December 8, 2021 | View as a webpage | | | #ICYMI: Watch the Recording of the Advancing Behavioral Health Equity: National CLAS Standards in Action Webinar January 7, 2022 Deadline: Nominate Delegates to the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity Tribal Advisory Committee OMH invites nominations of qualified candidates to serve as primary and alternate delegates for the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity Tribal Advisory Committee (CIIHE TAC). The CIIHE TAC will play a role in helping to ensure OMH has Tribal input that is critical for the CIIHE's success and effectiveness. The CIIHE TAC will have 16 delegate positions, one from each of the 12 geographic areas served by the Indian Health Service (IHS), and four national at-large member positions. Nominations deadline extended to January 7, 2022. | Holiday Message from OMH | | | Funding | | Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants Environmental health grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Deadline is January 10, 2022, by 4:00 p.m. ET. Initiative for Students and Youth: Pre-K-12 Conflict Resolution Child health and social determinants of health grant from the JAMS Foundation. Deadline is January 14, 2022. Self-Management Education Programs: Chronic Diseases Cooperative agreement from the HHS Administration for Community Living (ACL). Deadline is January 25, 2022. | | Access to Care: Child and Adolescent Mental Health ADHD and depression research grant from the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation. Deadline is January 13, 2022. Programs to Enhance Diversity in Health-Related Research Education Projects grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Deadline for Letter of Intent is January 23, 2022. Request for Applications from Indian Tribes and Intertribal Consortia for Nonpoint Water quality cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Deadline is January 27, 2022. | | | | | | Webinars and Other Events | | Provider Strategies to Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Webinar hosted by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). December 9, 12:00 p.m. ET. Partnering with the Community to Improve Maternal Health Science to Practice webinar hosted by the University of Rochester. December 13, 4:00 p.m. ET. Traditional Food Practices for Native American Elder Care Webinar hosted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). December 15, 2:00 p.m. ET. | | The Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy Webinar hosted by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and HIV.gov. December 9, 3:00 p.m. ET. Mental Health in the Hispanic Community and the Antidote for Compassion Fatigue Spanish-language webinar hosted by HRSA. December 15, 1:00 p.m. ET. Messengers in Health: Vaccination Myths vs Facts Webinar hosted by the National Council of Urban Indian Health. December 15, 3:30 p.m. ET. | | | | | | Resources | Resources: COVID-19 The youth mental health impacts of the pandemic have been particularly severe for marginalized youth, including children with disabilities, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Indigenous, rural, and LGBTQ+ youth, and youth from low-income families. Learn how you can help with the U.S. Surgeon General's new Advisory on Protecting Youth Mental Health. Boosters are the best way to protect yourself from severe COVID-19 illness. Everyone age 18 and up can stay safer while traveling and gathering with loved ones this holiday season by getting their booster shot. Use the We Can Do This campaign's Facebook profile frames to encourage others in your community to do the same. For vaccine messaging and graphics tailored for agriculture, fishing, and forestry communities, check out the AgriSafe Network Social Media Toolkit. | Crucial Vaccination Conversations: A Roadmap to Engage Women and Their Communities As women make approximately 80 percent of household decisions about health care in their families, women caregivers play an important role in immunization education. The Society for Women's Health Research Crucial Vaccination Conversations: A Roadmap to Engage Women and Their Communities is a flexible, open-ended tool for community vaccine outreach. | | | | Clinical Trials | Development and Testing of ADEPT: A Parent Decision Support for Childhood Vaccinations This study, sponsored by Duke University and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), seeks parents or primary caregivers, age 18 years or older, with a child ages 3-6 years old who is receiving primary care at the Duke University Health System. The study will be carried out at Duke University Health System locations in Durham, North Carolina. Influenza in People with Normal and Weakened Immune Systems This study, sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), seeks volunteers age 2 years or older with known or suspected influenza infection, as well as healthy pregnant women. The study will be carried out at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. | | | Workforce Development | 2022 APA Congressional Fellowship The American Psychological Association (APA) Congressional Fellowship supports psychologists with a background in child developmental or clinical psychology. Fellows spend one year working on the staff of a member of Congress or congressional committee, conducting activities such as drafting legislation, conducting oversight work, assisting with congressional hearings and events, and preparing briefs and speeches. Appointments begin approximately August 29, 2022. Deadline for application is January 3, 2022. Center for AIDS Prevention Studies Visiting Professor Program The University of California, San Francisco's Center for AIDS Prevention Studies Visiting Professor Program provides training and mentoring to support the development of early-career researchers conducting HIV-prevention research with minority communities. Deadline for application is January 19, 2022, 11:00 a.m. ET. | | | | Knowledge Center | | | Recommended Reading It's that time of year again: flu season. The OMH Knowledge Center is featuring the article, Rates of Influenza-Associated Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, and In-Hospital Death by Race and Ethnicity in the United States from 2009 to 2019, published in JAMA Network Open. This article is available for free and can be accessed through the online catalog here. | | | | | - | |
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