Wednesday, April 27, 2022

FYI: Weekly Health Resources for April 27, 2022

New OMH Funding on Black Youth Mental Health, National Minority Health Month, and More!

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New Notice of Funding Opportunity from OMH: Demonstrating Policy Effectiveness to Promote Black Youth Mental Health Initiative

New Notice of Funding Opportunity

The HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) solicits applications for projects for the Demonstrating Policy Effectiveness to Promote Black Youth Mental Health Initiative. This initiative seeks to identify health and wellness policies that are successful in improving Black youth mental health, including suicide prevention.

Demonstration projects will implement evidence-based policies, pilot policy assessment protocols that will determine the level of effectiveness of general health and wellness policies in diverse settings, and develop and carry out demonstrations of selected innovative and culturally effective policy approaches.
Technical Assistance webinar, May 5, at 4:00 p.m. ET
Deadline for application is June 22, by 6:00 p.m. ET

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Last Week of National Minority Health Month: Let's Continue to Boost our Communities! 

National Minority Health Month: Give Your Community a Boost! Image shows a Latino family.

As National Minority Health Month draws to a close, let's continue to debunk misinformation and encourage our communities to get fully vaccinated and boosted

Visit the National Minority Health Month website to find COVID-19 prevention guidance and recommendations, communication toolkits tailored to different racial, ethnic, and sexual and gender minority communities, and other resources, as well as OMH partner events.

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Funding

Activate Communities:
Episcopal Diocese of Texas

Community health grant from the
Episcopal Health Foundation.
Deadline for Letters of Inquiry is May 2,
by 1:00 p.m. ET

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Research to Improve Native American Health

Exploratory/developmental research grant
from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Deadline is May 17, by 5:00 p.m. ET

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Environmental Justice Small Grants Program

Racial equity and climate change grants from
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Deadline is May 20

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WCA Foundation Spring Grant: Twin Cities Area, Minnesota

Women's health grant from the Minneapolis Foundation's WCA Foundation Fund.
Deadline is May 2, by 5:00 p.m. ET

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Community Behavioral Health Clinic: Planning, Development, and Implementation Grants

Grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Deadline is May 17.

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Racial Equity Seed Grants

Youth development grants for Black-led organizations in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from the POISE Foundation
Deadline is the 10th of each month.

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Webinars and Other Events

Social, Behavioral & Economic COVID-19 Health Impacts

Two-day webinar hosted by NIH.
TODAY, April 27 and April 28,
at 12:00 p.m. ET
.

Register

ACTHIV: American Conference for the Treatment of HIV

In-person and virtual conference
hosted by ACTHIV
May 5-7 in Denver, Colorado and online.

Register

National Telehealth Conference

Virtual conference hosted by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Telehealth.HHS.gov.
May 16-17, at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Register

Traditional Healing:
Harmony in This Moment

Cross cultural medicine workshop hosted by the Association of American Indian Physicians
April 29-May 1 in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Register

Alzheimer's Town Hall: LGBTQ

Listening session hosted by the Alzheimer's Association, Greater Maryland Chapter.
May 10, at 3:30 p.m. ET

Register

National Rural Substance Use Disorder Health Equity and Stigma Summit

In-person and virtual summit hosted by
University of Rochester Medicine.
May 18-20 in Rochester, New York and online.

Register

Resources

Resources: COVID-19

Get tested for COVID-19 early if you feel sick. Get treated quickly if you test positive. Visit aspr.hhs.gov/TestToTreat.

Early testing and treatment for COVID-19 can mean the difference between a hospital stay and at-home treatment with antiviral pills. Get tested at a Test To Treat site as soon as you experience symptoms, get a prescription if eligible, and start treatment. 

April 24-30 is World Immunization Week. Vaccination is the best way to combat COVID-19. Learn about the vaccine with the National Healthy Start Association Guide to Community Conversations About COVID-19: Vaccines, Myths and Implications for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Call for Public Comments on Scientific Questions for the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

We want to HEAR from YOU. Scientific questions for: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030

HHS and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are requesting public comments on proposed scientific questions that will be used to develop the 2025-2030 edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. These scientific questions will inform the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, support an efficient and effective process that allows for public engagement, and ensure that the scientific review conducted by the Committee addresses federal nutrition policy and program needs. 
Deadline for written comments is May 16.

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Consumer Resources: Diabetes Self-Care

Learning About Diabetes logo

Learning About Diabetes provides easy-to-understand self-care information to people living with diabetes, the general public, and diabetes healthcare professionals.

Handouts on healthy eating, tracking blood sugar levels, physical activity, foot care, and other diabetes self-care topics are available in English, Spanish, Arabic, Bengali, traditional and simplified Chinese, Creole, and Hindi.  

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Clinical Trials

Vaccine to Prevent Recurrence in Patients with HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer

This six-year longitudinal study, sponsored by the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute and the U.S. Department of Defense, seeks female volunteers, age 18 years or older, with clinical stage I-III HER-2 positive breast cancer. The study will be carried out at the following facilities:

  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida
  • Emory Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick, New Jersey
  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York
  • Ohio State University Cancer Hospital and Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio
  • University of Washington Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington
     

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Evaluation of Trimer 4571 Therapeutic Vaccination in Adults Living with HIV on Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy

This study, sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), seeks volunteers age 18 years or older with an HIV-1 infection and who are receiving continuous antiretroviral therapy. The study will be carried out at the University of Pittsburgh HIV/AIDS Clinical Research Unit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

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Workforce Development

Continuing Education: How Nurses and Medical Assistants Can Foster a Culture of Immunization in the Practice

This on-demand course from the CDC features practical strategies to improve vaccination rates among children, including how to deliver clear and concise vaccine recommendations and address parents' frequently asked questions. By highlighting key points before, during, and after a patient's visit to support vaccine conversations, this continuing education (CE) activity will reinforce best practices for improving vaccination rates. The course offers CE credits to administrators, CHES-certified health educators, physicians, medical assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and medical students. 

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COVID Vaccine Ambassador Training: How to Talk to Parents

The COVID Vaccine Ambassador Training: How to Talk to Parents is a free, two-hour online class that trains parents of school-age children, teachers, and school staff to discuss concerns parents and guardians of school-age children might have about COVID-19 vaccines and encourage parents to make evidence-based decisions about vaccinating their children. The course was developed by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with the Johns Hopkins Consortium for School-Based Health Solutions and support from Bloomberg Philanthropies.  

Learn More Register for the Course

Knowledge Center

Knowledge Center Online Catalog: See our newest acquisitions.

Recommended Reading

As National Minority Health Month comes to a close, the OMH Knowledge Center would like to remind you that it's never too late to give your community a boost! Community engagement comes in all forms, and the OMH Knowledge Center created a short collection of key resources on community-based research, coalitions, and interventions.

These documents are available to read for free and can be accessed through the online catalog here.

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