| January 26, 2022 | View as a webpage |
 |        | Free N95 Masks Available for Pick Up at Local Pharmacies and Community Health Centers  Wearing a mask is a critical way to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Masks and respirators, when worn consistently and correctly, are effective at reducing the transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. The Biden Administration is making available 400 million N95 masks from the Strategic National Stockpile for free to the public.
Free N95 masks are available to pick up at local pharmacies and community health center sites across the country. Every person is allowed up to 3 free masks pending availability. | Order Your Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests at COVIDtests.gov  Everyone can now order free, at-home rapid COVID-19 tests via COVIDtests.gov. Residential households in the U.S. can order one set of four free tests from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). - Limit of one order per residential address
- One order includes four individual rapid antigen COVID-19 tests
- Orders will ship free starting in late January
| |  | | Funding | | Domestic Violence Prevention Program: Tribal Grant for Tribal governments and organizations from the Indian Health Service (IHS).
Deadline is February 2.
Mental Health Services:
Western North Carolina Mental health and substance use grant from
the Evergreen Foundation.
Deadline is February 9, by 5:00 p.m. ET.
Evaluation of Approaches for Community Violence Prevention Cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Deadline is March 22, by 5:00 p.m. ET. | | Health Disparities Research Grant: Emergency Services Health care access grant from the
Emergency Medicine Foundation.
Deadline is February 4.
APF Trauma Psychology Grant Mental health research grant from the
American Psychological Foundation (APF).
Deadline is February 15.
Catalyst for Infant Health Equity Infant mortality cooperative agreement from
the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Deadline is April 19. | | | |  | | Webinars and Other Events | | COVID-19 Vaccine Webinar for Families of Children Ages 5-11 Spanish-language webinar hosted by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC).
TODAY, January 26, at 8:00 p.m. ET. Tribal Health Department Roundtable: COVID-19 Vaccines Health communication webinar hosted by the
National Indian Health Board.
January 27, at 3:00 p.m. ET. Improving Diabetes Health Outcomes via Cultural Literacy Cultural competence webinar hosted by the
National Center for Farmworker Health.
February 2, at 3:00 p.m. ET. | | Monitoring Spanish Language Misinformation: COVID-19 Webinar hosted by Partnering for Vaccine Equity and Project VCTR.
January 27, at 3:00 p.m. ET. Connecting with Disengaged Youth: Educator Vulnerability Webinar hosted by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center.
January 27, at 3:00 p.m. ET. Increasing Awareness of the Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Behavioral Research Program webinar hosted
by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
February 9, at 12:00 p.m. ET. | | | |  | | Resources | Resources: COVID-19 2021 America's Health Rankings Health Disparities Report  The inaugural America's Health Rankings Health Disparities Report, published by the United Health Foundation, provides a portrait of the breadth, depth, and persistence of health disparities across the nation. The report analyzes 30 measures of health from publicly available data sources. It examines four determinants of health: social and economic factors, physical environment, clinical care and behaviors, and health outcomes. | Support to Prevent Violence in Native Communities: Domestic Violence Awareness Public Service Announcements  In partnership with IHS and the CDC, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Administration for Native Americans (ANA) has developed a Domestic Violence Awareness Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign to help mitigate the disproportionate level of violence experienced by American Indians/Alaska Natives. The campaign includes six PSAs, tailored specifically for Native communities and which provide survivors access to resources and increases prevention efforts on both the individual and community level. | |  | | Clinical Trials | Computer Assisted Family Intervention to Treat Self-Harm Disparities in Latinas and Sexual/Gender Minority Youth This study, sponsored by the University of Miami and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), seeks Hispanic/Latinas and sexual-and-gender-minority individuals ages 11-18 years old who self-report an act of self-harm in the past six months. The study will be carried out at the Institute for Individual and Family Counseling in Coral Gables, Florida.
Suicide Prevention for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth This study, sponsored by the San Diego State University (SDSU) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), seeks sexual-and-gender-minority individuals ages 15-29 years old. The goal of this study is to develop and test a suicide prevention program. The study will be carried out at SDSU in San Diego, California. |  | | Workforce Development | CDC CUPS Program and Ferguson Fellowship The CDC Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) sponsors the CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars (CUPS) Program and the Dr. James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases RISE Fellowship (Ferguson Fellowship), which consist of six internship opportunities at five partner institutions. The CUPS Program and Ferguson Fellowship create a public health workplace experience to increase student interest in minority health and health professions.
Application deadline for all six internships is January 31. Health Disparities Fellowship at the UCSF PRISE Center The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Partnerships for Research in Implementation Science for Equity (PRISE) Center invites scholars with program evaluation and implementation science training and experience to join a two-year postdoctoral program researching initiatives such as: - Addiction and overdose prevention and treatment
- COVID-19 health disparities in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout California
- Immigrant health
- Digital health and health disparities
- Engaging vulnerable communities in the study of climate impacted health conditions
Applications accepted until the position is filled. | |  | | Knowledge Center | | | | Recommended Reading The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently released the 2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report. This annual report series examines 250 healthcare quality measures and disparities and includes key findings and trends in healthcare access and disparities. All reports and supplemental materials in this series are free to read and download.
The 2021 Report can be accessed through a link in the catalog here, and the entire series can be viewed here. | | | | | |
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