. | | African American Unity Fund Grant for Omaha, Nebraska-based organizations from the Omaha Community Foundation.
Deadline is March 1.
Evaluation of Policies for their Impacts on the Prevention of Multiple Forms of Violence Cooperative agreement from the CDC.
Deadline is April 5.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): Undergraduate Program STEM education grant for HBCUs from the National Science Foundation.
Deadline is November 11. | | | |  | | Webinars and Other Events | | The Role of Community Health Workers in Research All of Us webinar hosted by the Puerto Rican Cultural Center and Tanoma Consulting.
February 3, 5:00 pm ET. Culturally Appropriate HIV Engagement and Services MSI-H2P webinar from the Howard University Telehealth Training Center.
February 11, 12:00 pm ET. Black Mental Health: COVID-19 and Civil Uprising Webinar hosted by the University of Chicago.
February 18, 6:30 pm ET. | | Facebook Live Event: Let's Stop HIV Together Hosted by the CDC and the National Black Justice Coalition.
February 9, 6:30 pm ET. Black Mental Health Matters Two-part webinar from the Pennsylvania Care Partnership.
February 11, 2:30 pm ET.
February 25, 2:30 pm ET. Registration is open for the State of Black Health Conference Hosted by the Center for Black Health & Equity.
March 2-3, Virtual. | | | |  | | Resources | Resources: COVID-19  The Black Coalition Against COVID-19 has a collection of recorded webinars and town halls that offer information on the COVID-19 vaccine and the African American community. The National Medical Association has made its COVID-19 Webinar Series available online. The series covers the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on African American health professionals and the communities they serve, including a presentation on Climate Change and COVID-19. Together Against COVID is a campaign from the Multicultural Health Foundation and Live Well San Diego that targets the African American community. The campaign provides facts, videos, information on COVID-19 vaccines and more. The HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has launched the COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics Digital Toolkit. Monoclonal antibody therapeutic products may prevent eligible high-risk adults and children (ages 12-17) from requiring hospitalization. Use the ASPR toolkit to educate high-risk patients with mild to moderate symptoms and encourage them to take action. | Publication: Cancer Facts and Figures for African Americans  February 4 is World Cancer Day. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), African Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial and ethnic group in the U.S. for most cancers. The ACS's Cancer Facts and Figures for African Americans, 2019-2021 provides the most recent data on cancer incidence, mortality, survival, screening and risk factors.
| Health Observance: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day  National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed every year on February 7 to increase awareness, spark conversations and highlight the work being done to reduce HIV and show support for people with HIV in African American communities. Visit the CDC website for information and resources targeted to the African American community from the Let's Stop HIV Together campaign and use the HIV.gov HIV Testing Sites and Care Services Locator to find local HIV health services. | |  | | Clinical Trials | Genomics, Environmental Factors and Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans Study (GENE-FORECAST): Sodium Intervention Trial (SIT) This early phase 1 clinical trial, sponsored by NIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), seeks African American men and women who are former GENE-FORECAST participants between 21-65 years of age, including Black individuals of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity. The study is to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD.
Black Men's Care, and Intervention to Re-Engage HIV+ Black Men in Care (BMC Study) This behavioral study, sponsored by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), seeks HIV-positive African American male patients, age 18 years or older, who self-identify as men who have sex with men and have left HIV care. The study is to be conducted at UCSF in San Francisco, CA. |  | | Workforce Development | Training: Strong African American Families Program The Strong African American Families (SAAF) Program is a seven-session program from the University of Georgia designed for youth aged 10-14 and their caregivers. The goal of SAAF is to build on the strengths of African American families and support parents and youth during the transition from early adolescence to the teen years with a specific emphasis on helping young people avoid risky and dangerous behaviors such as substance use. Training: Faith, Activity and Nutrition (FAN) Online FAN is a free, faith-based program from the University of South Carolina that works to create healthy church environments. It seeks to prevent the most common health conditions impacting congregations and communities, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, arthritis, cancer and obesity. The online training includes eight self-paced, interactive weekly lessons as well as 12 months-worth of materials and resources to help churches launch and sustain FAN. | |  | | Knowledge Center | | | | Recommended Reading In observance of Black History Month, the Knowledge Center is featuring Racial Biases and Health Disparities: 400 Hundred Years Since Jamestown, a special issue from the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH). It includes a collection of articles written within the historical context of the Jamestown settlement covering topics such as epidemics, housing, food insecurity, interpersonal violence, occupational hazards, research challenges, and maternal and infant mortality. | | | | To read this publication search the online library catalog here. | |
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