Medicare Should Take Leading Role in Reducing Health Disparities, Expert Panel Says
The federal Medicare program should take a much more active role in reducing disparities in health care for racial and ethnic minorities, according to a new report released by an independent panel of the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). The panel finds that these disparities pose a pressing national problem. [RWJF News Release, 12-15-06] http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/newsreleasesdetail.jsp?id=10453&c=EMC-CA142
Better Health through Stronger Communities: Public Policy Reform to Expand Life Paths of Young Men of Color
During the past twenty-five years, a series of public policies have had a negative impact upon young men from communities of color. These policies include the abandonment of rehabilitation and treatment for drug users in favor of interdiction and criminal sanctions in the 1980s, state policies to divert youthful offenders to adult criminal systems, and the imposition of zero-tolerance policies to exclude youth with problems from public schools in the 1990s...With a novel focus on the social determinants of health for young men of color, the Dellums...Commission's final report offers a...policy agenda that [addresses]...health, education, family support and child welfare, workforce and economic development, juvenile and criminal justice, and the media. [the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies]! http://www.jointcenter.org/healthpolicy/Dellums.php
Fact Sheet: Implementation of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Six-Month Status Report
Today, Frances Fragos Townsend, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, summarized progress the U.S. government has made implementing the actions in the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan. In order to track implementation of the Strategy, each of its more than 300 actions includes a measure of performance and a timeline for completion. This report summarizes the state of progress on each action ("completed" or "in progress"), and provides a description of efforts that have been undertaken by the responsible Departments and Agencies. [U.S. Office of the Press Secretary, 12-18-06] http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/print/20061218.html
NIH: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health
Application deadline: variable
The ultimate goal of this program announcement is to encourage the development of health research that integrates knowledge from the biomedical and social sciences. This announcement invites applications to (a) elucidate basic social and cultural constructs and processes used in health research, (b) clarify social and cultural factors in the etiology and consequences of health and illness, (c) link basic research to practice for improving prevention, treatment, health services, and dissemination, and (d) explore ethical issues in social and cultural research related to health. Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm
Community Access to Child Health Implementation Funds Program
Application deadline: January 31, 2007
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a 2007 Call for Proposals for the Community Access to Child Health Implementation Funds program, providing grants to support pediatricians in the planning or pilot stages of community-based child health initiatives. Grants should lead to the implementation projects that increase access to medical homes and other needed services. A pediatrician must lead the project and be significantly involved in proposal development and project activities. Priority will be given to projects serving communities with the greatest demonstrated healthcare access needs and health disparities. Details: http://www.aap.org/catch/implementgrants.htm
Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity - Round 2
Application deadline: February 13, 2007
Healthy Eating Research is a national program that supports research on environmental and policy strategies to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among low-income and racial/ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. This second round of funding focuses on children's food environments and policies in selected community settings: preschool, child-care, school and after-school environments, as well as nearby food outlets. [Robert Wood Johnson Foundation] Details: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19770&c=EMC-FA138
[posted on ACHI Community Health News, 12-21-06]
National Hispanic Medical Association
San Antonio, Texas – Mar. 22-25, 2007
“Celebrando Diversidad: Bicultural Health Care is a National Priority” – CME and CNE accredited. See http://www.nhmamd.org for registration and sponsorship opportunities.
Achieving Health Equity: Ensuring Access to Care
April 17-18, 2007
Kauffman Foundation Conference Center • 4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO
Invited Keynotes:
• Samuel Betances, PhD • Gloria WilderBrathwaite, MD, MPH • Carmen Tafolla, BA, MA, PhD
Register early - space is limited!
http://muconf.missouri.edu/health_equity
Family Health and Literacy: A Guide to Easy-to-Tread Health Education Materials and Web Sites For Families
"This guide is designed to help integrate health and literacy education in family literacy programs.We have included resources that we hope will be helpful to both family literacy teachers, and health educators and practitioners who work with parents with limited literacy skills. For teachers, there is a chapter on how to get started teaching health, which provides some context for how to include health topics in your curriculum. " http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/family/index.htm Also see Adult Literacy Education Wiki, which has a growing Health Literacy topic area http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Health_Literacy
[links posted on HealthLiteracy 504]
The Friends of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health now publish NIH MedlinePlus, a quarterly magazine for consumers. The Winter 2007 issue will appear at the end of January. As an individual, you can receive a free subscription by completing the subscription form on the http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/magazine.html page. You can also download the past issues in PDF format from this page. All RML network member libraries also receive a copy of the magazine. Now you can also order multiple copies of the magazine. This link: http://www.vitalitycommunications.com/medline/medline_bulk.php takes you to a page where you may order 25 or more copies at a cost of $1.00 apiece. (The $1.00 is cost recovery only.)
"..But efforts are being made by ALA and colleges to encourage minorities to pursue a library degree. ALA’s Spectrum project provides scholarships, fundraising, recruitment, mentoring, leadership and professional development for future minority librarians. It provides a one-year $5,000 scholarship and over $1,500 in professional development opportunities to students planning to attend an ALA-accredited graduate program in library and information studies."
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061217/NEWS/612170368/1007/NEWS02
The US Department of Health and Human Resources Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) offers publications for downloading or ordering. To see the latest publications including Mi Futuro Será Brillante: Actividad Física y Alimentación Saludable: Para mujeres adultas My Bright Future: Physical Activity and Healthy Eating for Adult Women and Tip Sheet Set go to http://www.ask.hrsa.gov/NewPublications.cfm To see a list of publications with "Minority Health" as a keyword, see http://www.ask.hrsa.gov/SearchResults.cfm?KeywordID=628
The "In the Spotlight" feature for the National Library of Medicine's free online resource for health information, MedlinePlus, focuses on foodborne illneseses. See links to the latest news on food contamination and poisoning as well as to information on Norovirus infection and E. Coli at http://medlineplus.gov/
The Teammates for Kids Foundation accepts proposals for grants from nonprofit organizations that specialize in working with needy children in the areas of health, education and inner-city services.For more information, visit http://www.teammates4kids.com. Deadline: February 1, 2007
[posted on [NS_Education] Digest Number 375]
See a listing of upcoming Public Health related meetings and conferences on the Public Health Partners website http://phpartners.org/conf_mtgs.html
Drug Abuse as a Cause, Correlate, or Consequence of Criminal Justice Related Health Disparities among African Americans. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to conduct epidemiologic, prevention, treatment, and services research on criminal justice related health disparities among African Americans as it relates to drug abuse and addiction. Specifically, the program seeks to understand risk factors and pathways between drug abuse and criminal justice involvement, and to determine the extent to which criminal justice involvement and HIV/AIDS risk are interlinked or compounded by drug abuse and addiction. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, special district governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, nonprofit organizations, private institutions of higher education, and for-profit organizations. There are multiple deadline dates for applications. For further information, contact Edith Davis at (301) 433-6710 or edavis1@nida.nih.gov; or go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-114.html
Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS: Focus on African Americans. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to encourage drug abuse and mental health research to better understand the disparities in HIV/AIDS in minority populations, particularly among African Americans, who, as a group, have experienced exceptionally high rates of new HIV infections and worse survival rates than other ethnic/racial groups in this country. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, special district governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, nonprofit organizations, and private institutions of higher education. There are multiple deadline dates for applications. For further information, contact Deborah Wertz at dwertz@nida.nih.gov; or go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-116.html
Racial, Ethnic and Tribal Philanthropy Knowledge Center. New Ventures in Philanthropy, an initiative of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, launches its online Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Philanthropy Knowledge Center. This Knowledge Center is designed to share information, stories, profiles and how-to resources to support racial ethnic and tribal philanthropy. Included on the Knowledge Center is a new report - A Scan of the Landscape: Racial, Ethnic and Tribal Philanthropy - an overview of the current state of racial, ethnic and tribal philanthropy. For more information and to access this report, go to: http://www.givingforum.org/retphilanthropy/
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 Association of Schools of Public Health web site includes a Health Disparities Research and Diversity Resource Center Funding Opportunities Section. Included are funding guides and web sites as well as funding and grant information and resources. http://www.asph.org/diversity/funding.cfm
http://phpartners.org/hp/hiv.html
The purpose of this site is to make information and evidence-based strategies related to the Healthy People 2010 HIV objectives easier to find. The National Library of Medicine and the Public Health Foundation staff have worked together to develop pre-formulated search strategies of MEDLINE for selected Healthy People 2010 HIV objectives as well as links to additional resources related to HIV/AIDS. [posted on PHPartners http://phpartners.org/ - New Links for the week of Dec 15, 2006]
Champions for Healthy Kids Marks Five Years of Impacting Youth Nutrition and Fitness
Deadline: February 1, 2007
The General Mills Foundation and the American Dietetic Association Foundation, in partnership with the President's Challenge ( http://www.presidentschallenge.org/ ), are accepting applications for the 2007 Champions for Healthy Kids Champions Awards. Each year the Champions program awards fifty grants of $10,000 each to schools and community groups. Grant recipients have used grant dollars to teach kids about healthy snacks, trying new vegetables, or navigating obstacle courses; training peer educators who deliver health education; and purchasing sports equipment. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10005543/generalmills
Stride Rite and Saucony Announce Red Laces Program to Fight Childhood Obesity
Deadline: December 30, 2006; and March 30, 2007
Saucony ( http://www.saucony.com/ ), a subsidiary of the Stride Rite Corporation ( http://www.striderite.com/ ), is committed to addressing the national epidemic of childhood obesity by cultivating a new wave of young runners.As part of this commitment, the company has partnered with Runner's World magazine to launch the Saucony Run For Good Red Laces Program, which provides grants to communities and nonprofit organizations that support after-school running and physical fitness programs for kids. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10005545/sauconyrunforgood
[posted on RFP Bulletin (December 15, 2006)]
For those of you who subscribe to the notifications on the BHIC blog, there is an option to recieve a digest version. If you would prefer to receive only one email, let me know. I copy the previous days postings and paste them into an email which gets sent out the morning of the next day. Send me an email with the subject line "digest": siobhan@creighton.edu
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The Harm Reduction Project (http://www.harmredux.org) is putting on "Science and Response 2007: 2nd National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV and Hepatitis" in Salt Lake City, February 1-3 at the Hilton City Center Hotel. You can find more information about it here: http://www.methconference.org Organizers will be blogging about the conference for the next few weeks leading up to the conference with interviews with some of the speakers and people who attended the first the conference. Readers of the BHIC blog have been invited to join in this dialalog at : http://harmreduxproject.blogspot.com/ You can do this be selecting the "Comment" link at the bottom of each posting and adding in your thoughts there.
Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Women
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=3105
The purpose of this initiative is to stimulate research aimed at reducing health disparities among racial/ethnic minority and underserved women. More specifically, this initiative seeks applications for: (1) research related to health promotion or risk reduction among minority and underserved women age 21 and older; and, (2) intervention studies that show promise for improving the health profile of minority and underserved women. Investigators responding to this announcement should focus on enhancing the body of knowledge of a variety of factors (e.g., social, economic, demographic, community, societal, personal, cultural) influencing the health promoting and health compromising behaviors of racial and ethnic minority women and underserved women and their subpopulations. The focus of this program announcement is on women age 21 and older, but investigators may also focus on the childhood antecedents of adult health disparities. [posted on Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update]
Parenting Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youths and Adolescents (R01)
WHAT: Purpose. This program announcement solicits research applications aimed at increasing the parenting skills and capacities of parents and caregivers to improve the health outcomes of their young and adolescent children. This is important because childhood, and particularly adolescence, is a time for the development of health habits that can last a lifetime. Moreover, adolescence is a transitional period during which experimentation and high-risk health behaviors may be displayed. The long-term consequences of health habits and behaviors often become manifest in young adulthood and adulthood. Against this backdrop, it is well documented that the probability of children and adolescents acquiring non-optimal health behaviors and developmental problems increases significantly when their adult caregivers exhibit ineffective parenting skills and practices. Thus, interventions to increase parenting skills and capacities and reduce high-risk behaviors should involve both parents and their children. Interventions targeting two or more risk factors that indicate ineffective parenting practices (e.g., lack of appropriate parental monitoring, supervision, and communication, high family conflict and disorganization, parental stress and depression, lack of parent-child bonding and negative discipline methods) that simultaneously focus on multiple high-risk adolescent health behaviors (e.g., unhealthy dietary behaviors, inadequate physical activity, tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, sexual behaviors, and unintentional (e.g., accidents) and intentional behaviors (e.g., firearm related injuries), are fundamental to this initiative. Interventions that target the reduction of a broad range of family risk factors and simultaneously build upon protective factors are highly encouraged. Parents and similarly situated caregivers of children 10-to-18 years of age are the targets of this initiative.
WHO: Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply.
WHEN: Closing date – January 3, 2009
CONTACT: Brian Albertini at (301) 594-6869 or Albertib@mail.nih.gov
FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-061.html
[posted on HHS CFBCI Listserv: November 30, 2006]
Reducing Mental Illness Stigma And Discrimination (Collaborative R01) Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11896
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide funding for partnerships between (1) consumer and/or advocate organizations, communities, or state and local agencies with hands-on expertise in developing and implementing stigma reduction programs and strategies, and (2) social, behavioral, and/or communication scientists with expertise in stigma research design and methodology. Mechanism of Support. [posted on Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update]
Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change Awards
The National Program Office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, housed at the University of Chicago, is awarding more than $2 million to 11 organizations that are working to eliminate racial and ethnic health care disparities in their communities. A total of 178 project proposals were received from health care leaders around the country—including hospitals, community health centers and universities with medical/health care specialties. [News Release, 12-13-06] http://solvingdisparities.org/home/article/87265?lpid=1484
Improving Health & Reducing Disparities through Prevention: Challenges, Implications, and Opportunities
An innovative report calling for a broad and strategic response to reducing inequitable health outcomes by identifying and discussing key strategies that build on the successes of a variety of fields not previously applied or considered relevant to health disparities reduction. [Prevention Institute, December 2006] http://www.preventioninstitute.org/healthdis.html
Bridging the Health Care Divide: Research and Programs to Eliminate Cancer Disparities
April 18-20, 2007 – New Orleans, LA
This conference of the American Cancer Society will bring together researchers, community representatives, providers, public health leaders, advocates, and policymakers to describe successful, sustainable models to eliminate cancer disparities by bridging the health care divide. Details: http://www.cancer.org/cancerdisparities
[posted on ACHI Community Health News, 12-13-06]
Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism contains state-by-state health preparedness scores based on 10 key indicators to assess health emergency preparedness capabilities. Half of states scored 6 or less on the scale of 10 indicators. Oklahoma scored the highest with 10 out of 10; California, Iowa, Maryland, and New Jersey scored the lowest with four out of 10.
http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/newsreleasesdetail.jsp?id=10450&c=EMC-CA141 [posted on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health email alert]
"Navigating Helathcare" by Jennie Anderson and Rima Rudd in Focus on Basics Volume 8, Issue C ::: November 2006 http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=1156
"Hospitals are notoriously hard for anyone to navigate, particularly those with language or literacy limitations, and especially when they're under stress. To understand and document what makes healthcare facilities so confusing, and to highlight unnecessary barriers, a National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) research team created the walking interview. The team asked teacher/student pairs to find their way to find their way to particular places in a hospital, such as the diabetes center, the medical records office, or the pharmacy. As the volunteer pairs navigated through the hospital, the students talked aloud about the process, describing how they made choices about where to go." [posted on HealthLiteracy 491]
Telemedicine Improves Breast Screenings for Rural Indian Reservations
Nov 29, 2006 -- Newswise article tells how Native American women who live in North Dakota and South Dakota are coming to the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center for their mammograms without ever leaving the reservation. http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/525436/?sc=rsmn
Deaver Foundation Grant for Online Spanish for Health Workers
Application deadline: Jan 10, 2007
The Deaver Foundation will pay half the $450 cost of a six-month online basic Spanish course for up to 1,000 healthcare providers. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1096
W.K. Kellogg Foundation 2007 Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative Cohort
Geographic Coverage: West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona
Application deadline: Jan 22, 2007
A multi-year national initiative that energizes and equips rural organizations and networks to shape policy that will improve the lives of rural people and the vitality of rural communities. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1099
2005 Profile of Local Health Departments
Results of a survey of local health departments (LHDs) across the nation. Includes information on a wide range of LHD-related topics, including jurisdiction; governance; financing; characteristics of top executives; workforce; activities and services; planning and performance improvement; partnerships; policy-making activities; and information technology.
Organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/2005Profile.cfm
Rural HIV/AIDS Care
A web resource for Rural HIV/AIDS information.
Organization: National Rural Health Association http://www.nrharural.org/opporty/sub/rural_HIV.html
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
Web Junction's Library of the Month: At the Kinyaa'áanii Charlie Benally Library on Arizona's Navajo Reservation, "information literacy" might mean something a bit different than you'd expect. http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=14540
High Percentage of Hispanic People have AIDS
U.S. Hispanics carry more than their share of the HIV epidemic, according to the National Alliance for Hispanic Health. Even though Hispanics make up just 14 percent of the U.S. population, they account for 19 percent of the nearly 1 million U.S. AIDS cases diagnosed since the epidemic began more than 25 years ago. (Source: Health Day News) http://healthfinder.gov/news/newsstory.asp?docID=536389
Iowa Center for Immigrant Leadership and Integration
The Iowa Center for Immigrant Leadership and Integration (ICILI) guides and prepares Iowa communities and businesses as they accommodate immigrant and refugee newcomers living and working in Iowa. The website contains print and online resources including PSAs and a .pdf booklet on Welcoming Newcomers. Of interest to those outside Iowa. http://www.newiowans.com/
[posted on Sound Partners Digest, December 12, 2006]
At this time of year, when we celebrate many religious events and the beginning of a new year, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region would like to extend a wish for happiness to you all. Please see our holiday card at http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/comm/2006HolidayCard.jpg
A new, easy-to-read booklet -- "Stay Safe in Cold Weather!" -- offers older adults tips on avoiding a dangerous condition called hypothermia. This free 12-page publication is now available from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). To order free copies or for more information about "Stay Safe in Cold Weather!" and other NIA publications, visit the NIA Web site at http://www.nia.nih.gov or call 1-800-222-2225. Bulk orders are welcome. See the link to the PDF file at http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/staysafe/
[This NIH News Release is available online at: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2006/nia-11.html ]
Connecting Worlds Interpreter Training Curriculum Now Available
The Connecting Worlds training curriculum, funded by The California Endowment, is an introduction to health care interpreting that combines a variety of teaching methods and materials. The workbooks include lectures, videos, large group discussions, small group activities, role-plays, research and homework. The materials also cover an introduction to California standards for health care interpreters. http://www.calendow.org/reference/publications/cultural_competence.stm?jmid=636532585#curriculum [posted on News from The California Endowment - December 2006]
Brookdale Foundation Announces Relatives as Parents Program Local, Regional, and State Seed Grant Initiatives
Deadline: January 11, 2007; and February 8, 2007
The Brookdale Foundation ( http://www.brookdalefoundation.org/ ) has announced the Relatives as Parents Program Local, Regional, and State Seed Grant Initiatives for the year 2007. RAPP is designed to encourage and promote the creation or expansion of services for grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the responsibility of surrogate parenting when the biological parents are unable to do so. http://www.brookdalefoundation.org/relativesasparents.htm
HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative Announces Guidelines for K-16 Education
Deadline: February 15, 2007
The HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative is designed to support the innovative use of mobile technology in K-16 education and to help identify K-12 public schools and two- and four-year colleges and universities that HP might support with future grants. Based on the outcomes of the projects funded through this initiative in 2007, HP may offer some grant recipients additional, higher-value grants in 2008. http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/us/programs/tech_teaching/index.html
[posted on RFP Bulletin (December 8, 2006)]
Women’s Programs. Open Meadows Foundation support programs that are led by and that benefit women and girls. The Foundation gives priority to projects that reflect the diversity of the community served by the project through both their leadership and organization. Eligible applicants include nonprofits and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is February 15, 2007. Awards up to $2,000 are available. For further information, go to: http://www.openmeadows.org/. [posted on Funding Alert http://opgd.dc.gov/opgd/lib/opgd/services/grant/funding_alerts/currentnewsletter.pdf]
"Following the Physician's Recommendations Faithfully and Accurately: Functional Health Literacy, Compliance, and the Knowledge-Based Economy" by Sondra Cuban Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies http://www.jceps.com/index.php?pageID=article&articleID=74 [posted on HealthLiteracy 488]
CDC HIV Prevention Behavioral Assessment Project
For a limited period of time, there will be funding available for Health Departments or Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to participate in a portion of CDC's HIV Prevention Behavioral Assessment Project. This portion focuses on collecting behavioral data using a brief behavioral survey administered with a handheld computer AND offering rapid HIV testing. CDC will provide technical assistance with the data collection and oversight. Applicants should have experience or an agreement with an agency experienced in rapid HIV testing. PDAs and training will be provided by CDC. Please visit http://www.usmayors.org/hivprevention/rfp06BSB.asp to find out more about funding to collect behavioral data and conduct rapid testing at Black College Spring Break (like) events. [posted on National Minority AIDS Council listserv]
Robert Wood Johnson New Connections Diversity Initiative
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is pleased to announce the second round of the New Connections Initiative: Bringing Diversity to RWJF Grantmaking and Increasing Secondary Data Analyses. This three-year program is designed to expand the diversity of perspectives that inform RWJF programming and introduce new researchers and scholars to the Foundation. The New Connections Initiative seeks scholars who have historically been underrepresented in research activities supported by RWJF. This includes people from ethnic or racial minority groups, first-generation college graduates and people from low-income communities. http://www.rwjf-newconnections.org/ [posted on CBPR listserv]
Poverty, Culture and Social Injustice: Determinants of Health Disparities
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
This fourth event in the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services Public Health Grand Rounds series examined health disparities. Pfizer is sponsoring the nine-part series as part of its Milestones in Public Health initiative. http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=1983 [posted by Kaiser Family Foundation]
Three new Public Health Topic pages, Bioterrorism, Environmental Health and HIV/AIDS were launched this week on PHPartners.org. Each topic is divided by sub-topics, for example under BioTerrorism the sub topics are:
Biological/Chemical Agents & Other Threats | Emergency Response | Preparedness | Surveillance | Literature and Guidelines | Discussion and E-mail Lists | Education and Training | Grants and Funding
Just use the dropdown menu on the home page http://phpartners.org/ to access the health topics sections.
Strengthening Medicare's Role in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Disparities in health care for racial and ethnic minorities and low-income persons pose a pressing national problem. This report of a study panel convened by the national Academy of Social Insurance examines Medicare's role in moving towards a solution. The panel concludes that Medicare is obligated to take the lead in reducing disparities—both for its beneficiaries and throughout the health system—and makes 17 recommendations to those who set policy for and administer the Medicare program. [64-pg pdf, October 2006] Scroll to the bottom of the web page to download the report http://www.nasi.org/publications2763/publications_show.htm?doc_id=410031
Standardized Preparedness Assessment Report
The National Network of Public Health Institutes recently published a report that examines the application of a standardized preparedness assessment tool in three states, Michigan, Illinois and Kansas. The report, "A Multi-State Comparison of Local Public Health Preparedness Assessment Using a Common, Standardized Tool," explores the three states' experience using the Public Health Preparedness and Response Capacity Inventory, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [ASPH Friday Letter, 12-1-06] http://www.asph.org/press/fridayletter/article_view.cfm?fl_index=1441&fle_index=4579
Race and Class Inequalities in Health
Abstract submission deadline: February 2, 2007
June 19-22, 2007 – Boston, MA
Conceptual and data-based papers are requested for presentation at the annual Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) meeting in 2007. There will be a contributed paper session on Race and Class Inequalities in Health and those working in this area are encouraged to submit abstracts of their work. Accepted abstracts will be distributed at the June meeting and will also be published in a Supplement issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Online submission at: http://epiresearch.org/abstracts/
[posted on ACHI Community Health News, 12-6-06]
Thomson Gale offers free resources for Black History Month
In recognition of Black History Month (February), Thomson Gale, part of the Thomson Corporation, is launching a free website full of historical facts and figures, biographies, relevant web links and lesson plans. The site is designed to help students, teachers, and families celebrate the month.... http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/
Thomson Gale, Dec. 6 [posted in AL Direct 12/6/2006]
The United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and Partnership for Prevention™, has released the 2006 edition of America’s Health Rankings™: A Call to Action for People and Their Communities. "The purpose of America’s Health Rankings™ is to stimulate public conversation concerning health in our states, as well as provide information to facilitate citizen participation. We encourage participation in all elements: personal behaviors, community environment, clinical care and public and health policies. Each person, individually and in their capacity as an employee, employer, voter, community volunteer, health official or elected official, can contribute to the advancement of the healthiness of their state." http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/ahr2006/
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has just posted a call for proposals related to Vulnerable Populations.
Fresh Ideas: Improving the Health of Immigrant and Refugee Communities
Application Deadline: Jan 15, 2007
This initiative aims to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health. Today, more than 30 million immigrants and refugees live in the United States. They often have high rates of chronic health problems, due at least in part to difficulties they have getting appropriate social and health services. Language barriers, lack of education and cultural differences sometimes make it harder for immigrants and refugees to obtain culturally appropriate services, outreach or other information that could help them live healthier lives. The Vulnerable Populations Portfolio is interested in new community-based approaches to health and health care problems faced by immigrants and refugees. http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19480&c=EMC-FA144
[posted on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Vulnerable Populations uupdate]
Literacy and Misunderstanding Prescription Drug Labels
Terry C. Davis, PhD; Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH; Pat F. Bass III, MD; Jason A. Thompson, BA; Hugh H. Tilson, MD, DrPH; Marolee Neuberger, MS; and Ruth M. Parker, MD
According to a recent study from Louisiana State University published in the current issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, some patients have problems understanding the instructions on prescription labels. Click on the URLto view the entire report.
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/0000605-200612190-00144v1
[posted on KDHE's Office of Local and Rural Health list]
Herb Block Foundation Accepting Applications for Pathways Out of Poverty Program
Deadline: February 7, 2007 (Letters of Inquiry)
The Herb Block Foundation ( http://www.herbblockfoundation.org/ ) invites nonprofit organizations serving the Greater Washington, D.C., region to apply for its Pathways Out of Poverty program. The Pathways Out of Poverty program focuses on helping needy young people and adults gain a quality education. For projects serving youth, the foundation seeks proposals which focus on improving student achievement and healthy development of young people of middle school age and above. Projects may include in-school and community-based educational programs, after-school activities, and mentoring programs. Programs designed to increase high school graduation rates are encouraged to apply. For projects serving adults, the foundation seeks proposals to provide literacy education and GED preparation, and to offer vocational training and job placement. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10005405/herbblockfoundation
American Academy of Pediatrics Seeks Proposals for the Community Access to Child Health Implementation Funds Program
Deadline: January 31, 2007
The American Academy of Pediatrics ( http://www.aap.org/ ) has released a 2007 Call for Proposals for the Community Access to Child Health Implementation Funds program. CATCH provides grants to support pediatricians in the planning or pilot stages of the implementation of community-based child health initiatives. Grants should lead to the initialization of implementation projects aimed at increasing access to medical homes ( http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/ ) and other needed services. A pediatrician must lead the project and be significantly involved in proposal development and project activities. Priority will be given to projects serving communities with the greatest demonstrated healthcare access needs and health disparities. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10005408/aap
Kaiser Family Foundation Announces Redesigned Media Fellowships in Health
Deadline: March 2, 2007
An initiative of the Kaiser Family Foundation ( http://www.kff.org/ ), the Kaiser Media Fellowship in Health Program is designed to help journalists and commentators do the best possible job of keeping the public informed about health issues at this critical time in the evolution of the U.S. health care system.
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10005411/kff
[posted on RFP Bulletin (December 1, 2006)]
Information Guides: The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) announces the introduction of new resources on Home Health http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/homehealth/ and Teen Pregnancy http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/teenpregnancy/ available on the RAC web site. These information guides include an overview of the topic, along with frequently asked questions and links to resources, including organizations, publications, maps, and related web sites.
New Immigrants Settling in Rural America, Carsey Report Finds
Nov 27, 2006 -- More immigrants are bypassing traditional gateway communities such as Chicago, New York, and San Francisco in favor of settling in rural areasand their impact is acutely felt in these small communities according to a new report from The Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/documents/ImmigrationPressRelease_112106.pdf Read the complete report at http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/documents/Immigration_Final.pdf
New Web Site Presents Socio-Economic Data for U.S. Regions
Oct 13, 2006 -- A new Web site launched by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire, the Regional Indicators Site, allows interactive access to socio-economic indicators for cities, suburban and rural areas of the nation. http://regionalindicators.unh.edu/
Developing and Sustaining Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships: A Skill-Building Curriculum
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/cbpr/index.php
Is intended as a tool for community-institutional partnerships that are using or planning to use a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to improving health. It can be used by partnerships that are just forming as well as mature partnerships.
Funding Opportunites:
Targeted Grants to Reduce Childhood Lead Poisoning
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1381
Application deadline: Jan 12, 2007
Grants to conduct activities to reduce incidences of childhood lead poisoning in vulnerable populations.
Tribal Educational Outreach on Lead Poisoning and Baseline Assessment of Tribal Children's Existing and Potential Exposure and Risks Associated with Lead
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1382
Application deadline: Jan 12, 2007
Funding to Federally-recognized Indian tribes and tribal consortia to support Tribal educational outreach and to conduct a baseline assessment of Tribal children's existing and potential exposure to lead-based paint and related lead-based paint hazards.
Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=30
Application deadline: Jan 31, 2007
Funding for disseminating knowledge about practices within the mental health services and substance abuse prevention and treatment fields and integrating that knowledge into real-world practice as effectively and efficiently as possible.
General Mills Champions for Healthy Kids Grant Program
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=327
Application deadline: Feb 1, 2007
Grants for programs to encourage communities to improve the eating and physical activity patterns of young people.
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]
The 4th Annual "Stop Spam Today!" campaign (http://www.stopspamtoday.org) for nonprofit organizations and public libraries taking place through December 6th. This educational campaign consists of:
* A free giveaway of anti-spam software to nonprofit organizations and public libraries on December 6th. Learn more at http://www.techsoup.org/stock/spam
* TechSoup's "Spam Prevention Toolkit" is chock-full of informative articles, tips, resources, and online discussions that can help your organization prevent spam at http://www.techsoup.org/toolkits/spam [posted on the Digital Divide Network listserv http://www.digitaldivide.net/
HIV/AIDS, Severe Mental Illness and Homelessness (R01). Department of Health and Human Services announces funds for studies on the development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of effective HIV-prevention interventions, and studies related to the epidemiology of HIV infection in persons with severe mental illness (SMI), either before or after HIV infection, and the expansion of HIV-related research to include homeless persons. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, special district governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, nonprofit organizations, private institutions of higher education, and for-profit organizations. There are multiple deadline dates. For further information, contact NIH OER Webmaster at FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV; or go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11648&mode=VIEW
National Communications System (NCS) for Runaway and Homeless Youth. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to assist youth who have run away, or are considering running away, and their families through a toll-free hotline; linking youth and families across the country to shelters, counseling, medical assistance, and other vital services. The NCS strives to be a one-stop resource for youth in crisis offering crisis intervention, advocacy, information and referral. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is January 26, 2007. Approximately $1,600,000 is available to fund 1 award. A match is required. For further information, contact Deborah Yatsko at fysb@dixongroup.com; or go to: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2007-ACF-ACYF-CY-0020.html
Training and Information for Parents of Children with Disabilities--Community Parent Resource Centers. Department of Education announces funds to assist and ensure that parents of children with disabilities receive training and information to help improve results for their children. Eligible applicants include nonprofits and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is January 11, 2007. Approximately $1,000,000 is available to fund 10 awards. For further information, contact Lisa Gorove at (202) 245-7357 or Lisa.Gorove@ed.gov; or go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11662&mode=VIEW
Improving the Lives of Children. The Herbalife Family Foundation supports organizations dedicated to improving the lives of children. The Foundation's areas of focus include: improving nutrition; supporting children and families; providing early intervention; correcting problem behavior and enhancing self-esteem; preventing substance abuse; preventing physical/emotional abuse; creating better home environments; and/or promoting physical/emotional health. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. There is no deadline date for applications. For further information, go to: http://www.herbalifefamily.org/our_guidelines.html
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 Health Services Technology/Assessment Texts (HSTAT) is a free, Web-based resource of full-text documents that provide health information and support health care decision making. HSTAT's audience includes health care providers, health service researchers, policy makers, payers, consumers and the information professionals who serve these groups. http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/ Search the complete Bookshelf at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books
The December 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/. The stories in NIH News in Health can be reprinted without permission, and copies can be downloaded and displayed free of charge. We would also be happy to send a limited number of print copies free of charge for display in offices, libraries or clinics. Just contact us for more information. If you're an editor who wishes to use our material in your publication, the content we produce is not copyrighted. We ask only that you acknowledge The NIH News in Health as the source and send us copies of your stories for our records. Phone: 301-435-7489 E-mail: weinh@od.nih.gov
In this issue:
Feature Stories:
Preventing a Pandemic—Preparing for the Next Deadly Flu Outbreak
Learn the AIDS Link—Drugs Can Give You More Than a High
Health Capsules:
Late Angioplasty After a Heart Attack
Longer Life, for Mice
Featured Web Site:
ToxMystery http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov/
Each year the Coming Up Taller awards recognize and reward outstanding after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs for underserved children and youth. Award recipients receive $10,000 each, an individualized plaque, and an invitation to attend the annual Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference. PCAH and its partners encourage programs initiated by museums, libraries, performing arts organizations, universities, colleges, arts centers, community service organizations, schools, businesses, and eligible government entities to participate. Nomination guidelines and the application are available at http://www.imls.gov/pdf/2007CUTApplication.pdf Read the complete press release at http://www.imls.gov/news/2006/112906.shtm [posted on the American Indian Library Association listserv]
Health Surveillance & Disease Management Area (HDM) - Health Analysis and Statistics (HA)
Pan American Health Organization - PAHO/WHO, November 2006
In English - PDF [12p.] at: http://www.paho.org/English/DD/AIS/BI-brochure-2006.pdf
En español - PDF [12p] at: http://www.paho.org/Spanish/DD/AIS/BI-brochure-2006.pdf
“…….Timely, valid and reliable data at the country and local levels are essential in the formulation and monitoring of policies to improve the health of the peoples of the Americas. Since 1995, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), has been disseminating health data through the Regional Core Health Data Initiative (RCHDI) to provide Member States with valid and reliable basic health indicators. In addition, some countries are producing and disseminating national basic indicators, with disaggregated data at the sub-national level. National health authorities can use this information to evaluate population health needs, plan and monitor programs, and tailor the health response to the specific needs of the population. " [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity listserv]
Just in time for World AIDS Day, AIDS.gov will serve as an information gateway to guide users to Federal domestic HIV/AIDS information and resources while driving more traffic to individual agency web sites and resources. http://www.aids.gov/index.html [posted on Healthy Women Today Newsletter - December 2006]
Today is World AIDS Day http://www.worldaidsday.org/ . See the Kaiser Family Foundation Resources http://www.kff.org/worldaidsday/2006.cfm Also see the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) website http://www.nmac.org/home/ where you can read their press release http://www.nmac.org/news___events/nmac_press_releases/4819.cfm
