Drug Free Communities Support Program. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to reduce substance abuse among youth and over time, among adults by: addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse; promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse; and establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, to support the efforts of community coalitions to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, special district governments, state governments, nonprofit, faith-based, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is April 10, 2006. Approximately $12,000,000 is available to fund 120 awards. For further information, contact Kimberly Pendleton at (240) 276-1421 or kimberly.pendleton@samhsa.hhs.gov ; or go to: http://www.samhsa.gov/grants06/RFA/sp_06_003_dfc.aspx
The Alzheimer's Foundation of America recognizes innovative programs or services that improve the lives of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and/or related illnesses, and their families. Programs could involve, but are not limited to, hands-on care, delivery of social services, cognitive stimulation, the arts, safety, and training. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is
May 15, 2006. Awards up to $25,000 are available. For further information, go to: http://alzfdn.org/
Kraft Foods announces funds to increase the collection and distribution of non-shelf-stable food, including fresh produce, prepared food, and other perishable food. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is March 31, 2006. For further information, contact Suzanne Eastham at Suzanne.Eastham@kraft.com; or go to: http://164.109.46.215/responsibility/cc_rfp_calendar2006.aspx
School Gardens Program. National Gardening Association support school garden programs that use the garden to teach children between the ages of 3 and 18 about nutrition and the issue of hunger in the US. Eligible applicants include independent school districts, nonprofit, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is October 15, 2006. Approximately 25 awards up to $200 are available. For further information, go to: http://assoc.garden.org/grants/
School Mental Health Education. American Psychiatric Foundation announces funds to educate school personnel (teachers, coaches guidance counselors, etc.) about mental disorders in teens. The program focuses on promoting the importance of early recognition and treatment, recognizing the early warning signs of mental health problems, and encouraging action and appropriate referral to a mental health professional. Eligible applicants include independent school districts, nonprofit, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2006. Awards ranging from $2,000-$5,000 are available. For further information, go to: http://www.psychfoundation.org
Social Justice. The Maurice Falk Fund announces funds for research, education, training and innovative interventions to prevent discriminatory practices due to personal prejudices, biased private and public policies, unfair resource allocation, deprivation of access, and other exclusionary practices. The Fund focuses on inequities in healthcare, education, workforce development, mental health, housing, transportation, and environmental and criminal justice. Eligible applicants include nonprofit and community-based organizations. Please telephone the Fund at (412) 261-2485 to determine the deadlines for submission. Awards ranging from $5,000-$40,000 are available. For further information, go to: http://www.falkfund.org/
Funding Alert is a free service of the Office of Partnerships and Grants Development. To start your own online subscription to Funding Alert, simply register with DC.Gov and subscribe at DCDocs http://dc.gov/registration/dcdocs.asp. For archives, visit http://opgd.dc.gov, Information, Grant Funding Alerts.
Global Call for Nominations of Innovators Using Technology to Benefit Humanity
Deadline: April 3, 2006
The Tech Museum Awards ( http://www.techawards.org/ ) program honors and awards innovators from around the world who use technology to benefit humanity in the categories of education, equality, economic development, environment, and health. The awards are a program of the Tech Museum of Innovation (http://www.thetech.org/ ) in San Jose, California. Individuals, nonprofit organizations, and companies are eligible to enter the competition, and self-nominations are accepted and encouraged. Program details, including judging criteria, can be found at the Tech Museum Awards Web site.
RFP Link: http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10001076/techawards
RFP Bulletin (February 24, 2006)
The Winter Issue of the Rural Monitor contains an article on the dilemmas of rural dental care. The article includes a list of resources to turn to for assistance in developing a dental program for the underserved.
HTML version: http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/winter06.html
PDF version: http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/pdf/winter06.pdf
NEW GUIDE FOR FBCOs SEEKING PRIVATE-SECTOR FUNDING
The HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has published a new guide for faith-based and community organizations that details the process by which fbcos can build private sector partnerships. The guide - "Maximizing Program Services Through Private Sector Partnerships and Relationships: A Guide for Faith- and Community-Based Service Providers"- is now available online at: http://www.samhsa.gov/FBCI/fbci_pubs.aspx
FAMILY CAREGIVING GRANT PROGRAM
The National Alliance for Caregiving and MetLife Foundation are pleased to announce a new national awards program focused on family caregiving. The goal of this program is to improve the quality of life of family caregivers by recognizing and supporting the efforts of community groups that work with them. The awards will recognize the work of community agencies and other organizations that support family caregivers as a significant part of their mission. Six awards of $25,000 will be presented for use in the awardee's caregiver support program. Details may be found at: http://www.asaging.org/asav2/caregiver/index.cfm?CFID=12666660&CFTOKEN=77867332. Submissions are due May 15, 2006.
Perinatal HIV Case Management
WHAT: The purpose of the program is to provide funding for the evaluation of the costs and effectiveness of an already funded, established perinatal HIV case management program; and to enhance or expand the program to reach previously un-enrolled HIV-infected pregnant women including those who, without case management, are most likely to transmit HIV to their infants, i.e., women who access prenatal care late or not at all.
WHO: Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply.
Applicants must run an already funded, established perinatal HIV case management program.
WHEN: Applications are due March 23, 2006.
AWARD AMOUNT: Two to four awards totaling $500,000.
CONTACT: Allan Taylor at (404) 639-6120 or avt0@cdc.gov.
FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PS06-601.htm
Capacity-Building Assistance to Improve the Delivery and Effectiveness of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevention Interventions for Individuals with Known HIV-Positive Serostatus and Their Partners
WHAT: The purpose of this announcement is to provide financial assistance to national nongovernmental HIV prevention organizations to provide Capacity-Building Assistance. Provision of CBA should be prioritized according to the following: 1) community-based organizations (CBOs), including faith-based organizations (FBOs), directly funded by CDC; 2) health departments (HDs); 3) HD-funded CBOs; and, 4) stakeholders providing HIV prevention services targeting individuals with known HIV-positive serostatus and their partners, as demonstrated by high-prevalence epidemiological evidence and other concrete quantitative and qualitative data.
WHO: Applications may be submitted by national public and private organizations, including faith-based and community organizations. Eligible applicants are expected to demonstrate significant experience and expertise providing CBA services to consumers serving individuals with known HIV-positive serostatus and partners.
WHEN: Applications are due April 24, 2006.
AWARD AMOUNT: Two awards totaling approximately $765,000.
CONTACT: Keith Yamaguchi at 404-639-3858 or dhapcbapt@cdc.gov.
FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PS06-608.htm
Drug Free Communities Support Program
WHAT: DFC is a collaborative initiative sponsored by ONDCP in partnership with SAMHSA in order to achieve the two major goals of (1) reducing substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults and (2) establishing and strenghtening collaboration among communities, private nonprofit agencies, and Federal, State, local and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth.
WHO: DFC grant funds are intended to support community-based coalitions.
According to the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), 'A coalition is a formal arrangement for cooperation and collaboration between groups or sectors of a community, in which each group retains its identity but all agree to work together toward a common goal of building a safe, healthy, and drug-free community.'
WHEN: Applications are due by April 10, 2006.
AWARD AMOUNT: 120 awards totaling approximately $12 million.
CONTACT: Richard Moore at 240-276-1270.
FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://www.samhsa.gov/grants06/RFA/sp_06_003_dfc.aspx
[posted on HHS CFBCI Listserv: February 24, 2006]
Being informed helps them become partners in care
By STEPHEN T. WATSON
News Staff Reporter
2/26/2006
"When a blood test in 2000 showed he had chronic myelogenous leukemia, Bryce Morgan first called a doctor friend.
Next, he went online."
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060226/1058205.asp
thanks to Phil Shapiro of the Digital Divide http://www.digitaldivide.net/
http://www.libr.org/ISC/issues/isc22/22-2b.pdf
"The reality, however, is that libraries do not do a good job of providing library service to the very poor and socially excluded. There are many reasons for this. Libraries are organized and structured by mainly middle-class professionals who have absorbed their profession’s and their class’ norms. Most librarians work in libraries where the rules of behaviour have been established to ensure an organized, functional and controlled environment. Users approach staff behind reference or circulation desks where the rules ensure us a familiar role. Most of our current users understand and are comfortable with these rules. It is difficult for most of us to understand that not everyone feels the same comfort." [posted on ALA Outreach]
Cherokee painter Murv Jacob in collaboration with Deborah Duvall created the cyber storybook Rabbit Goes to Kansas which can be enjoyed at http://www.jacobandduvall.com/eb01/index.html Make sure you have your sound turned on. [American Indian Library Association]
From the February Health Communication Web Resources
This list is compiled monthly by Marcia Zorn, Member of the National Communication Association, Health Communication Division. http://www.healthcommunication.net/Online_Resources.html
Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities Quick Links (AHA) http://www.aha.org/aha/key_issues/disparity/index.html
Different Risk: Race-based Health Care and Medicine Facts of Life: Issue Briefings for Health Reporters V 11, #2 Feb 2006 (CFAH) http://www.cfah.org/factsoflife/vol11no2.cfm
The Health Research and Educational Trust toolkit for collecting race, ethnicity, and primary language information in health care orgs. http://www.hretdisparities.org/hretdisparities/html/general/index.html
Cultural and Linguistic Competency bibliography http://www.jcaho.org/about+us/hlc/hlc_bibliography.pdf
Spanish-Language Health Resources Knowledge Path: (MCH Nov 2005) Links to resources
http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_spanish.html
Cultural & linguistic standards “crosswalk” (JCAHO) http://www.jcaho.org/about+us/hlc/hlc_omh_xwalk.pdf
Report concludes that community- based case managers are more effective in enrolling uninsured Latino children into health coverage programs than the usual Medicaid or State Children’s Health Insurance Program staff. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/116/6/1433
The 8th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture, presented by Meredith Minkler, Dr.P.H., Professor, Health and Social Behavior, University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health.
Interactive webcast and C-band satellite broadcast, 2:00pm-3:30pm EST, February 24, 2006, originating from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Lecture is part of the 27th Annual UNC-CH School of Public Health Minority Health Conference. Please join us for this free broadcast.
* Abstract of the Lecture, link to Powerpoint slides
www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2006/keynoteabstract.cfm
* Satellite and Internet broadcast information
www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2006/satellite/
www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2006/webcast/
* Dr. Meredith Minkler and William T. Small, Jr.
www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2006/keynote.cfm
www.minority.unc.edu/sph/DeanSmall.htm
[mhpannounce list]
Lynn A. Karoly, M. Rebecca Kilburn, Jill S. Cannon
RAND Labor and Population, 2005
Available online as PDF file [201p.] at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG341.pdf
Summary [20p.] at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG341.sum.pdf
“….Parents, policymakers, business leaders, and the general public increasingly recognize the importance of the first few years in the life of a child for promoting healthy physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development. Nonetheless, many children face deficiencies between ages 0 and 5 that can impede their ability to develop to their fullest potential.
This study presents a review and synthesis of current research that addresses the potential for various forms of early childhood intervention to improve outcomes for participating children and their families. The authors consider the potential consequences of not investing additional resources in the lives of children, the range of early intervention programs, the demonstrated benefits of interventions with high-quality evaluations, the features associated with successful programs, and the returns to society associated with investing early in the lives of disadvantaged children. Their findings indicate that a body of sound research exists that can guide resource allocation decisions. This evidence base sheds light on the types of programs that have been demonstrated to be effective, the features associated with effective programs, and the potential for returns to society that exceed the resources invested in program delivery. ….”
[posted on PAHO/WHO EQUITY list]
Make Sure the Unsung Heroes in Your Life Are Sung at the 2006 USCA
* Nomination Deadline: May 5, 2006, 5:00 p.m. (EST)
* Nominate someone today - click here! http://www.nmac.org/nmac2/conferences/NATAF2005/USCA06Abstractz.htm
The United States Conference on AIDS’ (USCA) http://www.nmac.org/conferences%5F%5F%5Ftrainings/USCA/ Unsung Hero Awards honor those who work tirelessly to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS in their community. Heroes will be highlighted during USCA’s Opening Plenary session on Friday, September 22. Their profiles and pictures (if provided) will be included in the 2006 USCA program book.
We need your help identifying the unsung heroes among your colleagues, in your organization, your neighborhood, etc. Do you know someone who deserves special recognition at the 2006 USCA for their work in HIV/AIDS? Specifically, we are looking for candidates working in the field, often with little or no recognition, who have made a significant professional, emotional and personal impact either among those living with HIV/AIDS, or in the HIV/AIDS arena itself.
Eligible Participants
Unsung Heroes from all fields in the fight against HIV/AIDS will be honored, and may include: administrators, care providers, faith-based service providers, family members, funders, government employees (Federal or State), health care providers, media, prevention workers, persons with HIV/AIDS, researchers and volunteers.
[posted on National Minority AIDS Council]
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has just posted a Call for Proposals for Active Living Research, Round 6. Applications are due May 10, 2006
Active Living Research is a $12.5 million national program to stimulate and support research that will identify environmental factors and policies that influence physical activity. Findings are expected to inform environmental and policy changes that will promote active living among Americans, both young and old.
This research will help increase our understanding of the relationship of environmental characteristics to physical activity for three priority topics: young people's use of parks, physical activity in and around buildings, and physical activity in rural areas. Evaluations of community interventions that are part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Active Living by Design program also will be supported. The research funded under this call for proposals will inform the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's efforts to help halt the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity by 2015.
For details, visit
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19317 [posted on CBPR mailing list]
The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) is conducting a brief online survey about health literacy practices that clinicians use to communicate with low health literacy patients. This survey is part of a Commonwealth Fund- and Kaiser Permanente-supported project designed to improve health literacy, which affects 90 million adults in the United States.
If you are interested in sharing your experiences and practices, please complete the survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=81181728119 To learn more about the ACU, please visit http://www.clinicians.org/ [posted on The Commonwealth Fund e-mail alert]
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to drastically reduce the FY07 budget for its network of libraries—from $2.5 million to $500,000—leading to the closure of the headquarters library and deep cuts and possible closures at six of ten regional libraries, layoffs of up to one-third of professional contract employees, and the end of its online catalog." http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6308599.html [posted in LJXpress (February 21, 2006)]
Womans Day magazine wants to learn how the library has changed lives.
The magazine announced the editorial initiative in its March 7 issue, which reached subscribers last week. In the issue, the magazine declares that libraries are magical places and asks readers to submit their stories in 700 words or less. Stories can be sent to womansday@ala.org from now until May 10, 2006, when the promotion closes.
The Massage Therapy Association Foundation announces funds for organizations that seek to provide massage therapy to communities or groups who currently have little or no access to such services. This program is designed to promote working partnerships between the massage therapy profession and community-based organizations. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is April 3, 2006. Awards ranging from $500-$5,000 are available. For further information, contact the Massage Therapy Association Foundation at (847) 869-5019 or info@massagetherapyfoundation.org; or go to: http://www.massagetherapyfoundation.org/grants_community.html
The Gerber Foundation announces funds for projects that improve infant and young children nutrition, care and development from the first year before birth to three years of age. Programs should support a specific nutrition intervention and have defined outcome parameters Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for Letters of Inquiry is June 1, 2006. Awards ranging from $50,000-$1,000,000 are available. For further information, contact Catherine A. Obits at cobits @ ncresa.org; or go to: http://www.gerberfoundation.org/..
Funding Alert is a free service of the Office of Partnerships and Grants Development. To start your own online subscription to Funding Alert, simply register with DC.Gov and subscribe at DCDocs http://dc.gov/registration/dcdocs.asp. For archives, visit http://opgd.dc.gov, Information, Grant Funding Alerts.
Playing games in school:Using videos helps students love to learn their lessons
Matthew Yi, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, February 20, 2006
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/02/20/BUG86H9SBD1.DTL&type=business
"It used to take Ariana Gutierrez 11 minutes to run a mile. Now, the 15-year-old says she can do it in seven minutes thanks to the Dance Dance Revolution video game in her physical education class."
Websites of Interest:
New Information Guide on Health Literacy http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/healthliteracy/
AHRQ Launches New "Learning Resources" to Help Providers Adopt Health IT http://www.healthit.ahrq.gov
Grants and Funding
RadioShack StreetSentz Community Grant Program
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants for prevention of family violence/abuse and/or child abduction.
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=760
Expanded Medical Capacity (EMC) for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers and/or Homeless Persons
Application deadline: Mar 31, 2006
Grants to promote the development and operation of community-based primary health care service systems in medically underserved areas and improves the health status of medically underserved populations.
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=666
Articles of Interest
Telecommunications: Challenges to Assessing and Improving Telecommunications for Native Americans on Tribal Lands
Discusses the status of telecommunications access for Native Americans living on tribal lands, federal programs available for improving telecommunications, barriers to improvements, and how some tribes are addressing these barriers.
Organization: Government Accountability Office
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06189.pdf
Organizing to Address Minority Health Disparities: A Directory of State and Local Initiatives
A detailed 90-page compilation of over 300 groups working to address the causes and solutions to the health disparities crisis.
Organization: Poverty & Race Research Action Council
http://www.prrac.org/pdf/HealthDirectory.pdf
[Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
The MCH Library released a new knowledge path about autism spectrum disorders (ASD) identification and intervention. This electronic resource guide includes information on (and links to) Web sites, electronic and print publications, and databases containing resources about biomedical research into the causes of ASD; resources that address the communication, education, and vocational challenges associated with ASD; and resources about ASD's impact on family life. Separate sections identify resources about ASD and environmental health research as well as those that address concerns about vaccines. The knowledge path is intended for use by health professionals, educators, researchers, policymakers, and families. It is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_autism.html Knowledge paths on other maternal and child health topics are available (See http://mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html ).
Deadline: March 22, 2006
The HP ( http://www.hp.com/ ) Technology for Community Grant Initiative is designed to provide technology tools to nonprofit organizations to enhance their effectiveness and to support the innovative use of mobile technology. In 2006, HP will award up to a hundred organizations in the United States and Puerto Rico an HP wireless technology package valued at approximately $17,000.
The 2006 HP Technology for Community Grant award includes the following: five HP Notebook PCs; one HP Tablet PC; one HP iPAQ Pocket PC; a wireless ready HP all-in-one printer/ scanner/fax/copier; a wireless ready HP digital projector and wireless remote control; a wireless access point; an HP digital camera bundle; a $1,000 stipend; and training to set up a new wireless network.
Eligible applicants must be a nonprofit agency that meets all of the following requirements: operates as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization (government agencies, civic organizations, member agencies, and collaboratives are not eligible); operates programs in one or more of the following areas: health and human services, workforce development, environment, arts and technology, and/or community/economic development; has some experience maintaining a technical infrastructure; and did not receive a grant from HP in 2005.
For more information about the program's goals and application process, see the HP Technology for Community Grant Initiative information guide at the HP Web site. The application page will be available online starting February 27, 2006. RFP Link: http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10000989/hp/grants
RFP Bulletin (February 17, 2006)
Since his State of the Union address, President Bush has continued his campaign for health savings accounts (HSAs), which he argues will expand insurance coverage and contain health care spending by enabling people to put money into tax-free accounts to cover medical expenses.
In a new commentary on The Commonwealth Fund's Web site, James J. Mongan, M.D., president and CEO of Partners HealthCare, offers his views on the Administration's proposal. Mongan points out that taxpayers would only be eligible for HSAs if they and their employers traded in comprehensive health care policies for cheaper policies with high deductibles.
"This would leave currently insured people fully exposed to health care costs up to this deductible amount, potentially eating up their savings and then some," Mongan writes. He explains why such health plans will not only drive up costs for the poor and sick but are likely to have only a marginal impact on health care spending.
http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=357454&#doc357454 [posted on an e-mail alert from The Commonwealth Fund]
Fresh Ideas: Community-based approaches to improve care for vulnerable populations
The Vulnerable Populations Portfolio is seeking new community-based approaches to health and health care problems that intersect with social factors—such as inadequate housing, poor education and poverty. We are interested in projects that serve hard-to-reach individuals and families, especially new immigrants and refugees, frail older adults and at-risk adolescents.
All applicants must use the RWJF Brief Proposal Form to apply for this program. Proposals are accepted at any time. There are no deadlines for this solicitation.
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19480
[posted on RWJF ADVANCES e-Newsletter]
SMDEP is a free (full tuition, housing, and meals) six-week summer medical and dental school preparatory program that offers eligible students intensive and personalized medical and dental school preparation.
Over the years, MMEP's intensive academic preparation program expanded to 11 campuses. In addition, the program broadened its initial focus on specific minority groups to include students who were from rural areas, economically disadvantaged, and came from groups that have historically received substandard health care regardless of their racial or ethnic background.
In 2003, the program changed its name to the Summer Medical Education Program (SMEP), reflecting the inclusion of students representing a wide range of economic, cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity. The new Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) builds on the lessons learned from those earlier programs. It is now expanding to include pre-dental students who face challenges similar to those of pre-medical students, and it focuses on students in the first two years of their college education because the experience of previous programs indicates that this is when students derive the most benefit.
http://www.smdep.org/
A listing of resources created by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Regional Medical Library http://nnlm.gov/scr/outrch/partnercbo.htm
This resource includes sections: Why Partner, Needs Assessment, Program Planning and more
We're pleased to announce the addition of a tutorial entitled, "Evaluating Internet Health Information" to MedlinePlus. This tutorial teaches users how to to evaluate the health information they find on the Web. It is about 16 minutes long. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html
You need a Flash plug-in, version 6 or above, to view it. If you do not have Flash, the page helps you perform a free download of the software before you start.
The tutorial runs automatically, but you can also use the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen to go forward, backward, pause, or start over.
The tutorial is linked from the Information for Librarians and Trainers page (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/training/trainers.html) as well as from the MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthywebsurfing.html
Be sure to mark your calendars for the 2006 Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS, set for May 25-28, at the Hotel InterContinental, West Miami, in Miami, FL. Launched by the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW), in 1988, the meeting is the only national conference organized by, and for, AIDS-care social workers, drawing over 500 attendees from the United States and abroad.
Social workers involved in AIDS-care at hospitals, clinics, universities, AIDS service organizations, community-based organizations and social agencies contribute to the more than 120 featured presentations. Past conference proceedings have led to the publication of several books.
For more information, go to http://socialwork.bc.edu/outreach/hiv-aids/
[posted on National Minority AIDS Council email]
CHICAGO—The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), will offer its first online course, “Selecting Spanish-Language Materials for Adults,” in spring 2006. Yolanda J. Cuesta, with more than 25 years experience as a trainer and independent consultant specializing in helping libraries serve diverse communities, will teach the four-week course to be held April 17, 2006 to May 15, 2006.
For more information about the course please visit: www.ala.org/ala/ascla/asclaevents/professionaldevelopmentonlinea/prodevonline.htm
HealthDay
By Robert Preidt
MONDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans are five times more likely to die of asthma and four times more likely to be hospitalized for the condition than other Americans.
That's just one of the asthma care disparities between minorities and whites noted in a number of studies in the February issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Among the other statistics:
Puerto Rican Americans have the highest prevalence of asthma (13.1 percent), followed by Native Americans (9.9 percent), and non-Hispanic blacks (9.5 percent).
The asthma death rate for blacks increased from 9.9 to 13.2 deaths per 1 million people from 1980-84 to 2000-2001. During that same time, asthma death rates for whites increased from 2.1 to 2.6 deaths per 1 million people.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_29812.html
Related MedlinePlus Pages:
African-American Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html
Asthma - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asthma.html
Hispanic-American Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hispanicamericanhealth.html
See the abstract from PubMed to the article from the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. http://tinyurl.com/7hmkl
Environmental Justice Small Grants Program. Environmental Protection Agency announces funds to help communities understand and address their exposure to multiple environmental harms and risks. Eligible applicants include nonprofit and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is March 31, 2006. Approximately $500,000 is available to fund 10 awards up to $50,000. For further information, contact Sheila Lewis at (202) 564-0152 or lewis.sheila@epa.gov; or go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=7862
Public Awareness in Underserved Communities. Department of Justice announces funds to raise the awareness of traditionally underserved populations on victims' rights as well as improve their knowledge on how to access local services available to crime victims. Eligible applicants include public agencies, nonprofit, faith-based, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is March 21, 2006. Approximately $350,000 is available to fund 7 awards, ranging from $25,000-$50,000. For further information, contact Marie Martinez at (202) 514-5084 or marie.martinez@usdoj.gov; or go to: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/pdftxt/FY06_UnderservedAwareness.pdf
Recovery Community Services Program - RCSP. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to deliver and evaluate peer-to-peer recovery support services that help prevent relapse and promote sustained recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit, faith-based, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is April 4, 2006. Approximately $2,500,000 is available to fund 7 awards up to $350,000. For further information, contact Kimberly Pendleton at (240)276-1421 or kimberly.pendleton@samhsa.hhs.gov; or go to: http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants06/RFA/TI_06_004_rcsp.aspx
Treatment for Homeless. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to address gaps in substance abuse and mental health services and/or to increase the ability of organizations to help specific populations or geographic areas with serious, emerging mental health and substance abuse problems. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, special district governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit, faith-based, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is April 6, 2006. Approximately $3,700,000 is available to fund 25 awards up to $400,000. For further information, contact Kimberely Pendleton at (240) 276-1421 or kimberely.pendleton@samhsa.hhs.gov; or go to: http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants06/RFA/TI_06_005_homeless.aspx
Community Programs Support. Bank of America Foundation focuses resources on helping children and families succeed in life and helping neighborhoods flourish in the communities where the bank does business. The Foundation’s funding priorities include education, financial literacy, youth development, and community revitalization. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. There is no deadline date for applications. For further information, go to: http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/
Local Arts and Literacy Programs. Barnes and Noble announces funds to supports organizations that focus on literacy, the arts, and education (K-12) in the communities where company stores are located. Organizations must be willing to work with the local stores on in-store programming. Eligible applicants include nonprofit, faith-based, and community-basedorganizations. There is no deadline date for applications. For further information, go to: http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our_company/sponsorship/Sponsorship_main.html
Nonprofit Support. The Annenberg Foundation provides support for projects that focus within the areas of education and youth, arts and culture, civic and community, and health. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. There is no deadline date for Letters of Inquiry. For further information, contact the Foundation at info@annenbergfoundation.org; or go to: http://www.annenbergfoundation.org/grants/grants_show.htm?doc_id=210575.
2006 Cause Marketing Halo Awards. Cause Marketing Forum honors outstanding partnerships between businesses and nonprofit organizations. Winners receive national publicity in the magazine Advertising Age and recognition at an awards luncheon. Nominations are sought in the following categories: best transactional campaign; best joint message promotion; best print creative; best event; best health campaign; best environmental or wildlife campaign; best social-service or education campaign; and best national/local campaign integration. Nonprofits are eligible to apply. The deadline for applications is February 27, 2006. For further information, go to: http://www.causemarketingforum.com/.
Funding Alert is a free service of the Office of Partnerships and Grants Development. To start your own online subscription to Funding Alert, simply register with DC.Gov and subscribe at DCDocs http://dc.gov/registration/dcdocs.asp. For archives, visit http://opgd.dc.gov, Information, Grant Funding Alerts.
"Breezing Along with the RML" will be held on Wednesday February 15, 2006, the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Join us at 10am MT, 11am CT by going to our Breeze web site http://breeze.trafficlab.utah.edu/mcrupdate/. Enter as a Guest and Log In with your first and last name. I will be talking about ways that community building is going on in the MidContinental Regional Medical Library (CO,KS, MO, NE, UT, WY) and my colleague Marty Magee will be discussing educational programs in the region. This webcast is free and open to anyone with Internet access. See you there!
GlobalHealthFacts.org, http://www.globalhealthfacts.org/ a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, provides free, up-to-date and easy-to-access data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators. The data are displayed in tables, charts, and color-coded maps and can be downloaded for custom analyses. GlobalHealthFacts.org is a companion site to GlobalHealthReporting.org http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/ , a project operated by the Foundation with major support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Tapestry (Demographics and Health Care)
by Emily Friedman
It should not be news to anyone that the United States has a diverse population; although our practice has not always been as pure as our posturing, we have traditionally prided ourselves on this aspect of our society. However, current and projected patterns of demographic change are more complex than they were historically, and the implications for the health care system are profound. [H&HN, 2-7-06] http://tinyurl.com/clo9l
Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environment Chemicals
CDC's analyses of environmental toxins have found very high levels of DDT and other pesticides in surveyed Mexican-Americans, about twice that of African-Americans, and three times that of whites. Report: http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved Call for Papers on Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma
Due September 1, 2006
Natural disasters captivate world attention, but Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on Monday August 29, 2005 as a Category 4 hurricane showed something different. The images that riveted the world's attention in Katrina's aftermath showed not only people affected by the power of nature, but a majority seemed to be poor and Black. Due to this disparity in the victims of Katrina, the Journal has announced a call for papers on the theme of these hurricanes and their public health implications. Papers will be subject to the regular process of double-blind peer review. The issue is scheduled to appear in May of 2007. The Journal is especially interested in how race and/or class relate to specific public health concerns emanating from the disaster and in ideas for solutions. Questions should be directed to JournalQuestion@mmc.edu and submissions can be sent to JournalSubmission@mmc.edu.
[posted on ACHI Community Health News, 02-10-06]
Just Released, We the People: American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States
A portrait of the American Indian and Alaska native population in the United States, providing data on the largest specified tribal groupings, reservations, Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas (ANVSAs) and areas outside reservations and ANVSAs at the national level. It is part of a special report series that presents data collected from Census 2000 on demographic, social and economic characteristics.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/censr-28.pdf [posted on the American Indian Library Association Listserv]
Removing lead from water supplies can ensure children's health, experts say
HealthDay
By Robert Preidt
THURSDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Experts at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are offering schools and child-care facilities a new "toolkit" to help reduce lead in their drinking water.
The kit includes materials to help schools and child-care facilities to implement a voluntary training, and "testing and telling" strategy.
"Our drinking water tools for schools teach lead prevention through action and awareness. This new and improved guidance will help students, teachers and parents have confidence in the quality of their school's tap water," Benjamin H. Grumbles, EPA's assistant administrator for water, said in a prepared statement.
The kit explains how to test for lead in drinking water; report results to parents, students, staff and others; take action to correct problems
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_29711.html
Related MedlinePlus Pages:
Drinking Water - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drinkingwater.html
School Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/schoolhealth.html
StateHealthFacts.org has updated the race/ethnicity data for medical school graduates to 2004 and include new data on Hispanic medical school graduates by state and region. http://tinyurl.com/aehqk Statehealthfacts.org http://www.statehealthfacts.org/, from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, provides free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health and health policy data on all 50 states. Statehealthfacts.org has data on more than 500 health topics including Medicaid and SCHIP, Medicare, health coverage and the uninsured, health costs and budgets, providers and service use, minority health, women’s health, and HIV/AIDS.
New Study Indicates Majority of Hospitals Collect Patients' Race, Ethnicity and Language Data; Yet Few Hospitals Use the Data to Improve Quality of Care
Feb 9, 2006 - Washington, D.C.
Health care stakeholders urge all U.S. hospitals to use patient data to improve the quality and consistency of care their patients receive A study released today reveals that the majority of U.S. hospitals collect accurate information about their patients’ race, ethnicity and language preference, but few are using the data to improve the quality of health care that is delivered to patients. The study was conducted by the National Public Health and Hospital Institute (NPHHI) with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Read the rest of the news release and download the report at:
http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/newsreleasesdetail.jsp?id=10394
[posted on RWJF - Disparities]
The purpose of this Action Kit is to provide community leaders with the information, tools, and resources necessary to engage in health advocacy and improve the health and well-being of their communities, with an emphasis on the importance of public programs in reducing racial and ethnic health disparities.
http://www.familiesusa.org/resources/tools-for-advocates/kits/minority-health-tool-kit.html
[Families USA]
Black women living in poor communities are less likely to be up-to-date with cervical cancer screening than those living in wealthier areas, according to new findings from the Black Women's Health Study. "This suggests that in addition to individual-level intervention to increase cervical cancer screening, there might be some benefit in neighborhood-level interventions focusing on high-poverty areas," said Dr. Geetanjali Datta, from Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_29584.html
Related MedlinePlus Pages:
African-American Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html
Cervical Cancer - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cervicalcancer.html
Perceiving racism is related to sleep difficulties and depression in Hispanic immigrants, according to a new study by a Brigham Young University researcher in the midst of a multi-year project to study why Mexicans collectively experience higher blood pressure and incidents of heart disease after immigrating to the United States.
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/517906/
National Standards of Practice for Interpreters in Health Care, September 2005
The National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC) has published the National Standards of Practice for Interpreters in Health Care, the first such standards for medical interpreting professionals in the United States. Co-funded by The Commonwealth Fund and The California Endowment, the standards were developed through a national consensus-building process that included focus groups and surveys of hundreds of working health care interpreters from across the United States over a two-year period. State and regional organizations also participated. You can download the standards free online at http://www.ncihc.org/sop.php
Medical Debt
"Debt resulting from medical bills deters people from seeking future care, which can result in the need for more expensive treatment later on. In addition, medical debt can affect the overall financial security of families and undermine their economic stability." A report from "The Access Project" tells the sobering story of the situation in Kansas where medical debt is a growing problem. Over half of the surveyed families with health insurance reported having medical debt.
http://www.accessproject.org/medical.html
Video Aims to Improve Prenatal Care for Latinas Baltimore Healthcare Access, an advocacy group, has developed a video in the style of a telenovela to help pregnant Latinas get vital prenatal care by explaining the U.S.-style health care, cultural differences, and the use of translators. An instructional pamphlet is available, too. The project coordinator, Pamela Bohrer Brown, (email: Pbrown @ bhca.org) says the video is available free to agencies or outreach groups http://www.rwjf.org/portfolios/features/digest.jsp?iaid=133&id=90208
[Sound Partners Weekly Digest for February 7-13, 2006]
Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: The Perpetual Challenge
Anthony S. Fauci
The Milbank Memorial Fund - The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) - The Robert H. Ebert Lecture on Academic Medicine and the Public Interest - January 2006
Available online at: http://www.milbank.org/reports/0601fauci/0601fauci.html
“…..Among the infectious diseases throughout the world there is the baseline matrix of infectious diseases that constitutes an ongoing threat. Then there are diseases that occur intermittently, some as little blips on the radar screen and some as major public health issues. At some point in time the matrix diseases have all been emerging diseases. But after a while they become so entrenched that they are considered part of the background matrix and not emerging or re-emerging diseases. So as we eradicate diseases such as polio and smallpox, something else emerges and takes their place. This is the nature of the perpetual challenge of infectious diseases, as stated in this article’s title. ….”
[PAHO/WHO EQUITY listserv]
Cooperative Agreements For HIV/AIDS Related Mental Health Services In Minority Communities
The projects to be supported in this program are to have experience providing culturally competent mental health services in their respective communities, and will develop and implement HIV-related mental health treatment services that meet the needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in that community. All applicants must target one or more of the following populations: African Americans, Latinos(as), Native Americans (non-reservation), Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and/or other racial/ethnic minority communities. SAMHSA intends that its Services Grants result in the delivery of services as soon as possible and no later than 4 months after award. HIV/AIDS related mental health services grants are authorized under Section 520(A) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. This announcement addresses Healthy People 2010 focus area 18 (Mental Health). http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=7918
[Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update]
OVC FY 06 Public Awareness in Underserved Communities
The overall goal of this program is to raise the awareness of traditionally underserved populations on victims' rights as well as improve their knowledge on how to access local services available to crime victims. The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) will support the planning and development of victimization-focused public awareness campaigns targeted at underserved populations with limited English proficiency (LEP) in the local community. Victim service organizations will work in partnership with ethnic media (radio, print, television) as well as ethnic- and/or faith-based organizations to produce linguistically and culturally appropriate public awareness campaigns on one or more victimization issues. http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=7910
[Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update]
Runaway and Homeless Youth Basic Center Program
WHAT: The central purpose of these programs is to provide youth with emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling, and referrals for health care. Most Basic Centers can provide 15 days of shelter for up to 20 youth. There are exceptions for those jurisdictions that have different standards for licensing. The Basic Centers seek to reunite young people with their families, whenever possible, or to locate appropriate alternative placements.
WHEN: Applications are due by March 28, 2006.
AWARD AMOUNT: An estimated 114 awards totaling $14,505,009.
CONTACT: Courtney Workman at 866-796-1591 or fysb @ dixongroup.com
FULL ANNOUNCEMENT:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2006-ACF-ACYF-CY-0063.html
[HHS CFBCI Listserv: February 3, 2006]
Recovery Community Services Program
WHAT: This program funds grants to deliver and evaluate peer-to-peer recovery support services that help prevent relapse and promote sustained recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders.
WHO: Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply.
WHEN: Applications are due by April 4, 2006.
AWARD AMOUNT: Up to 7 grants totaling approximately $2.5 million.
CONTACT: Marsha Baker at (240) 276-1566 or marsha.baker @ samhsa.hhs.gov.
FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants06/RFA/TI_06_004_rcsp.aspx
[HHS CFBCI Listserv: February 3, 2006]
Assertive Adolescent and Family Treatment
WHAT:This grant provides for the provision of treatment services to adolescents and their families/primary caregivers using previously proven effective and family-centered practices.
WHO: Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply. See Section III-3.2 of full announcement for additional eligibility requirements.
WHEN: Applications are due by March 29, 2006.
AWARD AMOUNT: Up to 17 awards totaling $5.2 million.
CONTACT: Randolph Muck at (240) 276-1576 or randy.muck @ samhsa.hhs.gov
FULL ANNOUNCEMENT:
http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants06/RFA/TI_06_007_adolescent.doc
[HHS CFBCI Listserv: February 3, 2006]
Honors Undergraduate program for students interested in American Indian mental health research careers.
The purpose of the COR program is to train the next generation of researchers to address the mental health
needs of American Indian people with cultural competence and consistency. For program components and eligibility requirements please visit our website at http://www.unl.edu/bosr/cor/ or call Misty Thomas toll free at 877-622-1932 or email mthomas5 @ unlnotes.unl.edu [posted on [NS_Education] Digest Number 278]
Monday, February 6, 2006
By Maggie Fox
DENVER (Reuters) - Just over half of new infections with the AIDS virus in the United States are in blacks, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
A study of detailed data from 33 states shows that of 156,000 new cases of HIV infection between 2001 and 2004, 51 percent were in non-Hispanic blacks -- although blacks made up just 13 percent of the population in those states.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_29544.html
Related MedlinePlus Pages:
African-American Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html
AIDS - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aids.html
The National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) in collaboration with the MCH Library at Georgetown University released a new edition of its knowledge path about oral health and children and adolescents. Presented in time for Children's Dental Health Month in February, this electronic resource guide offers a selection of current, high-quality resources that analyze data, describe effective programs, and report on policy and research aimed at improving access to oral health care and quality of oral health for children and adolescents.
This knowledge path is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, educators, policymakers, and others who are interested in obtaining timely information about oral health. A separate section contains links to resources for families. It is available at http://www.mchoralhealth.org/knwpathoralhealth.html. Knowledge paths on other maternal and child health topics are available. [See http://mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html ]
The February issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research, is now online at http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/. Along with this issue, we’ve posted an online survey. Please take a few moments to click on the link at the right of our home page—or just go directly to http://newsinhealthsurvey.od.nih.gov—and tell us what you think about NIH News in Health. Since our launch last April, our circulation has been growing steadily. Your thoughts and ideas can help us continue improving the publication to meet your needs.
In the February issue:
Feature Stories:
§ The Future of Genetic Testing. Telling Science Fact from Science Fiction
§ Genes or Environment? Epigenetics Sheds Light on the Debate
Health Capsules:
§ SIDS Risk Up in Winter
§ Risky Teen Behavior
Featured Web Site:
§ SmokeFree.gov http://www.smokefree.gov/ This web site has many resources to help you quit smoking.
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February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day (NBHAAD). This annual observance day was created to raise awareness among African Americans about HIV/AIDS and its devastating impact on African American communities. The day is part of a national mobilization effort to get African Americans to learn more about the threat posed by the disease, get tested, get treated and make a commitment to fight HIV/AIDS.
http://www.omhrc.gov/hivaidsobservances/afam/index.html
State of the Union Address
White House
President Bush outlined his policy agenda and budget priorities for 2006. A podcast is also available. http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=1638 Includes a link to a White House Press Release "State of the Union: Affordable and Accessible Health Care" http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=1638
From the Journals: Interview with Jennifer Furin
Kaisernetwork.org
An article in the Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved examines a new and unique training program at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston for doctors interested in focusing on disparities in poor regions. The lead author, Dr. Jennifer Furin, is interviewed by Jackie Judd of the Kaiser Family Foundation. From the Journals highlights current research on health policy published in major professional journals and is part of the special interview series "A Closer Look." A podcast is also available. http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=1649
How Are Our Fragmented Mental Health and Criminal Justice Systems Breaking the Nation's Poor?
Morehouse School of Medicine
This forum examined America's mental health and criminal justice systems. http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=1631
Rising Out-of-Pocket Spending for Medical Care: A Growing Strain on Family Budgets
Since the late 1990s, accelerated growth in health care spending has translated into increased burdens on family budgets. In 2001-02, an average of 13 million families per year had direct out-of-pocket (OOP) costs equal to or exceeding 10 percent of family income. When premium costs are added into the equation, even more families are devoting a substantial share of resources to health care expenses. [Commonwealth Fund, 2-06] http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=347500
Free Resource: Community Outreach Videos
Ministry Home Care, a Wisconsin-based home health and hospice provider, has created two highly-acclaimed videos designed for community and professional education, as well as patient/caregiver information. Both productions demonstrate the impact home-based care can have on the lives of individuals. When Home Is Where You Want to Be...Home Health Care, winner of the silver Telly Award, reviews options when anticipating rehabilitation from a surgical or medical procedure, or recovery from illness. Recipient of the esteemed bronze Telly Award, Hospice...Because Every Moment Matters provides a clear, concise overview of today's hospice program including holistic services, philosophy of care, and capabilities of specially trained professionals and volunteers. To order and learn details, contact Liz Sheahan at info @ ministryhomecare.org
Finding Answers and Leading Change
Brief proposal deadline: March 16, 2006, 2 p.m. CST
Full proposal deadline: July 20, 2006, 2 p.m. CST
In 2005, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched two new national programs, Finding Answers and Leading Change, to test and disseminate potential solutions to the poorer quality of health care that patients from certain racial and ethnic backgrounds are more likely to receive. These two new national programs are key parts of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's effort to improve the quality of health care for all Americans, especially for vulnerable populations known to experience substandard care. Details: http://www.solvingdisparities.org/
80th Annual Conference of the American School Health Association
October 11 - 14, 2006, St. Louis, MO
Proposals application deadline: February 10, 2006
The 2006 conference theme is Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds: The Mental Health Connection. Preference will be given to proposals that address identifying the causes of mental health problems among children and youth, emerging prevention or intervention strategies, the interactions between mental health and other educational and health outcomes, and/or practical approaches to school-based prevention or intervention. Details: http://www.ashaweb.org/
National Public Health Week 2006
April 3-9, 2006
The American Public Health Association and hundreds of partner organizations will explore ways that Americans can build healthier communities and healthier kids during National Public Health Week. As part of the weeklong observance, communities across the country will consider how buildings, roads, sidewalks and neighborhood design are affecting the health of children. For example, children who live close enough to school to walk often do not because they have no sidewalks to walk on. Air pollution has contributed to higher rates of childhood asthma, and the lack of access to fresh foods and avenues for activity in some neighborhoods has contributed to rising rates of childhood obesity. Press Release, 1-3-06] http://www.apha.org/nphw/2006/pg_pressrelease_1-3-06.htm
[ACHI Community Health News, 2-1-06]
"Getting the Most from Language Interpreters," Emily Herndon, MD, and Linda Joyce American Academy of Family Physicians, at: http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20040600/37gett.html “Communicating with patients who have limited English proficiency requires more than simply "finding someone who speaks their language."
For some information on Black History Month see:
InfoPlease http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html
PBS African American Lives http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/
NLM's Changing the Face of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/ You can search Physicians by ethnicity at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/
MedlinePlus African American Health http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html
Seed the Vision
KILI-FM Radio, the Oglala Tribe, and partners at Youth Opportunity Thse team members will tap the creative energy of teens, turning them into radio producers and inspiring them to envision a great future for themselves. "Seed the Vision" will conduct talking circles and a 5-day radio production camp for teens who will create radio programming for the Pine Ridge Reservation radio station. Read the first radio production camp on the Sound Partners site: http://www.soundpartners.org
Need to Plan a Meeting?
Here's a great step-by-step guide, in outline form, to boost your meeting's success. Checklists, a schedule, presentation specifications included. From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (PDF) http://rwjf.org/files/publications/RWJF_PlanningAMeeting.pdf
Raising Funds for Community Organizing
A web resource to strengthen and diversify the funding bases of community groups. "Promising Practices in Revenue Generation" contains dozens of examples of powerful fundraising practices. The report features an analysis of income sources from over 200 community organizations for the year 2002; results from thoughtful interviews with dozens of organizers and network leaders who have created a culture of energy and accountability around fundraising; probing interviews with funders and other observers; and an extensive annotated bibliography. http://www.communitychange.org/about/publications/?page=communityorganizing_promisingpracticesrevenue
Uninsured Americans with Chronic Health Conditions
The nonpartisan Urban Institute reports on "the prevalence and impact of selected chronic diseases among the uninsured" by race and ethnicity, gaps in access to care. Some findings:
• half of non-elderly uninsured adults have a chronic condition • Almost half of uninsured adults forgo medical care because of cost • Many of the uninsured do not have a usual health care source http://www.urban.org/publications/411161.html
[posted on Sound Partners for Community Health Weekly Digest for January 31-February 6, 2006]
March 10, 2006 marks the first annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This day is set to raise awareness on the increasing impact of HIV/AIDS transmission on women and girls.
In support of this observance day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is hosting a National Women and Girls Awareness Day Web site that offers materials to assist in your efforts to educate, motivate, and mobilize your local community in the fight against HIV/AIDS! http://www.omhrc.gov/hivaidsobservances/women/index.html [National Minority AIDS Council]
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Invites Applications for Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
Deadline: March 20, 2006
An initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (http://www.rwjf.org/), the Harold Amos Medical FacultyDevelopment Program (http://www.amfdp.org/), formerly known as the Minority Medical Faculty Development Program, was created to increase the number of faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds who can achieve senior rank in academic medicine and who will encourage and foster the development of succeeding classes of such physicians.
The program offers four-year postdoctoral research awards to physicians from historically disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to developing careers in academic medicine and to serving as role models for students and faculty of similar background. The program defines the term "historically disadvantaged" to mean the challenges facing individuals because of their race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or similar factors.
RFP Link:
http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10000125/rwjf