21th Annual Westberg Parish Nurse Symposium
September 28-30, 2007
Adam's Mark Hotel St. Louis
Downtown St. Louis, Missouri
"Called to Action: Strengthening Ministries of Healing"
Parish nurses, coordinators, clergy, chaplains, laypersons involved in health ministry, and health educators are encouraged to submit proposals.
http://www.parishnurses.org/ipnrc/WestbergSymposium.phtml?header=intlwestberg.gif
Simplify, Automate, and Follow the Leader: Lessons on Expanding Health Coverage for Children
California has learned a great deal in recent years about how to provide health insurance for children. The state has significantly expanded enrollment in Medi-Cal and Healthy Families, and many counties have developed Children's Health Initiatives (CHIs) to cover children ineligible for state programs. As a result, the number of uninsured children in California has fallen by nearly one-fifth during the last five years. [California HealthCare Foundation, November 2006] http://www.chcf.org/topics/healthinsurance/index.cfm?itemID=127290
AHA Sends Report on Community Benefit to the IRS
A report released today by Ernst & Young finds that all hospitals that responded to an Internal Revenue Service questionnaire on community benefit provide services to any patient, have a written policy on uncompensated care, provide substantial charity care and provide other community benefits, including immunizations and medical screenings. Ernst & Young independently analyzed 132 of the responses to an IRS questionnaire on community benefit that was sent to tax-exempt hospitals in May and June. [AHA News Now, 11-27-06] Report and information: http://www.aha.org/aha/advocacy/compliance/tax-exemption.html
Science Shows Poverty a Killer, Interfaith Coalition Told
Poverty kills just as surely as smoking or living off burgers, fries and ice cream, and the church leaders who run Ontario's food banks, emergency shelters and family counseling programs are prepared to back that claim up with science. [The Catholic Register, 11-27-06] http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=22118
Delayed Diagnosis of Latino Immigrants with HIV
Latino immigrants are more likely to be diagnosed with HIV later than non-immigrants, according to a study conducted by the University of California's Universitywide AIDS Research Program. Compared with U.S. born patients, immigrants presented with lower initial CD4 counts at diagnosis, were more likely to have an opportunistic infection and were more likely to be hospitalized at HIV diagnosis. [AHA News Now, 11-28-06] http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews_app/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann1128_Latino&domain=AHANEWS
[posted on ACHI Community Health News, 11-29-06]
Conducting a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups
Mary Dixon-Woods, et al.
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2006, 6:35 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-6-35Available online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/6/35
Conventional systematic review techniques have limitations when the aim of a review is to construct a critical analysis of a complex body of literature. This article offers a reflexive account of an attempt to conduct an interpretive review of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups in the UK. [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity list]
The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the Office of Public Health and Science, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (ODPHP/OPHS/HHS) is sponsoring a study to look at options for creating national disease prevention and health promotion objectives for the year 2020. OPHS/ODPHP has secured the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) to conduct the study. The main tasks of the study are to: 1) identify basic principles to guide the development of objectives; 2) identify selection criteria to ensure the objectives are scientifically sound and significant to public health; and 3) develop a way to prioritize the objectives. NORC has convened a technical expert panel to think through these issues and make recommendations. The panel, whose members have varied expertise in public health infrastructure, objective-setting, health disparities, health communication, biostatistics, public health policy, and other areas, has helped develop a “Draft Model for Developing 2020 Health Objectives,” describing a strategy OPHS/ODPHP could use to prepare national objectives for the coming decade. Please go to http://2020comment.norc.org for instructions on how to comment. [posted on aapcho-path listserv]
The non-profit producer of bilingual educational materials, Experience Education(http://www.exed.com) recently completed production on an educational Spanish DVD series entitled EXITO EN EL NORTE. "Success in the U.S." was created in collaboration with Iowa State University Extension (http://www.extension.iastate.edu/community/leadership) and the Southwest Iowa Latino Resource Center (http://www.swilrc.org). The series focuses on topics vital to the successful navigation of daily life within the U.S., such as finances, healthcare, education, etc. Hosted by Luis Valdez, EXITO is presented in a friendly, accessible manner appropriate for multiple education levels.
The EXITO series features seven nationally-applicable titles that offer practical, concrete information and resources leading to further assistance in Spanish. These titles include: Finances, Healthcare, Taxes, Education, Immigration, Public Assistance and the Legal System. Three other state-specific titles (Housing, Employment and Transportation) are currently available only within the state of Iowa. Each title is presented entirely in Spanish; however, there are English scripts available for English speakers. Discussion guides, created by ISU Extension, to accompany each title will soon also be available. Please contact ExEd for more information. Detailed information about the series and its creators may be viewed online at http://www.exitovideos.com, and any inquiries about the series may be directed to Experience Education (800) 477-4236.
Don't miss the December 1 deadline for the 2006-2007 Equal Access Initiative (EAI) Computer Grants Program, sponsored by the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of AIDS Research (OAR). The EAI provides HIV/AIDS organizations a computer and Internet access, increase their capacity to provide their constituents access to online HIV/AIDS information and resources. Qualified community-based organizations (CBOs) in the United States, its territories and possessions are invited to submit an application to participate in this program. http://www.nmac.org/programs___services/computer_grants_program/875.cfm
The Stigma Resource Center is now open! In addition to reading the latest articles on HIV/AIDS stigma, you may also find tools to counter stigma in your community, links to other websites and much more. http://www.nmac.org/nmac2/stigma/resources/main.html
[posted on the National Minority AIDS Council lifeline email]
HEALTH COMM Web sites, November 2006 compiled by Marcia Zorn, M.A., M.L.S.
Lists are Archived by the Coalition for Health Communication at http://www.healthcommunication.net/Online_Resources.html or, go to http://www.healthcommunication.net and select Online Resources
“Windshield Tour”– A Journey Towards Cultural Competency D. Kay Taylor, et al. Med Educ Online 2006 http://www.med-ed-online.org/pdf/T0000089.pdf
Ethnic Disparities in Health: The Public's Role in Working for Equality by David Satcher
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0030405
Report Brief. Review and Assessment of the National Institutes of Health's Strategic Research Plan to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities (IOM, Mar 2006)
http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3740/22356/33275/35550.aspx
Patient-centered care for underserved populations: Definition and best practices
S Silow-Carroll, T Alteras, L Stepnick Economic & Social Research Institute; Jan 2006. 43 p http://www.esresearch.org/documents_06/Overview.pdf
The Rising Prevalence of Severe Poverty in America: A Growing Threat to Public Health
Woolf SH, Johnson RE, Geiger HJ Am J Prev Med Oct 2006 V31#4, 332-341.e2
http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/0749-3797/PIIS0749379706002339.pdf
Tailored Interventions in Public Health Where does tailoring fit in interventions to reduce Health Disparities. MK Campbell LM Quintiliani Am Behav Scientist , Fe 2006 http://www.chaicore.com/home/PDF/TailoredInterventions.pdf
Expanding the Reach and Impact of Consumer E-HEALTH TOOLS (HHS, June 2006)
Report (230 p.) http://www.health.gov/communication/ehealth/ehealthTools/pdf/ehealthreport.pdf
Summary & related documents: http://www.health.gov/communication/ehealth/ehealthTools/default.htm This report summarizes a study undertaken by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on the potential utility and value of consumer e-health tools for populations that experience health disparities.
Baseball Tomorrow Fund. Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association support efforts to increase young people's participation in baseball and softball through coaches' training, equipment, new fields, programs, and uniforms; and create opportunities for minorities and girls. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is January 1, 2007. For further information, contact btf@mlb.com; or go to: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/community/btf.jsp
Breast Cancer Seed Grant Program. The Nancy R. Gelman Foundation announces funds for projects aimed at improving outcomes for women with breast cancer. The program's areas of focus include: a mentored summer fellowship for a medical student to work in a laboratory, gaining experience in basic research on breast cancer mechanisms or therapies; community-based efforts to promote breast cancer awareness and early detection among populations at increased risk; development of information materials to encourage appropriate screening and help guide newly diagnosed patients, or those whose cancer has recurred, through the challenging maze of treatment options; initiatives in cancer or emergency department nursing units to improve care for patients with breast cancer; and a summer research project, studying end-of-life care for breast cancer patients and making recommendations to hospitals and hospice organizations to improve care. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is January 17, 2007. For further information, go to: http://www.nrgf.org/grants.html
Disabled Youth Programs. The Innovating Worthy Projects Foundation support organizations that are dedicated to developing innovative programs, disseminating ideas, and/or providing direct care or services for children with special needs, acute illnesses, or chronic disabilities. Areas of focus are new ideas and approaches to providing services, as well as equipment purchases. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is August 31, 2007. For further information, go to: http://www.iwpf.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.
The Center for Health Disparities Research at UNLV would like to announce the release of the inaugural issue of the Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice. This issue of the Journal can be found at the following website. http://chdr.unlv.edu/JHDRP%201_1.pdf [posted on The NETWORK-Black Young Professionals' Public Health Network, Inc. ] Also see the main page for the journal to read the call for papers http://chdr.unlv.edu/JHDRP.htm
The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) is pleased to announce the launch of PERC—the Prevention Education Resource Center—at http://www.teachprevention.org. PERC is a Web-based repository of educational materials that can be used to teach prevention and population health-related topics. The virtual center has been designed to promote collaboration across health care disciplines, professions, and institutions by facilitating the exchange of teaching resources and connecting educators. [posted on publichealthnet listserv]
"Please join us Friday, February 23, 2007 at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, Chapel Hill, NC, for the 28th Annual UNC-CH School of Public Health Minority Health Conference, presented by the School's Minority Student Caucus. Even if you cannot attend in person, we invite you to join the free, interactive satellite and Internet broadcast of the 9th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture from the Conference. The Lecture, by Dr. David Malebranche of Emory University School of Medicine, will be taped and broadcast at 2:00pm EST, with a live call-in question-and-answer period with Dr. Malebranche until 3:30pm EST. For information about the Conference and broadcast, including poster session abstracts, exhibiting, registration, Dr. Malebranche, and the Minority Student Caucus, please visit http://www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2007/"
[posted on the Black Young Professionals' Public Health Network, Inc]
Black Leaders Call on Federal Government to Adopt Bold New Strategy to Stop AIDS Crisis in African-American Communities
In Advance of World AIDS Day, National Minority AIDS Council, Members of Congress, Civil Rights Leaders and Medical Experts Release New Five-Point Plan to Address Disproportionate Impact of HIV/AIDS on African-Americans —
Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2006 —The country's leading African-American lawmakers, civil rights leaders and medical experts today called on the federal government to adopt and implement a new blueprint to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in the African-American community. The plan is outlined in a new report, African Americans, Health Disparities and HIV/AIDS: Recommendations for Confronting the Epidemic in Black America, released by the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) in advance of World AIDS Day (December 1). Download the complete press release and report at http://www.nmac.org/public_policy/4616.cfm
[posted on National Minority AIDS Council Lifeline]
After a doctor sees a patient, he or she often prescribes medications. But what if such a doctor also wants to direct a patient to up-to-date, reliable, consumer-friendly information about a genetic condition, or an explanation of the basics of genetic science? Under a new program launched today, practitioners are being encouraged to refer their patients to Genetics Home Reference, a free, patient-friendly Web site of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), at http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov. Under this program, doctors can request free “Information Rx” pads, which will enable them to write “prescriptions,” pointing patients to the Genetics Home Reference site and to the wealth of information it contains. A similar Information Rx Project, pointing patients to NLM’s MedlinePlus database (http://medlineplus.gov), was launched in 2003. That program has been well received by doctors and their patients nationwide, helping doctors direct patients to NLM’s MedlinePlus database, with information on over 700 health topics and many other resources. Read the complete press release at http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2006/nlm-20a.htm
USA Today/Kaiser/Harvard Survey Highlights Problems in the Health Care System Through the Experiences of People With Cancer
Survey of Families Affected by Cancer Shows People With and Without Health Insurance Often Suffer Serious Financial Hardship
A major national survey of people affected by cancer provides an in-depth examination of how families cope with cancer and highlights problems of health insurance and health care costs through the lens of those who have experienced this major illness. The results show how health care and health insurance systems can fail to protect people when they are most in need. http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/pomr112006pkg.cfm[posted on Kaiser Family Foundation email]
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards to Honor Works Addressing Issues of Racism and Diversity
Deadline: January 31, 2007
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which recognize outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism or appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures, is accepting entries. Now in its 72nd year, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards continues to be the only American book award designed specifically to recognize works addressing issues of racism and diversity. The awards are administered by the Cleveland Foundation. Awards are given for both fiction and nonfiction. Award recip- ients traditionally receive a monetary gift of $10,000 from the Anisfield-Wolf Fund. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10005288/anisfield-wolf
Women's Sports Foundation Invites Applications for GoGirlGo! Ambassador Team Awards
Deadline: February 16, 2007
Teaming up with the GoGirlGo! National Campaign ( http://www.gogirlgo.kintera.org/ ) that is aiming to get one million inactive girls to participate in physical activity and keep another one million currently active girls from dropping out of physical activity, Gatorade and the Women's Sports Foundation ( http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/ ) are supporting a third year of the GoGirlGo! Ambassador Team Awards. The GoGirlGo! Ambassador Team Awards are designed to recognize teams that demonstrate leadership in their communities by inspiring girls to get involved in sports and physical activity. Teams must lead their own team project that will get girls in their communities physically active and submit a detailed essay or a VHS, DVD, or CD-ROM explaining their project. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10005291/womenssportsfound
Ameriquest Offers After-School and Neighborhood Improvement Grant Program
Deadline: January 15, 2007
A program offered by Ameriquest Mortgage Company ( http://www.ameriquestcares.org/ ) and its affiliate AMC Mortgage Services, Create Your Legacy is a grant program that encourages young people to develop projects to improve their after-school program and their neighborhood. Each year, the Create Your Legacy program awards up to seventy-five grants of $15,000 each to nonprofit after-school programs to help fund projects to improve their programs and their neighborhoods. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10005292/ameriquestcares
Nancy R. Gelman Foundation Announces Seed Grant Competition
Deadline: January 17, 2007
The Nancy R. Gelman Foundation ( http://www.nrgf.org/ ), a nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving outcomes for patients with breast cancer, has announced its 2007 Seed Grant Program. The foundation will fund projects aimed at improving outcomes for women with breast cancer. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10005302/nrgf
[posted on RFP Bulletin (November 17, 2006)]
Overcoming the Language Barrier
Hospitals and health systems are encountering increasing numbers of patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). For these patients, language and communication barriers pose a serious threat to receiving safe, high-quality health care. Numerous studies have shown that language barriers impede access to health care, compromise quality of care and increase the risk of adverse health outcomes. To better understand what hospitals and systems are doing to meet the language needs of their LEP patients, the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) conducted a national survey of hospitals in collaboration with the National Health Law Program...In this survey, 63 percent of the hospitals reported that they treat LEP patients either daily or weekly. An additional 17 percent reported treating LEP patients at least monthly. [H&HN, 11-14-06] http://tinyurl.com/yyygba
Understanding the Illness-Poverty Relationship
The November issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA's online ethics journal, is devoted to articles that demonstrate how poverty or low socioeconomic status is related to illness: http://enews.ama-assn.org/UM/T.asp?A40.442.3862.11.81701
2005 BRFSS Maps Now Available
The CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has just released the 2005 BRFSS Maps, an interactive Web site that allows users to generate maps graphically displaying the prevalence of behavioral health risk factors by state and metropolitan/micropolitan statistical areas (MMSAs). Maps and data are available from 2002 through 2005 online at: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/gisbrfss/default.aspx
Health, United States, 2006
Health, United States is an annual report on trends in health statistics. The report consists of two main sections: A chartbook containing text and figures that illustrates major trends in the health of Americans; and a trend tables section that contains 147 detailed data tables. The two main components are supplemented by an executive summary, a highlights section, an extensive appendix and reference section, and an index. [National Center for Health Statistics] http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
[posted on ACHI Community Health News, 11-15-06]
Diagnosed Diabetes Among American Indians and Alaska Natives Aged <35 Years --- United States, 1994--2004
SOURCE: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November 10, 2006 / 55(44);1201-1203 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5544a4.htm
"Diabetes disproportionately affects American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) (1,2), and the prevalence of diabetes is increasing among young persons in certain AI/AN populations (3). To examine trends in the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among AI/ANs aged <35 years, CDC analyzed patient data collected by the Indian Health Service (IHS) during 1994--2004. This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated that the age-adjusted prevalence of diagnosed diabetes increased from 8.5 to 17.1 per 1,000 population among AI/ANs aged <35 years who use IHS health-care services. Because young persons with diabetes have more years of disease and greater risk for costly and disabling complications early in life (4), diabetes prevention programs targeting younger age groups have become increasingly important in AI/AN communities."
Issue Brief Indicates Physicians in Smaller Practices Have Less Access to Clinical Information Technology Than Do Those in Larger Practices
The report, conducted by the RWJF-supported Center for Studying Health System Change, shows that adoption gaps between small and large practices persist. In two of the clinical activities measured—obtaining treatment guidelines and exchanging clinical data with other physicians—the gap remained about the same between 2000-01 and 2004-05. The gap widened in three other areas—accessing patient notes, generating preventive care reminders and writing prescriptions. http://www.rwjf.org/research/researchdetail.jsp?id=3171 [posted on RWJF Content Alert]
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY & CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS, Washington, DC
THE INGHAM COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Lansing, Michigan
Edited by Richard Hofrichter
Publication supported by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation 2006
Available online as PDF file [252p.] at: http://www.naccho.org/topics/justice/documents/NACCHO_Handbook_hyperlinks_000.pdf
“………Health practitioners in local health departments (LHDs) face many dilemmas and struggles in seeking to protect and improve the public’s health. As the front line of the public health response in local communities, they often must cope with immediate crises and chronic issues with limited resources, restrictive statutory mandates, categorical funding, and political pressures from state and local officials. Addressing the root causes of inequities in the distribution of disease and illness might seem like a luxury. But it is not. Persistent, severe health inequities are increasing significantly, with serious implications for the nation’s wellbeing." [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity list]
As part of the effort to educate all Americans about the importance of knowing their family health histories, Acting Surgeon General Kenneth P. Moritsugu, M.D., M.P.H., announced two new outreach projects involving Alaska Native and urban Appalachian communities...To make it easier to compile a family health history, the Office of the Surgeon General has created a free, Web-based tool that organizes family health information into a printout that people can take to health care professionals to help determine whether they are at higher risk for disease. The recently redesigned tool, "My Family Health Portrait," is available in English and in Spanish at https://familyhistory.hhs.gov. Building upon the foundation laid by the Surgeon General's Family History Initiative, NHGRI today named two new Family History demonstration projects - focused on Alaska Native and urban Appalachian populations. The one-year projects, each of which will receive $100,000, will develop community-based models to increase awareness among the public and health care professionals about the value of family history information in promoting health and preventing disease. Read the complete NIH News Release is available online at:
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2006/nhgri-15.htm
Thursday, November 16, 2006,11:00 AM, Eastern Time
The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) will announce a new campaign to encourage minority college students to choose medicine as a career. The campaign is based on the results of a new analysis, believed to be the first of its kind, which found that while more minority college students than ever are graduating with biology degrees (the most common undergraduate major for medical school), the proportion of these students who applied to medical school has not increased in more than a decade. This growing gap is especially pronounced among African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American students.
This teleconference also includes an online presentation. To attend the teleconference, call 1-866-400-1140. To access the presentation, go to https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/aamc/join?id=D73GX7&role=attend&pw=gmb%26%7C8ZSZ (First time users: check your computer’s compatibility before the conference, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52354). There will be a question and answer period on the new data and the launch of the AAMC campaign following the presentation
[posted by AAMC]
Keynote Address: Eleventh Qualitative Health Research Conference
Qualitative Health Research in the Era of Evidence-Based Practice
Maria H. F. Grypdonck
QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH, Vol. 16 No. 10, December 2006 1371-1385
Available online as PDF file at: http://qhr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/16/10/1371.pdf
“…..Evidence-based health care (EBHC) sets the tone in health care and health care research nowadays. Qualitative health researchers have to position themselves in a world that is dominated by it. The popularity of Evidence-based health care EBHC is not due to the rationality of its tenets. In this article, the author addresses major problems in EBHC. Qualitative research is important for providing the understanding that is necessary to apply findings from quantitative research properly and safely. Basic studies about the human experience in illness and regarding human behavior and meaning in general remain of great value, even in the era of Evidence-based health care EBHC. Qualitative research also plays an important role in developing scholarship…..”
This article is based on the opening keynote of the Qualitative Health Research Conference (Utrecht, the Netherlands, May 11-13, 2005). [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity list]
Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) Prevention. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to evaluate strategies for the prevention of AHT, specifically, to assess effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of delivering AHT prevention information to parents and other caregivers in diverse settings (e.g., hospitals, public health clinics, home-visitation), and to identify mediators of any changes that are detected. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, special district governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, nonprofit organizations, private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. The deadline for applications is February 21, 2007. Approximately $1,200,000 is available to fund 3 awards of up to $400,000. For further information, contact Technical Information Management at (770) 488-2700 or pgotim@dc.gov; or go to: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/CE07-004.htm.
Sexual Violence Perpetration and the Overlap with Bullying Behavior. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to: 1) assess the association between bullying experiences and co-occurring and subsequent sexual violence (SV) perpetration; and 2) test associations between these forms of violence and potentially modifiable risk and protective factors from multiple levels of social influence (i.e., individual, family, peer, and community factors) to determine the shared and unique risk and protective factors for bullying experiences and SV perpetration. Eligible applicants include independent school districts, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations, private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations other than small businesses, small businesses, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is April 1, 2007. Approximately $600,000 is available to fund 2 awards of up to $300,000. For further information, contact Technical Information Management at (770) 488-2700 or pgotim@cdc.gov; or go to: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/CE07-005.htm
America's Libraries. Laura Bush Foundation is seeking applications to support the education of U.S. children by providing funds to update, extend, and
diversify the book and print collections of America's school libraries. The foundation seeks to provide books to school libraries and students that most need them. Eligible applicants include independent school districts and nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is December 30, 2006. Awards of up to 5,000 are available. For further information, go to: http://www.laurabushfoundation.org/web2/index.htm
Literacy, Arts, and Education. Barnes & Noble supports organizations that focus on literacy, the arts, or education (K-12). In addition, Barnes & Noble is committed to literary-based sponsorships and seeks to partner with organizations that focus their core businesses on higher learning, literacy, and the arts. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations and community-based organizations. There is no deadline date for applications. For further information, go to: http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our_company/sponsorship/Sponsorship_main.html
The Verizon Tech Savvy Awards. Verizon Foundation and the National Center for Family Literacy recognize programs that demystify technology for families and enable parents to better guide their children in the use of technology for the purpose of learning. This awards program is designed to assist organizations to incorporate information communications technology literacy as a component and enhancement of literacy. Eligible nominees include grassroots, community-based nonprofit organizations, libraries, and schools. The deadline for applications is January 12, 2007. For further information, go to: http://www.famlit.org/site/c.gtJWJdMQIsE/b.2180327/k.5E33/Verizon_Tech_Savvy_Awards.htm
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.
December 1st is World AIDS Day!
Around forty million people are living with HIV throughout the world - and that number increases in every region every day. Ignorance and prejudice are fuelling the spread of a preventable disease. World AIDS Day, December 1, is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS. December 1st is World AIDS Day! http://www.worldaidsday.org/ [National Minority AIDS Council]
From the Office of Minority Health, includes links to posters, fact sheets and logos: http://www.omhrc.gov/hivaidsobservances/world/index.html
From the National Library of Medicine, a comprehensive AIDS information service : http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv.html
HTML: http://www.infoforhealth.org/practices/InternalBPs/index.shtml
PDF: http://www.infoforhealth.org/Sharing_Local_BPs.pdf
The INFO Project at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs is pleased to announce the publication of A Tool for Sharing Internal Best Practices. This tool, developed by the INFO Project, includes a step-by-step process, tips, case studies and links to additional resources that explain how an organization can more effectively share its own best practices internally.
More information on best practices is available from the Best Practices section of the INFO for Health website at: http://www.infoforhealth.org/practices.shtml
[posted on PAHO/WHO Equity list]
The Role and Relationship of Cultural Competence and Patient-Centerdness in Health Care Quality
Mary Catherine Beach, Somnath Saha, and Lisa A. Cooper
October 2006
"Patient-centeredness and cultural competence have been promoted extensively in recent years as approaches to improving health care quality. This paper explores the historical evolution of both concepts, demonstrating that early conceptual models focused on how health care providers and patients interact at the interpersonal level, while later models were expanded to consider how patients were treated by the health care system as a whole. The models are compared at both the interpersonal and health care system levels to demonstrate similarities and differences. Although the two concepts have grown out of separate traditions, each with its own focus, many of the core features of patient-centeredness and cultural competence are the same. Each approach holds promise for improving the quality of health care for individual patients, communities, and populations." http://www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/Beach_rolerelationshipcultcomppatient-cent_960.pdf
The Summer Research Apprentice Program (SRAP) is an intensive, seven week, paid summer research program held at the University of Wyoming. Students that have completed their sophomore year of high school by the time the summer program starts, and/or those that are current high school juniors and seniors are eligible. SRAP was designed in 1985 to provide minorities, first-generation college bound, and female students the opportunity to gain first hand experience in science, mathematics, engineering, and other related science research. SRAP is funded by Wyoming NSF EPSCoR. http://epscor-wise.uwyo.edu/SRAP.htm [posted on [NS_Education] Digest Number 366]
Tribe Controls Diabetes Without Medicine
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/10235775/detail.html
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- "Lifestyle as medicine" is the motto behind a national American Indian health program that could help Americans of every ethnic background tackle diabetes without medicine. Christina Orosco, 72, is just one of 5,000 Indians from nine different tribes learning to live with diabetes. She's lost 74 pounds over the last year and a half -- after joining the Indian Health Council's Diabetic Program on the Rincon Reservation.
Applications Available for Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Grants for High School Invention Projects
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams ( http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/ ) is a national grants initiative of the Lemelson-MIT Program that works to foster inventiveness among high school students. InvenTeams composed of high school students, teachers, and mentors are asked to collaboratively identify a problem that they want to solve, research the problem, and then develop a prototype invention as an in-class or extracurricular project. InvenTeams projects have spanned many fields, from assistive devices to environmental technologies and consumer goods. App licants are encouraged to consider the problems or needs of the world's poorest people (those earning $2/day) in brainstorming project ideas. http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/apply.html {Initial application deadline for 2008 InvenTeams is April 27, 2007}
Carter Center Invites Journalists to Apply for Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism Deadline: April 23, 2007
As part of an international effort to reduce the stigma of mental illness, the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Jour nalism provide grants to journalists to study topics related to mental health or mental illnesses.
http://www.cartercenter.org/health/mental_health/fellowships/index.html
[posted on RFP Bulletin (November 10, 2006)]
Thursday, November 16, 2006
3:00pm Eastern; 2:00pm Central; 1:00pm Mountain; 12:00pm Pacific; 11:00am Alaska; 9:00am Hawaii
On Thursday, November 16, the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) will host a webcast entitled "Capacity Building and Cultural Competence When Working with Minority Populations." The presenters are Fabricio Balcazar, PhD, Department of Disability and Human Development, and Yolanda Suarez, PhD, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago. This webcast is presented in collaboration with the Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) program. The presentation will describe the researchers' conceptual framework forcultural competence training, review the factors that determine cultural
diversity, and summarize their training activities in this area to date.
NCDDR Webcast page: http://www.ncddr.org/webcasts/webcast4.html [posted on Agencies and Communities Together (ACT)]
"Home health care is an essential part of health care today. It encompasses a wide range of health and social services that may not easily or effectively be provided solely by family and friends. Services range from highly skilled and technical nursing care to assistance with the essential activities of daily living. These services are delivered at home to recovering, disabled, chronically or terminally ill persons in need of medical, nursing, social, or therapeutic treatment." See the Rural Assistance Center's Guide to Home Health at http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/homehealth/ Also see the MedlinePlus Health Topic "Home Care Services" http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/homecareservices.html
Herbalife Family Foundation Grants
Provides financial assistance to non-profit organizations around the world dedicated to improving the lives of children. -- Herbalife Family Foundation http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1352
New Federal Database for Grant Seekers
On September 28, President Bush signed “The Federal Funding Accountability And Transparency Act Of 2006 To Improve The Quality And Accessibility Of Information About Federal Spending”. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060926-1.html This legislation calls on the Office of Management and Budget to oversee a new website through which the public can readily access information about grants and contracts provided by Federal government agencies, except for those classified for national security reasons. Read a press release about the database at http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showfundStory.cfm?ArticleID=6693
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01507.html
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting the public to a voluntary recall being conducted by Perrigo Company (Perrigo) of Allegan, Michigan for 383 lots of acetaminophen 500mg caplets manufactured and distributed under various store-brands as a result of small metal fragments found in a small number of these caplets. Approximately 11 million bottles containing varying quantities of acetaminophen 500mg caplets are affected by this recall. For a list of batches affected, please see http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/perrigo/perrigobatchlist.html. Consumers can determine if they are in possession of a recalled product by locating the batch number printed on the container label. A list of stores that carry store-brands potentially affected by this recall is located on FDA's website at http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/perrigo/perrigocustlist.html
Save the Date!
Hmong Footprints: Cultivating a Vibrant Hmong Culture
April 12-15, 2007
Detroit, Michigan ~ Marriott Renaissance Center
The conference goals are to develop the capacity of those who serve Hmong, stimulate active participation of the Hmong American community, develop youth leadership, and encourage partnerships and collaboration among diverse people working to improve the lives of new Americans. The Conference serves as an avenue for community, professional, and leadership development for Hmong and non-Hmong alike.
http://hndinc.org/conference.php [posted on aapcho-path listserv]
Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program for Underrepresented Students (R25) Granthttp://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11462
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to establish partnerships between community colleges or other two year post secondary educational institutions granting associate degrees and colleges or universities that offer baccalaureate degrees to develop programs that prepare associate degree students with academic potential for admission and successful completion of undergraduate degree program in biomedical and/or behavioral science related subjects. Students eligible to participate in this program are those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical science research arena of the nation (underrepresented groups) and/or populations disproportionately affected by health disparities (health disparities populations). It is anticipated that this initiative will promote effective inter-institutional partnerships to improve the quality and quantity of students from underrepresented groups and or health disparities populations being trained as the next generation of biomedical research scientists. [posted on Grants.Gov update]
Nickelodeon -- Let’s Just Play Giveaway
http://www.nick.com/all_nick/everything_nick/ljp_home06.jhtml
Nickelodeon is accepting applications for its Let’s Just Play Giveaway program. The purpose of this program is to support school or after-school community-based organizations that promote play and physical activity. Programs must be nominated by youth ages 6 to 15 years old. [posted on The Center for Helath and Health Care in Schools Grant Alerts http://www.healthinschools.org]
Providing Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide was recently released by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ). The purpose of the guide is to provide federal, state and community planners with valuable insights and information that will help them in their efforts to plan for an respond to a mass care event (MCE). The guide presents approaches and strategies that would enable the most appropriate standard of care possible in the event of a MCE. The guide is available at the following URL http://www.ahrq.gov/research/mce/ [posted by Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS)]
Compass – A Community Resource in HIV/AIDS related CBR
The Compass newsletter is designed to provide community members, AIDS service organizations, researchers and policy makers with information and resources on HIV/AIDS related community-based research taking place in Ontario. It is hoped that the information provided in the newsletter will support and inspire further HIV/AIDS CBR collaborations. Compass is a collaborative endeavour of the Ontario HIV Treatment Network, the Ontario AIDS Network and the Community Linked Evaluation AIDS Resource. Each issue of Compass will focus on a selected theme with content provided by guest contributors who share their experiences working on CBR initiatives. The first issue of Compass, launched in August 2006, focused on HIV prevention in the context of needle exchange programs and people who use drugs in Ontario. A highly useful and innovative Best Practice document for Needle Exchange Programs is also showcased in this issue. The next newsletter will highlight CBR initiatives that focus on issues affecting Immigrant, Refugee and Non-Status people living with HIV/AIDS. To access the newsletter please visitwebsite: http://www.ohtn.on.ca/Compass.htm
Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Health Disparities
Wallerstein, N.B., Duran, B. (2006). Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Health Disparities. Health Promotion Practice 7 (3):312-323.
Details at: http://hpp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/3/312
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has emerged in the past decades as an alternative research paradigm, which integrates education and social action to improve health and reduce health disparities. More than a set of research methods, CBPR is an orientation to research that focuses on relationships between academic and community partners, with principles of colearning, mutual benefit, and long-term commitment and incorporates community theories, participation, and practices into the research efforts. As CBPR matures, tensions have become recognized that challenge the mutuality of the research relationship, including issues of power, privilege, participation, community consent, racial and/or ethnic discrimination, and the role of research in social change. This article focuses on these challenges as a dynamic and ever-changing context of the researcher-community relationship, provides examples of these paradoxes from work in tribal communities, discusses the evidenc e that CBPR reduces disparities, and recommends transforming the culture of academia to strengthen collaborative research relationships.
[both articles posted on CBP listserv]
Studies Find Interventions Can Help Break Cycle of Dependence on Emergency Rooms in Children's Asthma
Early and consistent education during and after a visit to the emergency department is a key to successful long-term management of pediatric asthma, says recent research supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. One study, based at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., shows that educational intervention can reduce emergency department visits for asthma by 40 percent. http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/newsreleasesdetail.jsp?id=10445 [posted on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Content Alert]
AHRQ Disaster-Preparedness Resource Provides Valuable Information for Pediatricians and Emergency Response Planners http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2006/pedterpr.htm
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), has released Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness: A Resource for Pediatricians. The resource is intended to increase awareness about the unique needs of children and encourage collaboration among pediatricians, state and local emergency response planners, health care systems, and others involved in planning and response efforts for natural disasters and terrorism incidents. (see the resource at http://www.ahrq.gov/research/pedprep/resource.htm)
HHS and GSA Announce Updated Web Design and Usability Guidelines to Improve Government Web Sites
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2006pres/20061030.html
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has announced the publication of the 2006 edition of the popular Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines. Based on the latest research, the Guidelines now include over 40 new or updated guidelines and have become a primary resource for government and other Web communicators. The updated guide is being published by HHS in partnership with the General Services Administration (GSA).
[posted on PHPartners http://phpartners.org/ - New Links for the week of Nov 03, 2006]
The November 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/. In this issue:
Feature Stories:
Of Guts and Gluten—In Celiac Disease, the Two Don’t Mix
The Discoveries Behind Future Cures—Nobel Prize Honors Basic Research Breakthroughs
Health Capsules:
Drug Can Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage
Preventing Falls
Featured Web Site:
Stories from the Heart http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/stories/
FY07 Communications Technology. Department of Justice announces funds to research, develop, and evaluate emerging communication technology solutions for public safety agencies. Specific areas of interest include: multiband radio technologies and associated operational issues, including software-defined radio and hardware radios; cognitive radio technologies; locator technologies with real-time updates (indoor and outdoor); non-terrestrial technologies (i.e., satellite and airborne); alternative technologies for interconnection of repeater sites; multiband radio antenna; mobile hybrid technology for wireless broadband data; and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) telephony issues such as location information and monitoring. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, state governments, private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations, nonprofits, faith, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is November 27, 2006. For further information, contact Joseph Heaps at (202) 305-1554 or Joseph.Heaps@usdoj.gov; or go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11328&mode=VIEW
FY07 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals, Older Women, and Residents of Residential Care Facilities. Department of Justice is seeking applications for research and evaluation in the area of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly individuals, older women, and residents of residential care facilities. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, private institutions of higher education nonprofits, faith, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is January 30, 2007. For further information, contact Catherine McNamee at (202) 514-7936 or Catherine.McNamee@usdoj.gov; or go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11360&mode=VIEW
Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST). National Science Foundation seeks to fund projects that demonstrate innovative and creative applications of IT in school and non-school contexts and is committed to preparing learners to benefit from and contribute to the growing national cyberinfrastructure. ITEST has four components: a) youth-based projects with strong emphases on career and educational pathways;b) comprehensive projects for students and teachers; c) renewals of existing projects; and d) an ITEST Resource Center. Eligible applicants include independent school districts, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and private institutions of higher education. The deadline for applications isJanuary 5, 2007. Approximately $20,000,000 is available to fund 17 awards. For further information, contact NSF Grant Support at grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov; or go to: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07514
Minority Organ and Tissue Donation (R01). Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to provide support for the development of educational programs in the relevant communities to promote health, to enhance understanding of organ and tissue donation, and to initiate programs that will lead to increased participation in the process of donation. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, nonprofit organizations, private institutions of higher education, and for-profit organizations. The deadline for applications is December 22, 2006. Approximately $1,500,000 is available. For further information, contact NIH OER Webmaster at FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV; or go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-06-016.html
Resource Centers and Coordinating Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR). Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to improve the health and well being of older minority populations by identifying mechanisms for reducing health disparities. RCMARs focus research upon specific social, cultural, and behavioral mechanisms to improve health and physical and cognitive function by emphasizing research designed to: 1) develop culturally-informed disease and disability prevention and health promotion strategies; 2) improve community, group, or individual based interventions that will result in optimal health outcomes; and 3) improve the measurement of social, psychological, economic, demographic, and other constructs germane to the health of older minority populations. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, nonprofit organizations, private institutions of higher education, and for-profit organizations. The deadline for applications is January 9, 2007. Approximately $2,740,000 is available to fund awards up to $500,000. For further information, contact NIH OER Webmaster at FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV; or go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-07-005.html
Child Care in Urban Areas. Rosie's For All Kids Foundation announces funds to assist organizations that provide child care, early education, and other essential programs to economically disadvantaged and at-risk children. The Foundation's primary focus is on tuition subsidies, small renovations, equipment upgrades, playground construction, and staff development opportunities for early education and care programs. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, and faith- and community-based organizations. There is no deadline date for applications. For further information, go to: http://www.forallkids.org/site.php?module=article&pageid=164
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.
Multiculturalism in Health Care
Hospitals need to understand the values and traditions of the various ethnic groups within their communities.
Areas all over the United States are becoming much more racially, ethnically, culturally and linguistically diverse. Previous record inflows of immigrants at the turn of the 20th century have been surpassed; the foreign-born now number more than 33 million...Our nation's increasing diversity has made providing care to diverse populations a challenge for many health care organizations. With the increasing diversity, there is a concomitant need to understand cross-cultural differences. This ethical imperative is particularly critical, given the numerous reports that document significant health disparities. [H&HN, 10-31-06] http://tinyurl.com/ts9fv
Tobacco Industry Prevention Ads Aimed at Teens Have No Effect on Youth Smoking
Researchers from Bridging the Gap, a policy research program based at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the University of Michigan, examined youth exposure to tobacco company television advertising campaigns and how that exposure influenced several smoking-related belief and behavior outcomes. They found that across these outcomes, 8th, 10th and 12th graders were generally not influenced by exposure to tobacco industry youth-targeted ads. [Robert Wood Johnson Fdn, 10-31-06] http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/newsreleasesdetail.jsp?id=10443
Web Site Assesses Patients' Disease Risks
The Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention created a new Web site that allows users to calculate their risks of developing 12 different cancers, heart disease, stroke, diabetes and osteoporosis, the Wall Street Journal reports. Visitors to the site complete surveys with questions about their age, gender, lifestyle habits, environment and other factors that can influence health, and the Web site's online tool assesses how each individual's risk compares with the rest of the population. The site also creates a customized action plan demonstrating how changes in lifestyle habits could affect a person's disease risks. [iHealth Beat, 11-1-06] http://www.ihealthbeat.org/index.cfm?Action=dspItem&itemID=126369 [see the web site at http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/]
Promising Practices and Strategies to Improve Quality of Life for Older Adults
A Healthy Community Perspective on Aging Well: New Ideas for an Older California is a call to action for policymakers, chief executives, planners, businesses, nonprofit leaders and residents. It features promising practices, strategies and resources that communities can use to improve the health and quality of life for older adults. http://www.civicpartnerships.org/docs/home/Aging_Brief_Summary.htm
[posted on ACHI Community Health News, 11-1-06]
The Children's Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC) http://www.checnet.org/home.asp is a national non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public, specifically parents and caregivers, about environmental toxins that affect children's health.
Our ultimate goal is to eliminate children's exposure to man-made toxic substances by ensuring everyone's right-to-know what is in their air, food, water and commercial products. We are working to achieve this goal through increased scientific research, government policies which are more protective of children, and educating and mobilizing individuals — like you — around the country. Visit the CHEC website: http://www.checnet.org
The MCH Library released a new edition of its knowledge path about child and adolescent health insurance and access to care. This electronic resource guide is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, and researchers. Emphasis is placed on resources about Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The knowledge path includes a section on child and adolescent health coverage campaigns, and a separate section lists resources for families. View the path online at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_insurance.html. Knowledge paths on other maternal and child health topics are available at http://mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html.
Also be sure and look at the resources for low income assistance with prescription and benefit assistance programs on the MidContinental Regional Medical Library's web site http://nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/community/inner.html
Satisfied Workers, Retained Workers: Effects of Work and Work Environment on Homecare Workers’ Job Satisfaction, Stress, Physical Health, and Retention
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, 2005
Available online as PDF file [25p.] at: http://www.fcrss.ca/final_research/ogc/pdf/zeytinoglu_final.pdf
“……The goal of this project was to assist health system managers and policy makers develop policies and strategies to recruit and retain human resources in the homecare sector and have a satisfied, healthy workforce. Researchers worked in partnership with the agencies and the unions representing workers in the agencies to examine the effects of work and work environments on homecare workers’ emotional, mental, and physical health and intention to leave their workplaces. [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity List]
Every day nearly 8,000 baby boomers turn 60. This past September, anticipating this huge demographic shift and what it could mean for our country, Civic Ventures announced the first winners of The Purpose Prize–– five $100,000 and ten $10,000 investments in Americans over 60 whose creativity, talent and experience is transforming the way our nation addresses critical social problems. Dozens of other innovators received national recognition for their work. Now nominations are being accepted for the 2007 Purpose Prize. To nominate someone or apply yourself, visit http://www.purposeprize.org. The application deadline is February 1, 2007. The awards will be announced in September 2007.
The MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures BreakThrough Award is a new award for innovative organizations that tap the passion and experience of people over 50 to improve society. It will recognize new approaches to employment for older adults that combine the spirit of service with the benefits of work. It’s a salute to any nonprofit or public sector agency that takes on local, national, or international challenges by engaging this vast and vibrant workforce for the common good. Learn more and nominate or apply at http://www.civicventures.org/breakthrough. The application deadline is February 1, 2007. Awards will be announced in the spring of 2007.
For additional marketing materials including Web banners and ads as well as the press releases announcing the opening of award nominations, click the links below:
The Purpose Prize: http://www.leadwithexperience.org/prize/partners/downloads.cfm
The MetLife Foundation /Civic Ventures BreakThrough Award http://www.civicventures.org/news/releases/index.cfm?date=2006_11_01
Office of Refugee Resettlement Matching Grant Program. Department of Health and Human Services/Administration for Children and Families/Office of Refugee Resettlement is soliciting applications for the Voluntary Agency Matching Grant Program. The Matching Grant Program is an alternative to public assistance designed to enable refugees to become self-sufficient within four to six months from date of arrival into the U.S. Services provided under this agreement include, but are not limited to, case management, maintenance assistance, and employment services. Eligible applicants include public or private nonprofit organizations that: have, through its national offices and its affiliates, an ongoing relationship with the refugees that has been established as a result of providing reception and placement services under the terms of a cooperative agreement with the Department of State or the Department of Homeland Security; and are national voluntary resettlement agencies able to coordinate comprehensive multilingual, multicultural services for refugees, Amerasians, Cuban and Haitian entrants, certified victims of trafficking, and asylees at local sites. The deadline for applications is December 4, 2006. Approximately $60,000,000 is available to fund 9 awards of up to $16,000,000. A match is required. For further information, contact Ron Munia at rmunia@acf.hhs.gov; or go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11291
Business-Community Partnerships Supported. The Hitachi Foundation announces funds to address economic isolation in the U.S. by investing in business-community partnerships that expand opportunities for people to retain and advance in their jobs, earn living wages, and accumulate savings and assets. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. There is no deadline date for applications. For further information, go to: http://www.hitachifoundation.org/grants/index.html
Companion Animal Programs. PetSmart Charities announces funds to improve the quality of life for all companion animals through programs that save the lives of homeless pets and promote healthy relationships between people and pets. The program focus is on projects that reduce the homeless population of animals through methods other than euthanasia. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, faith- and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is November 30, 2006. For further information, go to: http://www.petsmart.com/charities/resources/grants.shtml
Innovative Program Support. The Ford Foundation announces funds to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. The Foundation supports the following focus areas: asset building and community development; peace andsocial justice; and knowledge, creativity, and freedom. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. There is no deadline date for applications. For further information, go to: http://www.fordfound.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.
National Health Plan Collaborative: Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities & Improving Quality of Health Care
This Robert Wood Johnson Foundation RWJF-supported report by the nation's major health plans summarizes and shares what those companies know about disparities in health care delivery. The authors propose key steps to build on that knowledge—collecting additional data, enhancing access for non-English speakers, supporting investment in disparities reduction, and disseminating what member plans have learned. http://www.rwjf.org/files/publications/other/NHPCSummaryReport2006.pdf [posted on RWJF Content Alerts]
On The Front Lines Of Care: Primary Care Doctors' Office Systems, Experiences, And Views In Seven Countries http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.25.w555?ijkey=3YyH7yDwrJSoc&keytype=ref&siteid=healthaff or http://tinyurl.com/yn5tmx
For most people, the primary care doctor is their first point of contact with the health care system, as well as their main source of much preventive and essential care. But a new Commonwealth Fund/Harris Interactive survey, conducted in the United States and six other countries, finds that U.S. primary care physicians lack the tools and support needed to provide patients with the best care possible. [posted on The Commonwealth Fund e-mail alert]
