| April 13, 2022 | View as a webpage |  |        | This April, find and join National Minority Health Month events!  For this year's National Minority Health Month (NMHM), the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) is highlighting events hosted by partners who are raising awareness about the importance of improving the health of racial and ethnic minorities and American Indian and Alaska Native communities and reducing health disparities.
Give Your Community a Boost by attending one of the many events found on the NMHM website. Check back frequently throughout the month as we continue to add more events from our partners. | Free and accredited e-Learning Program: CLAS in Maternal Healthcare |  | | Funding | | Pathway Home Grant Program Pre-release and re-entry services grant
from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Deadline is April 19.
Data to Improve Conditions Shaped by Structural Racism Culture of Health grant from the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Deadline for Intent to Apply is April 20,
by 3:00 p.m. ET.
Advancing Health Equity at Minority Serving Institutions Cooperative agreement from the
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Deadline for Letter of Intent is April 22. | | Early Childhood Health Grant for Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin-based organizations from the Medica Foundation.
Deadline for Initial Application is April 29.
Neighbor to Neighbor Fund:
Seattle, White Center, Kent Community health and health equity grant
from the Seattle Foundation.
Deadlines are April 30, July 30, and October 30.
Healthy Start Supplement: Community-Based Doulas Grant from the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA).
Deadline is May 31. | | | |  | | Webinars and Other Events | | Community Conversation:
Black Maternal Health Week Webinar hosted by the Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association.
April 14, at 5:30 p.m. ET. NMHM 2022: "Give Your Community a Boost!" NMHM webinar hosted by the
HRSA Office of Health Equity.
April 21, at 2:00 p.m. ET. COVID Success Stories:
Challenges and Innovation Community of Learning webinar hosted by the National Council of Urban Indian Health.
April 27, at 1:00 p.m. ET. | | BMH X CLTR: NATAL Podcast
on Black Maternal Storytelling Webinar hosted by the Black Mamas
Matter Alliance and NATAL.
April 15, at 2:00 p.m. ET. Overcoming Implicit Bias in
Doctors' Offices and Research Let's Address Health Equity Together webinar hosted by Salud America! and Genentech.
April 25, at 3:00 p.m. ET. Move Your Way: The Physical Activity Guidelines in Action! Webinar hosted by the HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP).
April 27, at 1:30 p.m. ET. | | | |  | | Resources | Resources: COVID-19  There's an urgency around boosters to maintain your protection against COVID-19 and prevent you from getting seriously ill. Boosters provide extra protection against COVID-19 and its contagious variants. Find boosters and vaccines near you at Vaccines.gov. We have the tools to prevent and treat COVID-19! Find U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatments at the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) COVID-19 Therapeutics Locator. | LTBI/TB Screening, Testing, and Treatment Needs Assessment for AAPI and Native Hawaiian-Serving Community Health Centers  Asian American, Pacific Islander (AAPI), and Native Hawaiian populations are disproportionately impacted by tuberculosis (TB). The Tuberculosis Elimination Alliance invites AAPI and Native Hawaiian-serving community health centers in the U.S. and U.S. territories to complete a 30-minute survey on the challenges and innovations of their latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and TB practices. Survey results will inform the development of comprehensive and population specific LTBI/TB testing and treatment.
Deadline to complete the survey is April 22. | Take Part in the National Teen Essay Contest, Speaking Up About Mental Health! This Is My Story  Are you interested in raising awareness around mental health, resilience, ending stigma, and more? The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) want to hear from teens ages 16-18 in the national essay challenge, Speaking Up About Mental Health! This Is My Story.
Deadline is April 30. | Heart Health Campaign: Get Down With Your Blood Pressure  Self-monitoring your blood pressure is power! With nearly half of all adults in the U.S. having high blood pressure, the American Heart Association National Hypertension Control Initiative is encouraging everyone to "Get Down With Your Blood Pressure." The "Get Down With Your Blood Pressure" campaign raises awareness about high blood pressure and its connection to COVID-19, empowering everyone to learn more about their numbers and the importance of accurately self-monitoring blood pressure. Whether you have five minutes or an hour, there's an asset available for you! | |  | | Clinical Trials | Mindfulness for African American Mothers with a Preterm or
Full-term Infant (MAAPI Study) This study, sponsored by Loyola University and the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), seeks Black women ages 18-55 years old. This clinical trial will evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally tailored intervention to decrease maternal psycho-behavioral symptoms and improve mother/infant bonding. The study will be carried out at the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois.
Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Black and Latino Youth This study, sponsored by Nemours Children's Health System, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), the University of Delaware, and ChristianaCare, seeks youth ages 0-21 years of age and their caregivers. The study will be carried out at the Nemours Children's Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware. |  | | Workforce Development | NAACP Inspire Initiative: Write Her Future Scholarship The NAACP Write Her Future Scholarship is open to Black students or students of color who identify as female and will be enrolling in a four-year academic institution. Applicants must be current participants in an active NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) program, which includes the fields of medicine and health, biology/microbiology, and chemistry/biochemistry.
Deadline for application is May 20, by 6:00 p.m. ET. Salud Rural Maternal Child Health Fellowship The Salud Rural Maternal Child Health Fellowship prepares board-certified family physicians for practice in rural, underserved, or migrant farmworker settings through training in obstetrics, neonatal complications, and advanced gynecologic procedures. Fellows will be primarily placed at the Salud Medical Center in Woodburn, Oregon, the Lancaster Family Health Center in Salem, Oregon, and the Legacy Silverton Medical Center in Silverton, Oregon.
The 2022 application cycle opens on July 1. | |  | | Knowledge Center | | | | Recommended Reading In recognition of Black Maternal Health Week and National Minority Health Month, the OMH Knowledge Center is featuring a collection of articles on community-based initiatives aimed at reducing maternal health disparities. Resources in this collection include academic journal articles, government reports, and toolkits.
These resources are available for free and can be accessed through the online catalog. | | | | | | |      
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