| June 16, 2021 | View as a webpage |  |        | Men's Health Month: June 18 is Wear BLUE Day  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), men on average die five years earlier than women and at higher rates from three leading causes of death—heart disease, cancer, and unintentional injuries. Additionally, nearly 15 percent of men aged 18 and over are in fair or poor health. On June 18, the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) will join the Men's Health Network to celebrate Wear BLUE Day as part of the year-round Wear BLUE awareness campaign to raise awareness for education about men's health. | Join the COVID-19 Vaccine and Women's Health Webinar  Join the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
Office on Women's Health for The COVID-19 Vaccine and Women's Health: Questions and Answers. Dr. Laura E. Riley, an obstetrician and maternal-fetal medicine specialist at the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, will answers questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and women's health.
June 17, 10:00 am ET. | Find Resources at the OMH Knowledge Center Online Catalog!  The OMH Knowledge Center online library catalog provides access to the nation's largest collection of information dedicated to the health of minority populations within the United States and its territories. The latest addition to the collection is a special supplemental issue from Ethnicity & Disease titled Structural Racism and Discrimination: Impact on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Sponsored by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, articles in this issue focus on measuring, addressing, and implementing interventions for structural racism in minority health research. Find additional articles on structural racism at the OMH Knowledge Center Online Catalog. | |  | | Funding | | Western COVID-19
Response Grant Established by the First Nations Development Institute for Tribes located in thirteen western states and Hawaii.
Deadline is June 24, by 7:00 pm ET.
2021 Neonatal Research Initiative Maternal and child health grant from the
Little Giraffe Foundation.
Deadline for Letter of Intent is June 25.
Rural Behavioral Health Workforce Centers Cooperative agreement from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for New York, New Hampshire,
Vermont, and Maine.
Deadline is June 28. | | Decoding Disparities
QuickFire Challenge Research grant from Johnson & Johnson Innovation and Janssen Scientific Affairs.
Deadline is June 25.
Transforming Health and
Health Care Systems Health policy research grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Deadline is June 28, by 3:00 pm ET.
Fund for Trans Generations: COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant from Borealis Philanthropy for trans-led community health organizations.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis. | | | |  | | Webinars and Other Events | | Let's Talk About Dementia Forum on Aging in Rural Oregon session hosted
by the Oregon Office of Rural Health.
June 17, 5:00 pm ET. Understanding Health Disparities among the LGBTQ Community Webinar hosted by the National Hispanic/Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center.
June 18, 12:00 pm ET. Prevention Specialists and Native Communities Series Webinar series hosted by the National American Indian & Alaska Native Prevention Technology Transfer Center and held every third Friday.
June 18-December 17, 1:00 pm ET. | | Grant Writing Basics for Urban-Based Organizations Workshop hosted by HRSA Region V.
June 22, 11:00 am ET. Call for abstracts for the 23rd SOPHE Advocacy Summit Conference hosted by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE).
October 13-14, Virtual.
Deadline is June 25. Call for abstracts for the U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS Conference hosted by NMAC.
October 28-31 in Washington, DC.
Deadline is June 25, by 8:00 pm ET. | | | |  | | Resources | Resources: COVID-19 Public Health Resource: VetoViolence  The CDC VetoViolence website offers tools, trainings, and resources designed to help you and your partners reduce risks for violence and to increase what protects people and communities from it. The program covers topics such as child abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, suicide, youth violence, and violence that targets the values, beliefs, attitudes, and/or behaviors shared by a group of people, including attacks on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders and the LGBTQ+ community. | Aging Resource: You and Osteoporosis Animated Guide  You and Osteoporosis: An Animated Patient's Guide to Bone Health and Osteoporosis is new multimedia resource from American Bone Health and Mechanisms in Medicine. It's designed for people with osteoporosis, their families and caregivers, as well as health care providers and educators. The guide features easy-to-understand animations with audio narration, interviews with leading experts, personal stories of people with osteoporosis, and materials you can download for reference. | |  | | Clinical Trials | An Internet-based Program to Help Cancer Survivors Manage Pain This study, sponsored by Wake Forest University Health Sciences, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, seeks volunteers age 18 years or older who have a history of a cancer diagnosis and treatment. The study will be carried out at 24 locations in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and South Carolina.
Your Health Matters! (Tu Salud ¡Si Cuenta!): Promoting Healthy Lifestyles in Latino Families This study, sponsored by the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, NCI, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, seeks Hispanic/Latino volunteers ages 18-70 years old who are physically able to engage in low-to-moderate physical activity. The study will be carried out at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. |  | | Workforce Development | Cultural Competency Training: Equity & Inclusion Series The Cross Cultural Health Care Program Equity & Inclusion Summer Learning Series includes four one-hour webinars on cultural competence issues such as language, social and cultural behaviors, Western medicine, and community partnerships. California Health Care Foundation Health Equity Fellowship The California Health Care Foundation Health Equity Fellowship Program seeks to identify, develop, and support emerging Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) leaders who have the capacity to become local and regional catalysts for health equity across California. This two-year program will focus on the areas of homelessness & health care and impact investing.
Deadline is June 28, by 8:00 pm ET. Sickle Cell Disease Centers Workshop As part of a February 2021 Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Centers Workshop, the American Society of Hematology has developed a series of free 15-minute modules to address common clinical practice topics, including new treatment approaches for patients with SCD. These modules are intended as tools for health care providers in their development toward becoming adult SCD centers. The modules are available to all and can be viewed in any order. Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit is available. | |  | | Knowledge Center | | | | Recommended Reading In recognition of World Sickle Cell Day, the Knowledge Center is highlighting a book published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Addressing Sickle Cell Disease: A Strategic Plan and Blueprint for Action. This extensive analysis presents demographic data, current best practices, needed research priorities, and suggestions for community action.
To read this publication search the online library catalog. | | | | | | |      
- | |
No comments:
Post a Comment