The American College of Physicians just released its national survey of internal medicine physicians regarding language services. It was released at ACP's annual conference in San Diego last Friday. Here's a quick recap of the main findings:
* 65% of internists report having active patients with LEP, comprising approximately 12% of their practice.
* 54% of the physicians in practices treating LEP patients report that their practice encounters such patients at least once a day or a few times a week; another 27% encounter LEP patients a few times per month
The report is on NHeLP and ACP's website along with the press release which was translated into 15 languages. See http://www.healthlaw.org/library.cfm?fa=detail&id=71227&appView=folder [posted on CLAStalk-list]
Saucony Run For Good Foundation Offers Grants for Running Programs for Children
Deadline: October 8, 2007
The Saucony Run For Good Foundation ( http://sauconyrunforgood.com/ ), a grant program designed to encourage active and healthy life- styles in children, is now accepting applications. Saucony, Inc. ( http://www.saucony.com/ ), a subsidiary of the Stride Rite Corporation ( http://www.strideritecorporation.com/home.asp), is a global supplier of performance athletic footwear and apparel. The grants are open to nonprofit organizations that initiate and support running and fitness programs for kids. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007098/sauconyrunforgood
Keep America Beautiful Introduces Graffiti Hurts Grants Program
Deadline: June 29, 2007
Keep America Beautiful ( http://www.kab.org/ ) has developed a new Graffiti Hurts ( http://www.graffitihurts.org/ ) national funding program to help communities kick-start or intensify their local graffiti-prevention activities. The 2007 Graffiti Hurts Grant Program allows communities to apply for a grant of $2,000, offered in two categories: 1) communities with a population over 300,000; and 2) communities with populations under 300,000. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007100/kab
Ray Solem Foundation Announces Grant Program to Help Immigrants Learn English in Innovative Ways
Deadline: July 31, 2007
In keeping with the wishes of its benefactor to help poor immigrants advance within the United States and become productive citizens, the Ray Solem Foundation ( http://www.raysolemfund.org/ ) is offering one-time grants of up to $10,000 each to nonprofit organizations that have found creative ways to help immigrants in the U.S. further their verbal English language skills. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007104/raysolemfund
Avon and Avon Foundation Announce New Funding Initiatives to Empower Women and to Prevent Breast Cancer
Deadline: Various
Avon Products. Inc. ( http://www.avon.com ) and the Avon Foundation ( http://www.avonfoundation.org ) have announced two unique initiatives, both publicly presented for the first time at the Avon Global Summit for a Better Tomorrow at the United Nations, which marked the eve of International Women's Day. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007107/avonfoundation
Individuals Working to Advance Human Well-Being Invited to Apply for Rolex Awards for Enterprise
Deadlines: Various
he Rolex Awards for Enterprise are designed to support exceptional individuals who initiate outstanding ventures that advance human knowledge and well-being. The awards support initiatives in the following areas: Science and Medicine -- contributing to human health and welfare; Tech- nology and Innovation -- finding new ways to improve life; Exploration and Discovery -- expanding our knowledge of the world; the Environment -- protecting or improving our natural and physical surroundings; and Cultural Heritage -- conserving or contributing to our common cultural/artistic heritage. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007111/rolex
[posted on RFP Bulletin (April 27, 2007)]
Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Thomas C. Dorr announced that USDA is making available $62.9 million in distance learning and telemedicine loans, $75 million in loan and grant combinations, and $15 million in grants. Applications for the $15 million in distance learning and telemedicine grants must be received by June 11, 2007 and will compete nationally for funding. To learn more, view the PDF DLT Application Guidance and visit the Rural Development DLT website at http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm [posted on Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS)]
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), (http://www.ncmhd.nih.gov/)
The purpose of this notice is to announce the intention to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) in May 2007 for funding the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) community-based participatory research (CBPR) initiative in reducing and eliminating health disparities - intervention research phase. This FOA will provide support for disease intervention research in reducing and eliminating health disparities using community-based participatory research that is jointly conducted by health disparity communities and researchers. The intent of this Notice is to alert and encourage current NCMHD CBPR planning grantees and other interested applicants who have CBPR expertise and have existing community and scientific research partnerships to consider applying to this FOA when published in the NIH Guide (http://www.nih.gov). In order to be considered to be responsive to this FOA, applicants who are not current NCMHD CBPR planning grantees must demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the required activities that are outlined in the research planning phase of this initiative. See RFA-MD-05-002 at http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-05-002.html. [posted in NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices for April 27, 2007 (The NIH Guide TOC)]
Colin Higgins Foundation Accepting Letters of Inquiry for Program to Support Lesbian and Gay Youth
Deadline: June 29, 2007
Through its grantmaking activities, the Colin Higgins Foundation ( http://www.colinhiggins.org/ ) supports U.S. nonprofit organizations that build the power and leadership of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered youth (aged 13 to 24) through grass- roots organizing and/or comprehensive leadership development activities; work with historically underprivileged constituencies (i.e., youth of color, transgendered, immigrant, low-income, or rural youth and/or youth in reservation communities); activities that strive to bring about institutional change in the legal, political, economic, or cultural structures that impact LGBT youth; and/or work designed to link LGBT youth to other organizations and social justice movements. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10007018/colinhiggins
Motorola Foundation Announces New Innovation Generation Grant Program
Deadline: June 15, 2007
In 2007, the Motorola Foundation will provide $3.5 million in Innovation Generation grants to U.S. initiatives that inspire young people, particularly girls and underserved minorities, to embrace science, technology, engineering, and math. Funding will focus on initiatives that creatively generate a love of science early in life and show the new generation of inventors that careers involving science and math are important, challenging, and possible. Priority will be given to programs that can incorporate Motorola employees as volunteers. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10007019/motorola
[posted on RFP Bulletin (April 20, 2007)]
New Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) Report Examines Ways to Increase Number of Latinos in Nursing
Los Angeles, CA - The United States is in the midst of a nursing shortage: The current nursing work force is aging and retiring, and not enough young people are entering its ranks. Many experts believe that increasing the participation of minorities is a key component in addressing the nursing shortage, yet the nursing work force remains over 90 percent white non-Hispanic. Nursing has yet to draw on the nation's fast-growing minority youth population - particularly in California, where Latinos are one of the fastest growing and largest minority groups, but comprise only four percent of registered nurses. TRPI' s newest report examines possible ways to increase the participation of Latinos in nursing by identifying factors that contribute to the shortage of Latino registered nurses.
http://www.trpi.org/PDFs/nursing.pdf
Jennifer Prah Ruger
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
Quarterly Journal of Medicine, Vol. 100, No. 1, pp. 53-57, January 2007
Available online PDF [5p.] at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=957971
"This article offers an alternative moral framework for analysing health insurance: that universal health insurance is essential for human flourishing. The central ethical aims of universal health insurance coverage are to keep people healthy, and to enhance their security by protecting them from both ill health and its economic consequences, issues not adequately considered to date. " [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity listserv]
Consumer Health Information for You and Your Family
http://www.fda.gov/consumer/default.htm
This resource features timely consumer health stories on pressing FDA topics, provides links to its most requested information, and includes interactive content.
New IOM Report Recommends Nutrition Standards for 'Competitive' Foods and Drinks Sold in Schools
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=11899
Spurred by the rising rate of obesity among American youth and the increasing availability of high-calorie, low-nutrient products on school grounds, a new report by the Institute of Medicine proposes a set of nutritional standards for "competitive" foods and drinks available in schools. The standards apply to a la carte cafeteria items, products sold in vending machines and at school stores, and other foods and drinks that are available outside of federally reimbursable school meals, which must conform to nutrition guidelines. The standards promote consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and nonfat or low-fat dairy products and limit the amount of saturated fat, salt, added sugars, and total calories. The standards also restrict the sale of caffeinated items.
[posted on PHPartners http://phpartners.org/ - New Links for the week of Apr 27, 2007]
Children in Newcomer and Native Families Web Site
http://www.albany.edu/csda/children/
Includes reports and data on a large number of indicators based on Census 2000 reflecting the characteristics and circumstances of children ages 0-17 in immigrant families by country or region of origin and in native-born families by race-ethnicity.
Child Trends (http://www.childtrends.org) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center serving those dedicated tocreating better lives for children and youth.
The Center for Social and Demographic Analysis (http://www.albany.edu/csda) supports population scientists at the University at Albany in conducting innovative research on demographic topics, including immigration, residential segregation and health disparities.
New Interactive Tools from statehealthfacts.org and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Children's Health Insurance Timeline
This new interactive timeline presents enrollment and major policy developments in health insurance coverage for children in public programs during the last 40+ years. As major developments occur, the timeline will be updated. The timeline provides links to related resources and can be easily printed http://tinyurl.com/2y3nfx
Children's Health Data and Customized Fact Sheets
This interactive tool provides easy online access to the latest children's health coverage and health status information, as well as Medicaid and SCHIP eligibility, enrollment and spending data for children from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. http://tinyurl.com/yus3rj
Do Something -- GameStop Youth Grants:
Do Something is accepting applications for its GameStop Youth grants program. The purpose of this program is to support creative proposals for solving local problems in three areas: health, community building, and the environment. Applicants should address Do Something's core principles: 1) measurable change; 2) community focus; 3) long-term problem solving action; 4) creativity; and 5) diversity. http://www.dosomething.org/gamestop_application
Target -- Target Store Grants
Target is accepting applications for its Target Store Grants program. The purpose of this program is to support early childhood and family violence prevention programs in communities with Target stores. Grant amounts range between $1,000 and $3,000. Eligible applicants include non-profit organizations, schools, libraries, and public agencies. http://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-001818
ExxonMobil Corporation -- Health Grants
The ExxonMobil Corporation is accepting applications for its Health Grants program. The purpose of this program is to support initiatives that focus on global health pandemics, health education, healthcare delivery, and health-related research. http://exxonmobil.com/Corporate/Citizenship/gcr_contributionsworldwide_givingguidelines.asp
[posted onThe Center for Health and Health Care in Schools http://www.healthinschools.org in the Grants and Contracts Fundtin Section http://www.healthinschools.org/grants/alerts.asp]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has established the "We Can!" City Program to assist towns and cities across the nation in mobilizing their communities to prevent childhood overweight. "We Can!" (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition) is a national education program developed by the NIH, a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to help youth ages 8-13 maintain a healthy weight. .. As part of the "We Can!" City Program, NIH will provide technical assistance on planning and implementing "We Can!" in the participating cities, as well as materials such as parent handbooks, posters, videos, and the one-stop resource "We Can! Energize Our Community: Toolkit for Action." Each city has pledged to offer "We Can!" evidence-based obesity prevention programs to both parents and youth in collaboration with community-based partners. In addition, each city will distribute "We Can!" tips and information to city employees. For more information on "We Can!", visit http://wecan.nhlbi.nih.gov or call toll-free 1-866-35-WeCan. This NIH News Release is available online at: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2007/nhlbi-25.htm
Harnessing the Power of Technology to Achieve Behavior Change and Improve Urban Health
The 2007 International Conference on Urban Health will be held October 31 – November 2, 2007 at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. A variety offsite pre-conference workshops will take place on October 30, 2007. http://www.icuh2007.org/index.html The call for abstracts is open til April 30th http://www.icuh2007.org/abstracts.html "We particularly encourage submissions from community organizations. "
One in three Native American or Alaska Native women will be raped at some point in their lives. Most do not seek justice because they know they will be met with inaction or indifference. Read the report from Amesty International and see other materials at: http://web.amnesty.org/actforwomen/usaindigenous-240407-editorial-eng [posted on The NETWORK-Black Young Professionals' Public Health Network, Inc.]
Mental Health Policy Implementation Guide
A Learning and Development Toolkit for the whole of the mental health workforce across both health and social care
National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE)
National Workforce Programme – April 2007
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_073682
“….The health and social care workforce is the crucial element in driving forward and improving the delivery of mental health services. While it is important to have robust, well-thought-out policies and a sufficient level of resources, coupled with effective service models to support implementation, these perhaps count for little if the workforce does not have the opportunity to learn and develop….” [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity listserv]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency invites nominations to fill vacancies on its Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC). The Agency seeks qualified senior-level decisionmakers from diverse sectors throughout the United States to be considered for appointments. EPA encourages interested applicants to send their resumes and qualifications as soon as possible. Additional avenues and resources may be utilized in the solicitation of nominees.
ADDRESSES: Submit nominations via e-mail or fax to Carolyn Hubbard, Designated Federal Officer, Hubbard.carolyn@epa.gov, 202-564-2733 (fax), Office of Children's Health Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1107A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-GENERAL/2007/April/Day-17/g7272.htm
As Populations Change, So Do Libraries http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-04-23-libraries_N.htm
"It's a similar story across the country as libraries adjust their collections and programs to meet the needs of changing demographics. They have become important centers for newcomers who are trying to become proficient in English while connecting to their native languages and heritage." [posted on REFORMANET listserv]
infoSIDA, a comprehensive Spanish-language companion to AIDSinfo is now available. This authoritative site features information about HIV treatment and clinical trials. Spanish speakers can now have access to printable consumer-based fact sheets on HIV drugs and research as well as links to other Web sites and publications. There is also confidential telephone access to bilingual health information specialists. infoSIDA and AIDSinfo are 100% federally funded, so there are no advertisements or endorsements. http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/infoSIDA/
Program web site http://www.ada.org/ada/prod/adaf/prog_access_harris.asp
Sponsor: American Dental Association
Deadlines; July 17, 2007
The grant program's main objective is to help children whose socio-economic status impacts on their access to professional oral care and adversely affects their oral health habits at home. The program philosophy seeks to increase access to, and education on, oral health care by encouraging volunteerism in the health professions community. By also encouraging synergy between community based applicants and awardees, the grant program seeks to pool limited resources within dentistry, industry and public charities to significantly reduce the level of children's oral disease through education. Through this effort, the program assists in the dissemination of oral health promotion activities to aid those children most at risk. Proposals of up to $5,000 by community-based, not-for-profit, oral health promotion programs in the United States and its territories will be considered.If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact the ADA Foundation at 312- 440-2547 or e-mail adaf@ada.org [posted on Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS)]
FY07 Competitive Training Grants Program. Department of Homeland Security announces funds for national preparedness training initiatives that further DHS' mission of preparing the nation to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from incidents of terrorism or catastrophic events. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, 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 May 4, 2007. Approximately $29,100,000 is available to fund 29 awards. For further information, contact Jan Carey at (202) 786-9481 or CTGPhelp@dhs.gov; or go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13548&mode=VIEW
Prevention and Support Services for Women Incarcerated or Newly Released Living With or at Risk for HIV/AIDS/STD. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to increase health related support services available for HIV infected incarcerated and newly released women. 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. The deadline for applications is June 11, 2007. Approximately $625,000 is available to fund 5 awards up to $125,000. For further information, contact WilDon Solutions at (888) 203-6161 or OPHSgrantinfo@teamwildon.com ; or go to: https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?cancelMapping=cancelToAnnouncements&id=7925
Safe and Drug-Free Schools-Mentoring Programs. Department of Education announces funds to promote mentoring programs for children with the greatest need that: (1) assist these children in receiving support and guidance from a mentor; (2) improve the academic performance of the children; (3) improve interpersonal relationships between the children and their peers, teachers, other adults, and family members; (4) reduce the dropout rate of the children; and (5) reduce juvenile delinquency and involvement in gangs by the children. Eligible applicants include independent school districts, nonprofits, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is May 23, 2007. Approximately $29,347,000 is available to fund 198 awards, ranging from $100,000-$200,000. For further information, contact Bryan Williams at (202) 260-2391 or bryan.williams@ed.gov; or go to: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2007-2/041107b.html.
Gender Violence Prevention. Ms. Foundation for Women support projects with an organized approach to gender violence prevention. Areas of focus include community-driven strategies that challenge gender violence on a systemic level, child sexual abuse/incest prevention, and prevention strategies that transform gender roles. Eligible applicants include nonprofits and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is
May 24, 2007. For further information, go to: http://www.ms.foundation.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=47
Open Society Institute Seeks Proposals for Documentary Photography Distribution Grant Program
Deadline: July 6, 2007
The Open Society Institute's ( http://www.soros.org/ ) Documentary Photography Project seeks applicants for a grant that encourages documentary photographers to propose new ways of using photography as an advocacy tool. The grant will enable photographers who have already completed a significant body of work on issues of social justice to collaborate with a partner organization and present the work to targeted audiences to stimulate positive social change. Grants of $5,000 to $30,000 each will be awarded. For more information, see the Distribution Grant guidelines on the OSI Web site. An online application form will be available on OSI's Web site starting April 9, 2007. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006942/soros
Legion Child Welfare Foundation Announces Availability of Grant Applications
Deadline: July 1, 2007 (Application Request)
The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation ( http://www.cwf-inc.org/ ) accepts funding proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects that meet one of the foundation's two basic purposes: 1) to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth; and 2) to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge already possessed by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be more adequately used by society. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006943/cwf-inc
Moyer Foundation Seeks Partners for Children's Bereavement Camp Program Expansion
Deadline: May 9, 2007
The Moyer Foundation ( http://www.moyerfoundation.org/ ) was founded in 2000 by Major League Baseball star Jamie Moyer and his wife, Karen. The foundation's mission is to provide comfort and support to children enduring a time of profound physical, emotional, or financial distress. To date, the foundation has raised more than $10 million in support of more than a hundred different organizations, and has donated more than $1.1 million to children's bereavement programs. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006944/moyerfoundation
M·A·C AIDS Fund Accepting Grant Applications for Treatment and Prevention Programs
Deadline: June 15, 2007; and September 15, 2007
Established in 1994 by M·A·C Cosmetics ( http://www.maccosmetics.com/ ), the M·A·C AIDS Fund ( http://www.macaidsfund.org/ ) supports men, women, and children affected by HIV/AIDS. In an effort to streamline its funding, the fund has identified the following four critical areas of need: 1) the Link Between Poverty and AIDS -- funding for basic needs such as food and housing to those living with HIV/AIDS; 2) Models of Care -- developing hospitals and increasing the number of doctors and nurses in countries that need it the most; 3) Treatment Adher- ence -- developing peer-based programs to help people adhere to their treatment regimes; and 4) Prevention -- programs with a specific focus on high-risk populations such as youth, people over 50, African Americans, as well as Caribbean and African women living in Western cities. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006947/macaidsfund
HP Microenterprise Development Program to Provide Economic Opportunity in Underserved Communities
Deadline: June 5, 2007
Through its Microenterprise Development Program, HP ( http://hp.com/ ) supports nonprofit organizations that have a primary focus on providing development programs and services to microenterprises in underserved communities. In 2007, HP will award grants to nonprofit microenterprise development agencies, programs, and higher education insti tutions in the United States, including Puerto Rico, that provide start-up assistance, business training, access to capital, and advice to entrepreneurs and very small businesses in underserved communities. The awards are focused on providing technology access for entrepreneurs and on training micro-entrepreneurs in the use of technology to build and grow their businesses. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006952/hp
[posted on RFP Bulletin (April 13, 2007)]
The week of April 16, CDC will launch a new home page and second-level pages. The new CDC.gov home page provides easier access to information on the CDC.gov Web site and includes many new features. See at tour of the new web site at http://www.cdc.gov/vrtour.html
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has just posted a call for proposals related to Public Health.
Advancing Public Health Practice and Policy Solutions
Application Deadline: Jun 6, 2007
This solicitation seeks proposals for projects that will discover, implement, evaluate or disseminate practical and replicable solutions related to the following topics: public health laws, regulations or policies; public health advocacy or communications; and engaging hard-to-reach and/or high-risk populations. http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19849&c=EMC-FA141 [RWJF Funding Alert]
The MCH Library is seeking professional reviewers as well as a parent reviewer for a new edition of our knowledge path about adolescent pregnancy prevention. Would you or one of your colleagues be willing to review this electronic resource guide or suggest a reviewer? If so, we welcome your comments and suggestions and hope you will use the outline below as a guide for your review. The knowledge path is available on our Web site at: http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_adolpreg.html Please e-mail slorenzo@earthlink.net with your comments
Street Outreach Program. Department of Healthand Human Services announces funds to enable programs to help young people leave the streets. The program's focus is to conduct outreach efforts to build relationships between street outreach staff and street youth. These efforts will provide support services that will assist youth in moving and adjusting to safe and appropriate alternative living arrangements. Eligible applicants include nonprofits and faith- and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is June 4, 2007. Approximately $7,900,000 is available to fund 40-80 awards, ranging from $100,000-$200,000. A match is required. For further information, contact Kelli Matson-Geist at (866) 796-1591 or FYSB@dixongroup.com; or go to: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2007-ACF-ACYF-YO-0105.html In addition, please see the Modification at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/Modification_to_YO0105.html
Title IV: Grants for Coordinated HIV Services and Access to Research for Women, Infants, Children, and Youth: Youth Services Initiative. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to foster and expand systems of health care and social support services for youth (age 13-24) at risk of or infected with HIV in order to identify infected youth and enroll them in HIV primary care. Grantees will identify additional HIV infected youth and develop, coordinate and provide support services to enroll and maintain them in primary medical care. Eligible applicants include nonprofits and faith- and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications isMay 11, 2007. Approximately $6,435,000 is available to fund 17 awards. For further information, contact HRSA Call Center at callcenter@hrsa.gov; or go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13459&mode=VIEW
Alcohol Use Prevention and Vehicle Safety Service-Learning Projects. State Farm and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) announce funds to support organizations that work with children and youth (ages of 5-25) to implement a service-learning project on one of the following areas: underage alcohol use prevention; vehicle safety; and adult impaired driving. Eligible applicants include independent school districts, nonprofits, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2007. Approximately 10 awards up to $1,000 are available. For further information, go to: http://www.pypm.org/.
Disabled Youth Program Support. The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation’s mission is helping young people with disabilities maximize their potential and full participation in society. The Foundation supports organizations and projects within its mission that address important needs, have broad scope and impact, and demonstrate the potential for replication at other sites. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is June 1, 2007. For further information, go to: http://www.meaf.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 National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce the solicitation of quotations from community-based organizations and libraries to design and conduct projects that will improve access to HIV/AIDS related health information for patients, the affected community, and their caregivers. Standard Awards are offered for up to $60,000; Express Awards are offered for up to $10,000. Quotations are due to NLM on Monday, June 18, 2007. The solicitation for the 2007 AIDS Community Information Outreach Projects is posted at http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv/rfq07074.html Previously funded AIDS Community Information Outreach projects are posted at http://www.sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/aids_cio_projects.html If there are any questions or concerns regarding the Request for Quotations (RFQ) or submission of the quotation, please contact Robin Hope-Williams at (301) 496-6546 or email to: rhwilli@mail.nih.gov.
The Kaiser Family Foundation today issued a new data update showing variations across states and racial and ethnic groups for six key health and health care indicators. The data update provides a quick glance at disparities in rates of infant mortality, diabetes-related mortality and AIDS cases among whites, African Americans and Hispanics in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It also provides similar breakdowns showing the percentage of each group in each state that is uninsured, enrolled in Medicaid, and living in poverty. Key Health and Health Care Indicators by Race/Ethnicity is drawn from the more than 30 state-specific indicators related to race and ethnicity available on Kaiser’s statehealthfacts.org. http://tinyurl.com/yw6luz The data update is available online. http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/7633.cfm [posted on Kaiser Family Foundation email]
From THe Center for Health and Health Care in Schools http://www.healthinschools.org The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling attention to resources posted on its website that aim to help teachers, students, physicians, children, and teens cope with disasters such as the campus shooting at Virginia Tech University. http://www.aap.org/featured/resourcepage.htm
The Learning Healthcare System: Workshop Summary - Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine
LeighAnne Olsen, Dara Aisner, and J. Michael McGinnis, editors
US Institute of Medicine (IOM), 2007
Available online at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11903
PDF summary [49p.] at: http://books.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/11903.pdf
“……Evidence-based medicine (EBM) emerged in the twentieth century as a methodology for improving care by emphasizing the integration of individual clinical expertise with the best available external evidence and serves as a necessary and valuable foundation for future progress. EBM has resulted in many advances in health care, by highlighting the importance of a rigorous scientific base for practice and the important role of physician judgment in delivering individual patient care. …." [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity List]
"The Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) is a not-for-profit research organization dedicated to the collection, analysis, and distribution of health workforce data. The Center's work assists health, professional, and education organizations; policy makers; and the public understand issues related to the supply, demand, distribution, and use of health workers." The Center's reports can be found at http://chws.albany.edu/index.php?id=11,0,0,1,0,0 and include:
McGinnis S. Findings from a Survey of Parish Nurses/Faith Community Nurses in the United States. Rensselaer, NY: Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany. January 2007.
Dionne M, Moore J, Armstrong D, and Martiniano R. The United States Health Workforce Profile. Rensselaer, NY: Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany. October 2006.
Never Again? Reflections on Human Values and Human Rights
Paul Farmer - The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
Delivered at University of Utah - 2005
Available online as PDF file [52p.] at: http://www.tannerlectures.utah.edu/lectures/Farmer_2006.pdf
“……..working with Partners In Health, a nongovernmental organization seeking to put into practice those human values that support the belief that health care should be viewed as a human right. Partners In Health has worked in rural Haiti for many years; we have also had the privilege of caring for patients in places as far-flung as Peru, Siberia, and Rwanda.
In the course of doing this work, we’ve learned a great deal about how best to deliver medical care to the very poorest, to prisoners, and to the victims of violence. This work has also taught us that those seeking to serve such patients must know something about human rights. " [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity list]
By The Krafty Librarian http://www.kraftylibrarian.com/
The UBC Physio Info-blog has a very quick online tutorial entitled Mastering Google for Health Information. http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/physio/2007/02/mastering_google_for_health_in.php This 12 minute tutorial can run either run it in a browser window or download it to your machine.
View it see if you learn anything new. One quick thing that I learned was that I can use google as measurement converter, for example lbs to kgs. Once you watch it tell them what you think. Was it helpful? Too long? Too short? They want to know your thoughts. [posted on http://kraftylibrarian.com/2007/02/mastering-google-for-health-information.html]
The NN/LM MCR would like to announce the first of a series of podcasts. What are podcasts? They are audio recordings that you can download to your computer or personal audio (MP3) player, allowing you to listen at your desk, or to take on the go with your audio player. http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/podcasts/podcasts.html In our first podcast, Dr. Joy Voltz, Coordinator for the Office of Interprofessional Scholarship, Service and Education (OISSE) in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions at Creighton University discusses outreach and education, and the role of libraries in the work she does throughout the state of Nebraska. http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/podcasts/podcast1.html
WomenStories, the video series for breast cancer patients, their families and caregivers is now on DVD. Topics include: Initial Discovery and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer, Family Support, Surgical Choices, Chemotherapy, Intimacy, Recurrence and Metastasis, Young Women and breast Cancer, Hormone Treatment, Radiation, Life After Breast Cancer. Each topic segment runs 15 to 25 minutes. The DVDs are closed captioned. Librarians may preview the series by visiting: http://www.womenstories.org, where the videos are streamed. All 10 titles are now on a 2-disc DVD set for $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping. If your library lacks the funding to purchase the series, let us know. Our mission is to get the videos into the hands of women who need them, so we will find a way for you add WomenStories to your collection.
This remarkable collection of survivors’ stories offers insight, advice and support to newly diagnosed women. The focus is psychosocial; no medical professionals appear in the tapes, and no specific medical treatment is discussed. The women interviewed are diverse in age, culture and socioeconomic backgrounds.
For additional information contact Mimi Dow:
mimi@womenstories.org
WomenStories
1807 Elmwood Avenue, Room 165
Buffalo, NY 14207
716.873.3689
Toll Free: 800.775.5790
htpp://www.womenstories.org
This conference will focus on the health and social consequences of methamphetamine use, with a particular emphasis on the Native American population in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. For a registration form, or more information on the conference, see: http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/minorityhealth/MethConference.htm
The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health today released a new accredited continuing education program for nursing professionals that has been endorsed by the American Nurses Association (ANA). Entitled Culturally Competent Nursing Care: A Cornerstone of Caring and provided at no cost, this course is designed to help nurses integrate cultural competency awareness, knowledge, and skills to more effectively treat increasingly diverse patient populations. Culturally Competent Nursing Care: A Cornerstone of Caring is a Web-based training course available at http://www.thinkculturalhealth.org. The course features video-based case studies and interactive tools that can be completed ‘anytime and anywhere' to accommodate busy nurses. This program is the newest addition to the Office of Minority Health's portfolio of educational programs designed to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health. https://ccnm.thinkculturalhealth.org/ [posted on CLAStalk-list]
Education and Health: Evaluating Theories and Evidence
David M. Cutler and Adriana Lleras-Muney
National Poverty Center - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Available online as PDF file [37p.] at: http://www.npc.umich.edu/news/events/healtheffects_agenda/cutler.pdf
“………Substantial attention has been paid to these “health inequalities.” Gradients in health by education are now being systematically monitored in many countries (the United States includes them as part of its Healthy People 2010 goals), and countries such as the United Kingdom have target goals of reducing health disparities –specifically by education or factors correlated with education.2 In this paper, we review what is known and not known about the relationship between education and health, in particular about the possible causal relationships between education and health and the mechanisms behind them. ….”
Developmental Health Effects of Human Development Policy
Daniel P. Keating; Sharon Z. Simonton, University of Michigan
Available online as PDF file [39p]. at: http://www.npc.umich.edu/news/events/healtheffects_agenda/keatingfinal.pdf
“……A growing body of evidence documents the substantial effects on health of social policies whose focus is not on health per se, such as those in this volume that explicitly target areas such as income support, housing, civil rights, and other social policy arenas. In this chapter, we examine evidence for the health effects of policies designed to address human development, with a particular emphasis on early childhood development policies. Because human development policies have typically played a minor role in policy discussions about health, we first define their scope and outline a general conceptual framework to support their relevance. We then review evidence to illustrate their connection with health. ….”
[posted on PAHO/WHO Equity list]
Announcing the 2007 Refugee and Immigrant Conference
Monday-Tuesday, October 22-23, 2007
Holiday Inn Chicago-Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL
The 2007 Refugee and Immigrant Conference offers groups and individuals assisting refugee and immigrant children and their families a national opportunity to network and learn about issues affecting refugee and immigrant children and their families, schools, health, and health care, along with the challenges of cultural adjustment. This conference is valuable if you are a … state refugee coordinator, RCSIG coordinator, bilingual education coordinator, resettlement worker, social worker, school teacher, school administrator, counselor, university faculty, university student, healthcare professional or a refugee and immigrant services staff member. Information and the Call for Conference Workshop Sessions can be found at http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/index.html. If you have any questions, please contact Lynn Osheff (losheff@thecenterweb.org). [posted on Hmonghealth listserv]
University of North Carolina Public Health Grand Rounds
"Healthy Places Leading to Healthy People: Community Engagement Improves Health for All" http://publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/places/index.htm
The program will be presented on May 11, 2007 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm E.T. To view this as a webcast from your own computer, go to http://publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/places/webcast.htm [posted on [ph_grand_rounds]
C. Divi, R. G. Koss, S. P. Schmaltz et al., Language Proficiency and Adverse Events in U.S. Hospitals: A Pilot Study, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, April 2007 19(2):60–67
A lack of good communication between doctors and their patients can lead to a host of problems: mistrust, dissatisfaction with care, and even medical errors. For the more than 20 million people in the United States with limited English proficiency (LEP), these communication problems can be much more serious.
In a Commonwealth Fund-supported study in the International Journal for Quality in Health Care, researchers with the Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) found that LEP hospital patients are more likely than their English-speaking counterparts to experience adverse events that result in harm--and the severity of that harm is often greater.
http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=472804&#doc472804 [posted on CLAStalk-list]
On March 22, NCD posted a prerelease notice for a study on The Current State of Health Care for Americans with Disabilities (http://www.ncd.gov/research_opportunity/032207prerelease.html).
Application materials will be made available on April 23, 2007. NCD seeks to enter into a Cooperative Agreement with entities that have the knowledge and experience to conduct a study of the current state of health care for Americans with disabilities, with a particular focus on service members and veterans with disabilities, women with disabilities, and individuals with communication disabilities. Partnerships and collaborative efforts are encouraged to ensure that appropriate expertise is brought to bear on this complex project involving diverse stakeholders. Input must be gathered from individuals with disabilities, health care providers, and health insurers. An NCD report blending a similar mix of perspectives can be viewed in The Current State of Transportation for People with Disabilities in the United States (June 2005) at http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2005/current_state.htm.
Source: AAPD
Families Keep in Touch by Video
Immigrants are using technology made for the corporate world to stay in touch with long-distance relatives.... http://newroutes.org/node/1490
Madre, Hay Esperanza (Mother, There is Hope) The Esperanza campaign is the continuation of a postpartum education initiative sponsored by the Perinatal Foundation...
http://newroutes.org/node/1342 [ posted on New Routes E-mail Digest] New Routes Digest for March 21-April 3, 2007]
USDA Rural Development State Director Chuck Banks today announced that the Agency is making available $62.9 million in distance learning and telemedicine loans, $50 million in loan and grant combinations, and $15 million in grants for rural communities. Applications for the $15 million in distance learning and telemedicine grants must be received by June 8, 2007, and proposed projects will compete nationally for funding. Applications for loans and loan and grant-combinations will be accepted year round. Interested parties can visit the USDA Rural Development DLT website at: http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm [posted on Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS)]
Adolescent Family Life (AFL) DemonstrationProjects. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to find effective means, within the context of the family, of reaching pre-adolescent and adolescent children before they become sexually active to encourage them to abstain from premarital
sexual activity. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, and nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is June 1, 2007. Approximately $7,500,000 is available to fund 20 awards, ranging from $300,000-$400,000. For further information, contact Grants.gov Contact Center at (800) 518-4726 or support@grants.gov; or go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13326&mode=VIEW
Community Services Block Grant Program Community Economic Development Discretionary Grant Program--Operational Projects. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to provide resources to eligible CDCs for their job creation and business projects, as well as to address broader objectives such as arresting tendencies toward financial dependency, chronic unemployment, and community deterioration in urban areas. Eligible applicants include nonprofits and faith- and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is May 29, 2007. Approximately $25,400,000 is available to fund 40 awards, contact Rafael J. Elizalde at OCSGRANTS@acf.hhs.gov; or go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13255&mode=VIEW
Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Targeted Areas of Need. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to enhance/expand recovery-oriented systems of care involving small, grassroots organizations and/or support propose project for an unmet substance abuse treatment need in a specific target population (e.g., pregnant and post-partum women, HIV/AIDS,alcohol, marijuana) in their community. Eligible applicants include state governments, nonprofits, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is May 25, 2007. Approximately $8,000,000 is available to fund 16 awards up to $500,000. For further information, contact Kimberly Pendleton at (202) 276-1421 or kimberly.Pendleton@samhsa.hhs.gov; or go to: http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2007/TI_07_008.aspx
Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to conduct health disparities research projects that relate to identifying and evaluating solutions for eliminating health disparities among Hispanic Americans. Eligible applicants include public and state controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations, nonprofits, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is July 3, 2007. Approximately 2 awards ranging from $100,000-$125,000 are available. A match is required. For further information, contact Joi Grymes at Joi.Grymes@cms.hhs.gov; or go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13349&mode=VIEW
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.
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, sponsored by the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Center for Health Disparities Research is a new on-line journal that explores the problems and challenges of health disparities among the diverse populations of the United States. The first two issues are now available online at: http://chdr.unlv.edu/JHDRP.htm
Articles in the Fall 2006 issue include "A Conceptual Model of Historical Trauma: Implications for Public Health Practice and Research," by Michelle M. Sotero and "Equal Care, Unequal Outcomes: Experiences of a REACH 2010 Community," by Diane Neal, Barbara Carlson, Carolyn Jenkins, and Gayenell Magwood.
Articles in the Winter 2007 issue include "So That the People May Live (Hecel Lena Oyate Ki Nipi Kte): Lakota and Dakota Elder Women as Reservoirs of Life and Keepers of Knowledge about Health Protection and Diabetes Prevention" by Dawn W. Satterfield, John Eagle Shield, John Buckley, and Sally Taken Alive and "Cumulative Health Literacy as a Contributor to Immigrant Health Disparities" by Jennifer Bennett Kimbrough. [posted on [CBPR]
The April 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/
Feature Stories:
The Need for Sleep—Wake up to the Risks of Shortened Slumber
The Thief of Sleep—Sounding the Alarm About Sleep Apnea
Health Capsules:
What Causes Addiction?
Greenery, Groceries and Children's Weight
Featured Web Site: A Healthy Mouth for Your Baby http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/HealthInformation/DiseasesAndConditions/ChildrensOralHealth/HealthyMouth
Archer Daniels Midland Company Seeks Applications for Community Partnership Grants
Deadline: June 30, 2007
Archer Daniels Midland Company ( http://www.admworld.com/ ), an agricultural processing company headquartered in Decatur, Illinois, has announced a call for applications for its 2007 Community Partnership Grant program. The mission of the program is to strengthen agricultural areas of the United States by funding community improvement projects. Up to four grants of $10,000 each will be awarded to qualified tax- exempt, nonprofit, educational or community organizations in cities and towns where ADM operates. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006829/admworld
Horses & Humans Research Foundation Seeks Equine Assisted Activities/Therapies Research Proposals
Deadline: June 30, 2007
The Horses and Humans Research Foundation ( http://horsesandhumans.org/ ) is a nonprofit organization that seeks to facilitate universal understanding and appreciation of the significant influence of horses on humans. The foundation's primary goal is to support, promote, and fund scientific research that explores the claimed yet unsubstantiated benefits of equine assisted activities, leading to the discovery of the most effective methods and techniques for conducting thousands of existing and future programs. A secondary goal is to educate the public on research findings so that equine-assisted activities become more accessible to those in need. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006830/horsesandhumans
Brookdale Foundation Group Issues RFP for Start-Up Dementia Day Programs
Deadline: July 6, 2007
The Brookdale Foundation Group ( http://brookdalefoundation.org/ ) has issued a Request For Proposals for start-up social model group respite programs for people with Alzheimer's disease and their family caregivers. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006834/brookdalefoundation
Good Decisions Service-Learning Program Offers Grants for Alcohol Use Prevention and Vehicle Safety Projects
Deadline: May 1, 2007
State Farm ( http://www.statefarm.com/ ) and Mothers Against Drunk Driving ( http://www.madd.org/ ) are accepting applications for the Good Decisions Service-Learning program. The program will provide ten grants of $1,000 each to teachers, school-based service-learning coordinators, and community organizations that work with children and youth between the ages of 5 and 25 to implement a service-learning project on one of the following: underage alcohol use prevention, vehicle safety, and adult impaired driving. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006839/pypm
[posted on RFP Bulletin (April 6, 2007)]
The Global Health Initiative and the Division of United States Studies The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Washington DC - April 04 - 2007
Presentations, video and audio materials are now available online at:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.event_summary&event_id=224806#
[posted on Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO EQUITY listserv]
The Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health will conduct two, one-week Summer Institute courses. The Institute is designed for tribal health leaders and related health care professionals and paraprofessionals who have not necessarily had formal training in public health, but may be working to determine tribal priorities for health care, or who are working/interested in clinical research or public health within tribal communities.
Location: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Dates: July 9 - 13, 2007, July 16-20, 2007 and July 23-27, 2007
Tuition rate: $728 per credit, $500 per credit for non-credit
http://www.jhsph.edu/caih/Training/Institute_Information.html [posted on HUNAP Opportunities for April 6, 2007]
NYC's Letter Carriers to Watch Out for Their Elderly Customers
NEW YORK (AP) -- When mail and newspapers build up at an elderly person's home, it can be a sign that something is wrong. http://www.1010wins.com/pages/338297.php?contentType=4&contentId=398847
Prevalence of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Physical Activity by Race/Ethnicity — United States, 2005
By Shirl Kennedy on Food and agriculture
Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC)
http://tinyurl.com/2l774b
To examine the combined prevalence of 1) consumption of fruits and vegetables five or more times per day and 2) regular physical activity among U.S. adults by race/ethnicity, CDC analyzed self-reported data from the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). This report describes the results of that analysis, which indicated that the combined prevalence of these two behavioral strategies was higher among men of multiple/other races (16.5%) compared with non-Hispanic white men (12.6%). In addition, only 12.6% of non-Hispanic black women and 14.8% of Hispanic women, compared with 17.4% of non-Hispanic white women, engaged in these two behavioral strategies. These results underscore the need to promote diets high in fruits and vegetables and regular physical activity among all populations in the United States and among racial and ethnic minority communities in particular. [posted on Docuticker http://www.docuticker.com/?p=12268]
Population Dynamics Are Changing the Profile of Rural Areas
An influx of retirees and ethnic populations brings both challenges and benefits to small-town America.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/April07/Features/Population.htm
"New and diverse residents from abroad are revitalizing small towns economically and demographically. At the same time, their presence signals changes in local economic structure and raises concerns about barriers to assimilation and changing and increasing demands for social services."
A new documentary, "Hold Your Breath," supported in part by The Commonwealth Fund, will air on select public television stations this month. Directed by award-winning filmmaker and physician Maren Grainger-Monsen, the film reveals the clash between ancient Islamic traditions and contemporary Western medicine. It follows a deeply religious Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan with cancer, and his Western medical doctor, as they try to find a common language while there is still time to provide potentially life-saving treatment.
For more information and for broadcast times, visit the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics Web site at http://medethicsfilms.stanford.edu/holdyourbreath/. [posted on e-mail alerts from The Commonwealth Fund]
Cancer.gov en español currently contains 23 Web pages on different types of cancer, more than 100 peer reviewed cancer treatment summaries for health professionals and patients, and a dictionary that includes 5,000 terms and definitions in both Spanish and English. In the coming year, NCI will continue to test the site to ensure that it meets the information needs of U.S.Latinos. http://www.cancer.gov/espanol
"In 1995, former President William Jefferson Clinton proclaimed the first full week of April as National Public Health Week (NPHW). Each year since then, the public health community has celebrated this observance by focusing on an issue that is important to improving the public's health. The American Public Health Association (APHA) serves as the lead organizer of NPHW and with the help of its 50,000 members and hundreds of organizational partners, educate the public, policymakers, and practitioners about the importance of public health. During NPHW 2007, APHA and its partners will encourage Americans to take the first step toward becoming better prepared for a public health emergency. http://www.apha.org/programs/healthweek/
Visit the 2007 National Public Health Week Site http://www.nphw.org/2007/home.htm "
Mental Health American http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/ is offering two internships: Fundraising Internship The Mental Health America Resource Development department offers interns the opportunity to support corporate, foundation and individual fundraising efforts. Development interns research potential targets, track foundation activity and outreach efforts, draft communications (including letters of inquiry, grant proposals, and personal correspondence), and work across all MHA programs and departments to seek funding to support our vital mission. Marketing InternshipThe Mental Health America Resource Development department offers interns the opportunity to support various marketing efforts through prospect identification for cause-related marketing campaigns. Also responsible for maintaining contact database, assist with planning special events, tracking department functions and outreach efforts, brainstorm creative partnership strategies, and work across all MHA programs and departments to seek funding to support our vital mission. If interested, please apply via e-mail (interns@mentalhealthamerica.net).
Mattel Offers Grants for Programs Serving Children in Need
Deadline: June 15, 2007
Mattel ( http://www.mattel.com/ ) and the Mattel Children's Foundation have announced the third year of the company's Domestic Grantmaking Program. Through the program, U.S. charitable organi- zations that can demonstrate they directly serve children in need may be eligible for one-year grants of $5,000 to $20,000 each. Funds may be applied to programs or general operating costs. Applicant organizations or programs must align with Mattel's philanthropic priorities: 1) Learning, increasing access to education for underserved children, and in particular innovative strategies designed to promote and address literacy; 2) Health, supporting the physical health and well-being of children, with particular emphasis on promoting healthy, active lifestyles; and 3) Girl Empowerment, promoting self-esteem in young girls up to the age of 12. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006752/mattel
Pan American Health and Education Foundation Invites Applications for Small Grants Program
Deadline: June 1, 2007
The Pan American Health and Education Foundation ( http://www.pahef.org/ ), a public 501(c)(3) foundation, makes grants consistent with its mission to improve the health of the people of the Americas. The foundation's Small Grants Program focuses on two themes: combating childhood obesity and improving nutrition, and promoting healthy aging. (Please note: Except within the guidelines of the Small Grants Program, PAHEF does not actively seek or accept unsolicited proposals.) The Small Grants Program provides grants in the range of $5,000 to $25,000 each per year for up to two years to organizations that support sustainable projects which are innovative, culturally sensitive, and foster partnerships with other stakeholders to improve health in the Americas. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006758/pahef
Entries Invited for Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism
Deadline: June 13, 2007
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation ( http://knightfdn.org/) funds the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism to reward the creative use of new technologies to engage people in important public issues and to honor compelling models for the future of news. The program will honor pioneering approaches to journalism that encourage new forms of information sharing; spur non-traditional interactions that have an impact on community; enable new and better two-way conversations between audiences and news providers; and foster new ways of imparting useful information. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006760/j-lab
[RFP Bulletin (March 30, 2007)]
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.
Drug Free Communities Support Mentoring Program. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to support the development and/or expansion of new community coalitions (mentees) that are focused on strengthening communities and reducing substance abuse among youth. Eligible applicants include public and state controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits, and faith and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is May 11, 2007. Approximately $1,400,000 is available to fund 21 awards up to $75,000. A match is required. For further information, contact Kimberly Pendleton at (202)276-1421 or kimberly.pendleton@samhsa.hhs.gov; orgo to: http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2007/sp_07_002.aspx
Services in Supportive Housing Program. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to help end chronic homelessness for individuals and families experiencing chronicmhomelessness in coordination with existing permanent supportive housing programs and resources. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, special district governments, state governments, public housing authorities, nonprofits, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is May 22, 2007. Approximately $3,000,000 is available to fund 8 awards up to $450,000. For further information, contact Kimberly Pendleton at (202) 276-1421 or kimberly.Pendleton@samhsa.hhs.gov; or go to: http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2007/sm_07_014.aspx
Children's Physical Activity Research. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announces funds to stimulate and support research to increase the understanding of how environments and policies affect children's physical activity in community and school settings. The Foundation's areas of focus are: 1) examination of how children and parents' perceptions of community and recreation environments are related to objective attributes of the environment and how those perceptions affect their desire to use the environment for physical activity; and 2) evaluation of policy interventions to promotephysical activity in schools. Eligible applicants include public and state controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and private institutions of higher education. The deadline for applications is May 16, 2007. Approximately $1,000,000 is available to fund awards ranging from $150,000-$200,000. For further information, go to: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19832.
Golf Program Support. U.S. Golf Association supports organizations that introduce the game of golf to economically disadvantaged children and individuals with disabilities. Funds can be used for instruction, golf course and range access, equipment or construction of golf facilities. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is July 6, 2007. Approximately $1,600,000 is available to fund 84 awards. For further information, or go to: http://www.usga.org/home/index.html
Funding Alert is a free service of the Office of Partnerships and Grants Development.
Chip Ward, a recently-retired assistant director at Salt Lake City Public Library, has a sobering post on serving the chronically homeless population in his library: http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=180836
"Throughout the fragmented system of healthcare for homeless people, from rehab to hospitals to jails, there are few ground rules or protocols for discharging the mentally ill and next to no communication between healthcare providers, police, social workers, and shelter managers in this archipelago of despair. Public librarians are out of the loop altogether; our role in providing daytime shelter for the homeless is ignored. When, in an attempt to build my own useful network, I attended conferences on homeless issues, I was always met with puzzlement and the question: "What are you doing here?" "Where do you think they go during the day?" I would invariably answer. " [posted on [OUTREACH:1610]
Hablamos Juntos http://www.hablamosjuntos.org is pleased to announce the first in a series of brief reports on issues of interest to language services professionals and clinicians nationwide. The first report in their new bi-monthly series, Affordable Language Services: Implications for Health Care Organizations, explains the implications for quality and patient safety created by language barriers. See the report at http://www.torquedesign.com/hj/HJ_Brief_April07_affordable_language_services.pdf [posted on eBrief - April 2007]
The National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) developed the HispanicHealth.info as a portal to share key information that can improve the quality of healthcare delivered to Hispanic populations. The information is directed to health professionals and the public. http://www.hispanichealth.info/