To increase the number of rural and public hospitals participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) 5 Million Lives Campaign, the Cardinal Health Foundation announced today it is granting up to $500,000 to hospitals that enroll and report their data to IHI. Hospitals would receive up to $15,000 each to help defray costs associated with implementing IHI initiatives, aimed at protecting patients from five million incidents of medical harm over two years (December 2006 – December 2008). The National Rural Health Association and the National Association of Public Hospitals and HealthSystems will administer the grants. Both groups will oversee the application process and review grant applications. Read the full press release at http://www.cardinal.com/content/news/6202007_75317.asp
Find application materials at http://www.NRHArural.org/groups/pdf/CHFGrantRFP-2.pdf
Charting the future of community health promotion: recommendations from the National Expert Panel on Community Health Promotion
Navarro AM, Voetsch KP, Liburd LC, Giles HW, Collins JL.
Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) - Volume 4: No. 3, July 2007
Published by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
Available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/jul/07_0013.htm
".....In the decades since chronic illnesses replaced infectious diseases as the leading causes of death, public health researchers, particularly those in the field of health promotion and chronic disease prevention, have shifted their focus from the individual to the community in recognition that community-level changes will foster and sustain individual behavior change.
Navarro A, Voetsch K, Liburd L, Bezold C, Rhea M. Recommendations for future efforts in community health promotion: report of the National Expert Panel on Community Health Promotion. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adult and Community Health; 2006.
PDF [22p.] available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/pdf/community_health_promotion_expert_panel_report.pdf [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity listserv]
Active Living Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has announced a call for presentation and paper abstracts for its annual conference to be held April 9-12, 2008, in Washington, D.C. The theme of the conference is "Connecting Active Living Research to Policy Solutions." Abstracts on all topics related to active living policies and environments are welcome. Deadline: September 17.
Active Living Research has also issued a call for nominations for the "Translating Research to Policy" award, which will be presented at the conference. This national award will recognize innovators who have successfully harnessed research to impact policy and environmental changes. Deadline: September 17. For more information, visit http://www.activelivingresearch.org/ [posted on CBPR listsserv]
A new collection of handy tools designed especially for libraries, archives, museums, historic sites, and historic preservation and arts organizations has been released by the Heritage Emergency National Task Force. The tools are the result of the Task Force's "Lessons Applied" initiative to develop practical applications for the lessons from Hurricane Katrina, such as helping cultural institutions apply for disaster aid and developing relationships with emergency responders.The new tools are available as free downloads at http://www.heritagepreservation.org/programs/taskfer.htm
On Thursday, August 2, 2007, at 1 p.m. EDT, the Kaiser Family Foundation will host a live, interactive webcast to discuss racial disparities in HIV/AIDS, with a focus on the African- American community. African-Americans account for more people estimated to be living with AIDS and HIV-related deaths than any other racial/ethnic group in the U.S.. Today, African-Americans make up about 12 percent of the U.S. population, but account for half of all new AIDS cases. And, despite medical advances, the HIV death rate is still significantly higher for African-Americans than for other groups. Watch the live webcast on http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2213 on Thursday, August 2, 2007, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EDT. The panel of experts will take your questions via email. Send questions in advance of or during the program to TodaysTopics@kaisernetwork.org.
The Prevention Communication Research Database (PCRD), a project of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is a searchable collection of audience research conducted or sponsored by HHS agencies. Not intended to be a comprehensive collection of prevention communication research, PCRD is designed to provide access to research findings that may not be widely known or distributed. Making the research available may provide program planners and health communication specialists with insight into different audiences in relation to key prevention issues such as physical activity, healthy eating, tobacco use, and substance abuse. http://www.health.gov/communication/default.asp
A new topic has been added to the website NIHSenior Health: Talking with Your Doctor: http://nihseniorhealth.gov/talkingwithyourdoctor/toc.html It features the following chapters:
*Planning Your Doctor Visit
*Your Visit to the Doctor
*Asking Questions
*Conversations After Diagnosis
ARL's Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce is pleased to announce the availability of new funds to recruit students from underrepresented groups with educational backgrounds in all subjects to Masters in Library Science programs. In January 2007, ARL announced the availability of funds from an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant to support graduate study in library and information science for students from underrepresented groups with educational backgrounds in natural and applied sciences or information technology. The additional funds will augment the funds awarded by IMLS and increase the size of the 2007–09 class of the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce. The Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce offers a stipend of up to $10,000 over two years to MLS students from underrepresented groups who are interested in careers in research libraries. Applications are due August 31, 2007. The application form is available online at http://www.arl.org/diversity/.
For more information contact:
Jerome Offord Jr.
Director of Diversity Initiatives
Association of Research Libraries
21 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 296-2296
jerome@arl.org
The New Routes to Community Health News and Views Blog can be viewed at http://www.newroutes.org/blog You can also subscribe to recieve weekly updates from the blog on this page. This week's entries include:
Migration - How Free Is Our Freedom to Move?
Shouldn't people everywhere have the right to choose where to live? Must there be a limit...
http://newroutes.org/node/4884
Community Tool Box
The Mission: Promoting community health and development by connecting people, ideas and resources. The Tool Box provides... http://newroutes.org/node/4726
Are Immigrants and Refugees People of Color?Rinku Sen, publisher of Colorlines, the national magazine on race and politics, writes in the July/August... http://newroutes.org/node/4639 [posted on [New Routes E-mail Digest] July 11 - July 23, 2007]
A new online training series for health care providers titled Treating Adolescents with HIV: Tools for Building Skills in Cultural Competence, Clinical Care and Support is now available! The training is free, and continuing education credits are available for participants. For details visit: http://www.hivcareforyouth.org This series is designed for MDs, NPs, PAs, RNs, psychologists, social workers, case managers, and other health professionals who are actively involved or interested in adolescent HIV care. [posted on CLAStalk listserv]
"On July 25, 2007, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released the 18th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children. This year's essay examines the child welfare system and challenges the country to make lifelong connections for children and youth in foster care a national priority. The essay also focuses on the 726,000 children who spend time in foster care each year and what can be done to build and strengthen family relationships." http://www.kidscount.org/sld/databook.jsp [posted on an update from the Annie E Casey Foundation]
Hmong National Development (HND) is excited to bring the 13th Hmong National Conference to Denver, Colorado where it was once held in 1998. The 13th Hmong National Conference, to take place at the Marriot Denver City Center on March 27th-30th 2008, will bring together professionals, scholars, community members, youth, and leaders to increase capacity, promote active civic participation, discuss community challenges, and to celebrate community successes. http://www.hndinc.org/index.php?section=1
Literacy A Matter of Life And Death: Scientific American 60-second science podcast: In a study of over 3,000 Medicare patients, only smoking was a stronger predictor of early death than was illiteracy. Patients who can't read or understand health information don't take medicine properly and fail to seek care when necessary. From a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine http://podcast.sciam.com/daily/sa_d_podcast_070724.mp3 To see other "Sixty second science" podcasts: http://www.sciam.com/podcast/index.cfm?e_type=D
The journal article "Health literacy and mortality among elderly persons" was printed in the "Archives of Internal Medicine" Journal, July 23, 2007 Volume 167(14) pages1503-9.
The U.S. Government has significantly expanded a recall of canned foods with the warning that tens of millions of cans of chili, chili sauce, corned beef, and dog food produced by the Castleberry Food Company could be contaminated with the toxin that causes botulism. According to Dr. Delgado, “The government’s recall covers more than 90 brands. With so many brands involved and millions of cans produced, consumers may very well have some of the recalled food on their kitchen shelves. All consumers need to take this warning very seriously and check to see if they have any of the recalled products in their homes.” Brand names of the recalled products include: Austex, Best Yet, Big Y, Black Rock, Bloom, Bryan, Bunker Hill, Castleberry's, Cattle Drive, Firefighters, Food Club, Food Lion, Goldstar, Great Value (in Canada only), Kroger, Lowes, Meijer, Morton House, Paramount, Piggly Wiggly, Prudence, Southern Home, Steak N Shake, Thrifty Maid, Triple Bar and Value Time. The recall also includes four varieties of Natural Balance dog food. The full list of recalled products can be found at http://www.castleberrys.com/news_productrecall.asp [posted on an email update by the National Alliance for Hispanic Health]
Ronald McDonald House Charities Offers Support for Global or National Nonprofits Helping Children
Deadline: August 31, 2007 (Letters of Inquiry)
Ronald McDonald House Charities ( http://rmhc.com/rmhc/index.html )and its global network of local chapters provides funding for programs or projects that are national or global in scope and which directly improve the health and well-being of children. RMHC funding has enabled organizations in communities around the world to help children read, provide nutritious afterschool meals, offer life-changing surgeries, or help prevent life-threatening disease. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008100/rmhc
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Accepting Applications for MS Brighter Tomorrow Grants
Deadline: October 1, 2007
Each year, the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation ( http://msfocus.org/ ) offers MS Brighter Tomorrow Grants to provide individuals with MS with goods or services (valued at up to $1,000) designed to improve their quality of life by enhancing their safety, self- sufficiency, comfort, and/or well-being. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008105/msfocus
Third Wave Foundation Offers Funding for Organizations Led by Young Women and Transgender Youth
Deadline: November 1, 2007
The Third Wave Foundation ( http://thirdwavefoundation.org/ ) is an activist feminist foundation that works nationally to support young women and transgender youth. Through strategic grantmaking, leadership development, and philanthropic advocacy, Third Wave supports groups and individuals working to achieve gender, racial, economic, and social justice. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008111/thirdwavefoundation
Gates Foundation Accepting Applications for Access to Learning Award [Global Reach Grant]
Deadline: December 31, 2007
A program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ( http://gatesfoundation.org/ ), the Access to Learning Award honors "innovative organizations that are opening a world of online information to people in need." The foundation's Global Libraries initiative invites applications from libraries and similar organizations outside the United States that have created new ways to offer these key services: free public access to computers and the Internet; public training to assist users in accessing online information that can help improve their lives; technology training for library staff; and outreach to underserved communities. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008109/gatesfoundation
Copyright (c) 2000-2007, the Foundation Center. All rights reserved. Permission to use, copy, and/or distribute this document in whole or in part for non-commercial purposes without fee is hereby granted provided that this notice and appropriate credit to the Foundation Center is included in all copies.
The Commonwealth Fund's recent survey report, Closing the Divide: How Medical Homes Promote Equity in Health Care, found that adults who have medical homes not only have enhanced access to care but also receive better-quality care. What's more, the benefits of medical homes are spread across all patient groups with access to them. The survey found that, among minorities with insurance coverage and a medical home, racial and ethnic differences in terms of access to and quality of care are reduced or even eliminated. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=506814 [posted on The Commonwealth Fund email alert]
Tune into Web Junction's (http://webjunction.org/do/Home )August "In Depth Webinar" August 14, 10:00-11:00 AM PST/ 1:00-2:00 PM EST
Finding and Evaluating Online Health Information for Spanish Speakers
Join Gail Kouame of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine as she explains how to find and evaluate online health resources for Spanish speakers, even if you only speak English. She will cover basic vocabulary, how to evaluate resources, and point people to where they can find more resources on the National Network of Libraries of Medicine website. http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=15431
View videos, powerpoints, hear the audio recordings from "Salud Se Puede", the Trejo Foster Foundation Institute held in Tucson, Arizona http://sir.arizona.edu/trejo/proceedings.html
Teen Pregnancy Web Site
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/default.asp The mission of the National Campaign is to promote values, behavior, and policies that reduce both teen pregnancy and unplanned pregnancy among young adults. Includes The National Campaign Latino Initiative http://www.teenpregnancy.org/espanol/initiative.asp and a Spanish Language section http://www.teenpregnancy.org/espanol/default.asp
Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care,
Larry D. Purnell, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, and Betty J. Paulanka, PhD, RN, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. 2005.
http://www.fadavis.com/online_store/catalog/catalog_detail.cfm?publication_id=1995
Each chapter is devoted to a particular ethnic/cultural group -Appalachian, Arab, Bosnian, Brazilian, etc - up to 27 groups detailing their unique beliefs/customs/approaches regarding health care, death, illness, pregnancy, etc. [posted on MEDLIB -L]
Public Health books
Hesperian http://www.hesperian.org/ is a non-profit publisher of books and resources for community health, most well known for our classic field manual, Where There Is No Doctor.
Our books are used not only 'in the field' but are also invaluable training guides used in Colleges and Universities throughout the country and abroad. Many prominent schools use them as textbooks in their courses, or during their study-abroad medical trips. We encourage you to consider using our books as well in your public health, nursing, or international health courses. Nearly all of our books are uploaded page for page on our website, and can be viewed free of charge at: http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php
We are pleased to announce the launch of http://www.ShareIdeas.org, an online gathering place for sharing information and ideas on how mobile communications are being used to create positive social change. Visit the site and see how teachers, health care professionals, environmentalists, development professionals, and others are using mobile technology to strengthen educational opportunities, treat patients, build small businesses, prevent crime, and save endangered species. We encourage you to post your own experiences in the site's wiki, an online library cataloguing innovative uses of mobile technology for social good. [posted on the Digital Divide Network http://digitaldivide.net/ listserv]
The latest edition of the Journal of the Medical Library Association Volume 95 (3) July 2007 focuses on the role of libraries and librarians in public health. You can read these articles at no cost through PubMed Central at http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?iid=146158 The editorial and the "Focus Issue" sections contain numerous articles, including "HIV/AIDS information outreach: a community-based approach" , "Public health informatics training in New Mexico", and "Collaboration addresses information and education needs of an urban public health workforce"
Joyce A. Hunter, Ph.D., a cardiovascular physiologist and award-winning administrator at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will serve as deputy director, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), NIH. ..Hunter is a recognized expert on NIH extramural policies and has an extensive career in program and scientific review administration. Prior to joining the NCMHD, Hunter served as deputy director in the Division of Extramural Activities at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), where she coordinated scientific program policies that governed clinical research. She began her NIH career at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute where she steadily progressed from being a program officer to chief of the Vascular Research Training and Career Development Group, a scientific review administrator, and later, section chief of the Contracts, Clinical Studies and Training Scientific Review Section.
The NCMHD http://www.ncmhd.nih.gov is a component of the NIH. The NCMHD promotes minority health and leads, coordinates, supports and assesses the NIH effort to eliminate health disparities. The NCMHD programs focus on expanding the nation's ability to conduct research and to build a diverse, culturally-competent research workforce to eliminate health disparities.
Read the complete NIH News Release online at: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jul2007/ncmhd-23.htm
In partnership with the International AIDS Society, kaisernetwork.org is the official webcaster of the 4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2007), providing daily online conference coverage. The conference, which begins this Sunday, July 22 and runs through Wednesday, July 25, brings researchers and clinicians together to address current issues in HIV research, prevention and treatment. All of the coverage will be archived and available for viewing at any time during or after the conference. http://kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2004 [posted on Kaiser Family Foundation listserv]
Collaborative on Health and the Environment
http://www.healthandenvironment.org/
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) is a diverse partnership of individuals and organizations working collectively to advance knowledge and effective action to address growing concerns about the links between human health and environmental factors. [posted on PHPartners http://phpartners.org/ - New Links for the week of Jul 13, 2007]
Reservation Roads Suffer
Jul 16, 2007 -- The Casper Star Tribune, (WY) article reports that with the fatality rate on reservation roads four times the national average and two-thirds of the roads unpaved, tribal leaders and federal officials agreed Thursday that the government has dangerously underfunded transportation needs in Indian Country. http://tinyurl.com/2abu5x
Toolkit Supports Efforts in Native Communities to Prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Jul 6, 2007 -- A toolkit to help Native communities protect their children from the harm caused by drinking alcohol during pregnancy is now available from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalog/productDetails.aspx?ProductID=17702
Rural Emergency Responders Initiative - Funding
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants to strengthen the ability of rural communities to respond to local emergencies. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=727
Rural Health and Safety Education Program
Application deadline: Aug 1, 2007
Grants to meet national needs for addressing the health and access needs of rural Americans. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1647
truth® or Consequences Youth Tobacco Prevention Grants Program
Letter of Intent (Optional): Sep 7, 2007
Application deadline: Nov 20, 2007
Funding to support community-based tobacco use prevention efforts. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1653
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]
2007 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Scholarship Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=14874
Under authority of Section 301, TitleIII of the U.S. Public Health Service Act:General Powers and Duties of the PublicHealth Service, 42 U.S.C. Section 301,ODPHP/OPHS, of the U.S. Departmentof Health and Human Services (HHS),announces a total of $600,000 for fiscalyear (FY) 2007 is available for acompetitive cooperative agreementproject entitled Disease Prevention andHealth Promotion Scholarship Program.This project supports several focus areasof Healthy People 2010 specifically,Access to Quality Health Services;Educational and Community-BasedPrograms; Health Communication; andPublic Health Infrastructure.
Health Research with Diverse Populations
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-409.html
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite grant applications for biological, behavioral, social, addictive, and mental health research related to the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and other diverse populations. Proposed research should be appropriate for the missions of one or more of the participating Institutes.
FY 2007 WIC Breastfeeding Cooperative Agreement Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=14879
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will fund a limited competitive grant award in Fiscal Year 2007, in the amount of $150,000, to a qualified applicant to develop a breastfeeding training curriculum guide. The purpose of the guide is to increase the knowledge base and skill set for Breastfeeding Coordinators, the Competent Professional Authority (CPA), or other WIC staff who provide community-based breastfeeding leadership, training and education at the local agency level in the WIC Program
[posted on Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update]
The Director of the National Institutes of Health is seeking applicants to fill vacant appointments for the 2008 Council of Public Representatives (COPR) Roster. Applications are due Friday, September 14, 2007, and are available online at http://copr.nih.gov/application.asp
COPR is a federal advisory committee, made up of members of the public, who advise the NIH Director on issues related to: *Public input and participation in NIH activities *Public input and participation in the NIH research priority setting process *NIH outreach programs and efforts. The COPR is made up of 21 people from across the country who have been chosen to represent the public through an open application process. They are patients, family members of patients, health care professionals, scientists, health and science communicators, and educators. Learn more about COPR at http://copr.nih.gov/index.asp
[posted on CBPR listserv]
"Behind the Wall @ Your Library: Library Services in Prison"
http://www.ala.org/ala/olos/outreachresource/btwarchive.htm
The American Library Association's Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS) http://www.ala.org/ala/olos/literacyoutreach.htm focuses on library services to the underserved communities. Read articles on services to incarcerated people and how to deal with challenges of access; topics include: teaching prisoners about the Internet, literacy, 'reentry', and more.
This new Network Development Planning Grant Program provides one year of funding to rural communities that seek to develop a formal integrated health care network and that do not have a significant history of collaboration. The planning grants are to be used to develop a formal network with the purpose of improving the coordination of health services in rural communities and strengthening the rural health care system as a whole. Existing networks that seek to expand services or expand their service area are not eligible to apply. The deadline for submitting an application is October 5, 2007. http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/networkplanning.htm
From Our Lips to Your Ears: How Interpreters Are Changing the World. The book will consist of stories from interpreters. Please read about the project in greater detail at the official website: http://www.fromourlips.com This book, a compendium of real-life interpreter anecdotes is a first-of-its-kind project that aims to memorialize the experiences of interpreters in order to enable readers to gain a greater appreciation of this incredibly complex and fascinating profession. Go online to learn how you can submit your own story.
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=14727
The purpose of the Indians into Medicine program is to augment the number of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) health professionals serving AI/AN by encouraging them to enter the health professions and removing the multiple barriers to their entrance into IHS and private practice among AI/AN communities. For the purpose of maintaining and expanding the Indians into Medicine program two grants will be funded. One grant will be funded at $300,000 and a second grant will be funded at $60,000.
[Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update]
Join experienced professionals from around the country and tap into the collective wisdom of those who have Centers that are already up and running. The Health Care Education Association's special interest group, FHERN-Family Health Education Resources Network, meets September 28-29, 2007 in Hartford, CT. We will be sharing best practices, discussing policies and much more! For more information, please go to http://www.hcea-info.org/html/fhern.html [posted on CAPHIS listserv]
The National Library of Medicine's Specialized Information Services (SIS) has reorganized their Minority Health resources in a new way http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/minorityhealth.html This is a very rich resource, especiall the Multicultural section http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/multicultural.html and deserving of time to exlore. Under the African American section is a link to the Consumer Health Resource Information Service (CHRIS) Program: Knoxville Faith-based Collaboration http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/outreachchrisproject.html And within that link is a pdf file to Developing a Consumer Health Resource Information Service Program: A Guide for Faith-based Organizations and Communities, with an accompanying Tool Kit for those who would like to initiate a CHRIS program in their church or place of worship.
I spent last week along with many others (see Web Junction for Emily's thoughts: http://blog.webjunctionworks.org/?p=419) at the Trejo Foster Foundation Institute "¡Salud Se Puede!" http://sir.arizona.edu/trejo/ I learned about many resources and projects going on across the country related to health information for Latinos. The following list highlights a few of them. Later on this summer, the handouts and videos of speakers will be added to the ¡Salud Se Puede! website, and I will let you know when that happens so you can see more.
"What the water gave me" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fidOHauy3KA a powerful digital story by Maya Castillo on the environmental impact of chemicals in the water on her family and her own health.
The Arizona Health Sciences Library's "Hispanic Health for the Arizona Hispanic Center of Excellence" http://hcoe.ahsl.arizona.edu/ All of the categories are jam packed with great resources. Of special note - the "PubMed alerts" takes you to a list of topics. Clicking on any item in the list will do a live search on the National Library of Medicine's PubMed, and provide a list of the most current research in that topic. Annabelle Nuñez has does an amazing job of putting together this resource and of networking and advocating in her community with public health officials, community organizations, faculty and students on campus, and others. She is a model for how librarians can be involved in grass roots efforts to make change in their communities.
The Virtual Health Library http://www.virtualhealthlibrary.org/php/index.php?lang=en Free full text documents on global health issues.
"The VHL is part of PAHO’s technical cooperation program and is focused on developing the capacity of countries to produce, organize, index, publish, communicate, and use scientific, technical and factual information in decision-making processes and health activities." http://bvsmodelo.bvsalud.org/php/index.php?lang=en
Bobby B. Well in English: http://www.eatwellbewell.org/kids/bobby.php and in Spanish http://www.eatwellbewell.org/espanol/
Bobby B. encourages people to eat well and stay healthy. He guides kids and parents to interesting information about exercise and healthy eating, with a basic message that associates good nutrition and physical activity with fun, and says that it can be cool to live a healthy lifestyle.
Campesinos Sin Fronteras http://www.nclr.org/content/affiliates/detail/976/ Campesinos Sin Fronteras (CSF) uses education, advocacy, and hands-on involvement of farmworkers to bring positive life and community changes to the farmworkers and their standard of living. We heard from Emma Torres B.S.W. Campesinos Sin Fronteras, Executive Director. She told her story of growing up as a farmworker, and her passion for advocating for her community.
The onsite planning committee of the Trejo Foster Foundation Institute is to be commended for their hard work in bringing in excellent speakers, gathering together librarians, health care providers, public health officials and others concerned with the disparities in health that Latinos face, and providing us all with an open and warm environment in which to explore these issues.
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region (NN/LM MCR) announces the availability of a Video Production Award for full and affiliate network members. http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/network/ If you are not in the MidContinental Region, find out about funding opportunities for members in your region by going to http://nnlm.gov/funding/#A5
The purpose of the Video Production Award is to assist Network member libraries in the NN/LM MCR that are interested in producing and sharing online videos on topics of interest to other MCR members. The videos may be offered via multiple delivery methods (this may include traditional streaming events, Flash streaming on demand videos on the MCR server or on online services such as YouTube; or video podcasts that are intended for download by members.) The MCR staff will provide training as needed. Awards of up to $2,500 will be given. All full or affiliate MCR network members are eligible for the award. Proposals will be due 09/05/2007. For more information and an application, please visit http://nnlm.gov/mcr/funding
WISER is a system designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents. It provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression advice, WISER 3.1 is now available. This release applies to WISER for Windows, WISER for Pocket PC, and WebWISER. This release includes an enhanced substance printing capability in WISER for Windows, which many of you have asked for. When printing WISER substance data, you will now be presented with a wizard that provides the option of printing all or any combination of the data for a substance. This is also an important maintenance release, so WISER for Pocket PC and WISER for Windows users should download the latest version from http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov.
Lego Systems Establishes Lego Children's Fund to Support Youth Creativity Programs
Deadline: Quarterly
Lego Systems, Inc. ( http://www.lego.com/ ), the Americas (North America and Latin America) division of the Lego Group, a privately held, family-owned firm based in Billund, Denmark, has announced the formation of the Lego Children's Fund, a non-profit foundation established to support organizations and programs dedicated to inspiring and encouraging youth creativity, thereby improving their quality of life and preparing them for the future...The fund will award grants to qualified 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations, including educational organizations with specific, identifiable needs, in these areas of interest: early childhood education and development; technology and communication projects that advance learning opportunities; and sport or athletic programs that concentrate on underserved youth. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008008/legochildrensfund
Norman Foundation Accepting Letters of Inquiry for Environmental Justice Program
Deadline: November 1, 2007 (Letters of Inquiry)
The Norman Foundation ( http://www.normanfdn.org/ ) seeks to support "efforts that strengthen the ability of communities to determine their own economic, environmental, and social well- being, and that help people control those forces that affect their lives." The foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry from U.S. organ- izations for its Environmental Justice program, which supports work to prevent the disposal of toxins in communities, and to link environmental issues with economic and social justice. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008012/normanfdn
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seeks Applications for Health Care Costs Special Topic Solicitation
Deadline: August 6, 2007 (Brief Proposals)
Through its Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization initiative, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ( http://rwjf.org/ ) is issuing a special topic solicitation for research and analyses on the complex causes and potential solutions to rising health care costs. This solicitation is in support of the foundation's activities to increase healthcare coverage. This solicitation seeks research contributing to an evidence base that defines and addresses the problem of rising healthcare costs, and how it relates to health insurance coverage. Research should focus on identifying sources of continued cost growth; examining promising cost-control efforts; and exploring the relationship between healthcare costs and health insurance. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008016/rwjf
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Kaiser Launches health08.org http://www.health08.org/, a Hub for Information about Health Care and the Presidential Campaign
With health care emerging as a top domestic issue in the 2008 presidential election, the Kaiser Family Foundation launched a new website this week -- health08.org. The free website will serve as a hub of information about health and the election, including original content produced by Kaiser and easy access to health-related resources from the campaigns, other organizations, and news outlets. Elements of the site include: analysis of health policy issues, summaries of health reform proposals, and basic facts and information about the health system from Kaiser's research staff; Kaiser tracking surveys examining the public’s views on health issues and perceptions of the presidential candidates on health care, as well as links to the latest polls by other organizations; news summaries of election-related health policy developments; video and podcasts from the campaign trail, including candidate speeches, and health-rel! ated highlights from forums and debates; interviews with candidates and other key players in the health reform debate; dedicated pages for the candidates, with links to their health positions; and a weekly email roundup. Health08.org is one of a number of projects Kaiser will undertake throughout the election season. Sign up for the email at http://www.health08.org/email [posted on Kaiser Weekly Update]
A "medical home" is more than just a regular place to receive health care; it is a place where patients develop relationships with their providers and work with them to maintain a healthy lifestyle and coordinate preventive and other ongoing health services.
According to the new Commonwealth Fund report, Closing the Divide: How Medical Homes Promote Equity in Health Care, when adults have both health insurance coverage and a medical home, racial and ethnic disparities in access and quality tend to disappear. The analysis--based on a Fund survey of more than 2,830 adults nationwide--reveals that linking minority patients to a medical home can help them better manage chronic conditions and obtain critical preventive care. http://tinyurl.com/ywj6gg [posted on the Commonwealth Fund email alert]
Cable Positive’s Tony Cox Community Fund is a national grant program that exists to encourage community-based AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) and cable outlets to partner in joint community outreach efforts, or to produce and distribute new, locally focused HIV/AIDS-related programs and Public Service Announcements (PSAs). The Tony Cox Community Fund is Cable Positive’s single biggest community outreach program, and over the years has become one of the nation’s largest and most targeted HIV/AIDS grassroots funding mechanisms. http://www.cablepositive.org/programs-tonycox.html
Spirit of EAGLES Conference: 7th National Changing Patterns of Cancer in Native CommunitiesThe Power of Partnerships : http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/cancercenter/upload/savethedate.pdf Sep 5-8, 2007, Minneapolis, MN, will concentrate on progress in prevention of cancer in Native groups and in the early dx, tx & survival of Native people diagnosed with cancer.
Maternal and Child Health Summer Institute on Addressing Health Disparities: "Culture, Communications and Health" July 24-25, 2007 Humphrey Center, U MN West Bank will focus on the role of health communications in reducing health disparities, etc. A special feature is a sneak preview of an upcoming PBS documentary: “Unnatural Causes: Is Health Inequality Making Us Sick?" More at http://www.epi.umn.edu/mch/events/index.shtm
Factline: Tracking Health in Underserved Communities http://www.meharry.org/Fl/index.html
Covering Kids.Communications Kit Reaching American Indian and Alaska Native Families
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/coveringkids/common/pdf/ai_akn_healthissues.pdf
What is health informatics? Definition of health informatics from the UK Health Informatics Society (UKHIS). http://www.bmis.org/what_is_mi.html
Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning (American Bar Association) http://www.abanet.org/aging/toolkit/home.html
26 p. print (2005) at http://www.abanet.org/aging/publications/docs/consumer_tool_kit_bk.pdf re: just having a written advance directive doesn’t ensure that wishes will be understood &respected...standard advance directive forms do little to influence end-of-life decisions without: 1) informed, thoughtful reflection about your wishes and values, and 2) personal communication between you and your likely decision-makers before a crisis occurs. The tool kit does not create a formal advance directive; “ it helps you do the much harder job of discovering, clarifying, and communicating what is important to you in the face of serious illness. “
Tracking Healthy People 2010, revised to reflect changes since originally published in Nov 2000, is at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/hpdata2010/thp.htm
HEALTH COMM Web sites for May 2007, compiled by Marcia Zorn, M.A., M.L.S.
Lists are archived by the Coalition for Health Communication Go to http://www.healthcommunication.net and select Online Resources orgo directly to http://www.healthcommunication.net/Online_Resources.html
Telephone Interpreting in Health Care Settings This succinct article answers commonly asked questions regarding the appropriate use of telephone interpreting in health care settings.
http://newroutes.org/node/4475
Minnesota Hospital Adapts to Hmong Immigrants "St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, Minn., is working to better serve the region's growing number of Hmong residents by revising its maternity ward practices and promoting cultural sensitivity among staff, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune reports. http://newroutes.org/node/4327
[taken from New Routes E-mail Digest] June 28 - July 10, 2007
"We wear white ribbons to show our strong support for the goal of achieving a thoughtful, rational, and respectful debate on the complex issue of immigration reform which leads the country toward solutions rather than further division and frustration." http://whiteribbon.org/
The July 2007 issue of NIH News in Health is now available online. In this issue learn about nutrition for a healthy pregnancy; recognizing and preventing deep vein thrombosis; bladder control surgeries for women; and protecting against skin cancer. The information in NIH News in Health is based on research conducted by National Institutes of Health scientists or at universities and medical schools around the country. http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/
Did you know that July is:
UV Safety Month Read tips on MedlinePlus about Sun Exposure http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sunexposure.html Take note of this article on the effectiveness of sunscreens http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_51811.html
6th-29th: Tour de France... Sports safety comes to mind http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sportssafety.html as well as international travel - wouldn't we all like to go to France to watch the race live?http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/internationalhealth.html
And for those of you who live on paperback books in the summer:
July 31st: Paperback Books Introduced. Get caught reading! Although books with a softbound cover were first introduced in Germany in 1841, the first modern Penguin paperback was published by Sir Allen Lane in London in 1935. It was called "Ariel, or the Life of Shelley," by Andre Maurois. Pick a topic under Eye Health - keep reading with healthy vision http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/eyesandvision.html
[thanks to the Montana Library Association for adding to this list]
From the Office of Minority Health
American Indian/Alaska Native Health Disparities Program Grants
http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=5126&lvl=2&lvlID=1
The purpose of the AI/AN Health Disparities Program is to improve the effectiveness of efforts to eliminate health disparities for American Indian and Alaska Native communities through increased access and utilization of data and data-related activities. The AI/AN Health Disparities Program is intended to strengthen the capacity of Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TECs) to collect and manage date more effectively and to better understand and develop the links among public health problems and behavior, socioeconomic conditions, and geography. Applications are due August 6, 2007.
OM Bilingual/Bicultural Demonstration Grants
http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=5120&lvl=2&lvlID=1
In FY 2007, The Bilingual/Bicultural Program will support partnerships between community-based, minority serving organizations and health care facilities in addressing: cultural and linguistic barriers to effective health care service delivery; and access to quality and comprehensive health care for LEP populations, particularly racial and ethnic minorities, living in the United States. Applications are due July 30, 2007.
HIV/AIDS Health Promotion and Education Grants
http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=5121&lvl=2&lvlID=1
The HIV/AIDS Program is designed to support activities implemented by national minority serving organizations on college campuses in rural and urban communities that will increase awareness of HIV/AIDS risk factors, and positively alter the future course of HIV/AIDS among young adult minority populations. It is intended that this program will demonstrate that the involvement of national minority-serving organizations in partnership with institutions of higher education (particularly those with a history of serving minority populations, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities--HBCUs, Hispanic Serving Institutions--HSIs, Tribal Colleges and Universities--TCUs, and other accredited minority-serving post-secondary institutions) can be vital in effectively reaching and educating young adult minority populations at risk for, affected by and/or infected with HIV/AIDS. Applications are due July 30, 2007.
[posted on OMHRC E*NEWS FLASH!]
Unite For Sight Fifth Annual International Health Conference
Building Global Health For Today and Tomorrow
April 12-13, 2008
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2008
Join 2,000 conference attendees and 130 speakers for a stimulating conference.
Keynote Addresses By: Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Susan Blumenthal, and Dr. Jim Yong Kim
Call For Abstracts - DEADLINE JULY 15, 2007 - http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/abstracts.php
American Library Association Announces New Round of Grants for Jewish Literature Reading Program
Deadline: December 3, 2007
The American Library Association Public Programs Office ( http://www.ala.org/ala/ppo/publicprograms.htm ) and Nextbook ( http://www.nextbook.org/ ), a gateway to Jewish literature, culture, and ideas, have announced another round of grants for "Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature -- Identity and Imagination," a theme-based reading and discussion series. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007914/ala
Disney Minnie Grants Available to Support Youth Service Projects
Deadline: August 30, 2007
The Walt Disney Company ( http://www.disney.com ) and Youth Service America ( http://www.ysa.org ) have announced grants of up to $500 each to support youth-led service projects. These grants support youth (ages 5-14) in planning and implementing service projects in their community. Teachers, older youth (15-25), youth-leaders, and youth-serving organizations are also eligible to apply, provided that they that engage younger youth (5-14) in planning and implementing the service. Service projects must take place between October 1 and November 26, 2007. Projects can address themes such as the environment, disaster relief, public health and awareness, community education, hunger, literacy, or any issue that youth identify as a community need. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007919/YSA
Case Foundation Launches Make It Your Own Awards to Recognize Innovative Models for Civic Engagement
Deadline: August 8, 2007
The Case Foundation ( http://www.casefoundation.org ) pursues sustainable solutions to complex social problems by investing in collaboration, leadership, and entrepreneurship. The foundation has launched the Make It Your Own Awards, a new grants program that aims to ignite citizen involvement in community problem-solving and in foundation grantmaking. Based on the belief that improving communities takes ongoing commitment and persistent action from the people who live in them, the awards program will provide funds to individuals, and individuals working with small organizations, who join together to imagine and implement innovative ideas and solutions that lay the groundwork for long-term social change. All grant applicants will receive Web-based tools they can use to promote their efforts, fundraise, and gather support for their ideas. In November, the top 20 finalists will be awarded grants of $10,000 each, and the final four, selected by the online community, will be awarded additional grants of $25,000 each. Visit the Case Foundation Web site for complete program information. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007921/casefoundation
[posted on RFP Bulletin (July 6, 2007) Copyright (c) 2000-2007, the Foundation Center. All rights reserved. Permission to use, copy, and/or distribute this document in whole or in part for non-commercial purposes without fee is hereby granted provided that this notice and appropriate credit to the Foundation Center is included in all copies.]
A new Pew Internet study says that 47% of American adults now have a broadband connection at home, an increase of 5 percentage points from early 2006. Home broadband connections in rural areas is now at 31% and continues to lag behind high speed adoption in urban and suburban areas. Read the entire report http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/217/report_display.asp You can also read a summary of the report on Andy Carvin's "Learning Now" blog on PBS.org http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2007/07/got_broadband.html
Read about this act to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health and healthcare of racial and ethnic minority groups. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-1576 There are several titles to this act, including: Increasing Diversity and Cultural Competency in the Healthcare Workforce, through Education and Training; Promoting Health and Healthcare Awareness and Acess; and Research to Reduce and Eliminate Health Disparities.
Woman and HIV/AIDS TutorialKaiserEDU.org presents a new tutorial on women and HIV/AIDS in the U.S. The tutorial discusses the growing impact of the epidemic on women in the U.S. and covers key trends, high risk groups, access to treatment and testing, and more. KaiserEDU.org has also updated its health policy video library, a unique collection of links to documentaries, news segments, and other videos on a wide range of health policy issues to include links to HIV/AIDS videos and others. KaiserEDU.org is an online resource for faculty and students from the Kaiser Family Foundation. http://www.kaiseredu.org/tutorials/womenhiv/player.html
Kaisernetwork.org to Provide Online Coverage of 4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention
In partnership with the International AIDS Society, kaisernetwork.org, the Foundation's free news and information website, is the official webcaster of this conference taking place in Sydney, Australia July 22-25, and will provide daily webcasts, podcasts, and transcripts of sessions, press conferences and interviews with newsmakers. Kaisernetwork.org will issue a free Daily Update email, delivered during the week of the conference, which will include direct access to each day's online coverage. Sign up to receive the email. http://tinyurl.com/2uqvtk
[posted on Kaiser Weekly Update]
Disparities and Cultural Issues in Access to Care Blog
http://culturalaccesstocare.fmhi.net/blog/index.php
"The purpose of this blog is to capture discussion and comments on mental health disparities and strategies for addressing access, availability, and utilization of mental health services by culturally/linguistically diverse children, youth, and their families."
Race: Are we so different?
http://www.understandingrace.org/
Includes Race Project Bibliography a 42 page document with sections for health, genetics/genomics, other topics http://www.understandingrace.org/resources/pdf/annotated_bibliography.pdf
Cultural Competence and Language Access Resources
http://www.fachc.org/mig_cultural_competence.htm
A listing of resources from the Florida Association of Community Health Centers
The Cultural Competence Self Assessment Protocol for Health Care Organizations and Systems
http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=9.1g.htm&module=provider&language=English
"developed by Dennis Andrulis, Thomas Delbanco, Laura Avakian and Yoku Shaw-Taylor, is an innovative approach to assessing organizational cultural competence. The protocol builds upon the Georgetown University Child Development Center's Continuum of Cultural Competency. "
[thanks to NN/LM SEA Network Coordinator Beth Wescott for these links]
- conference conducted by the Faculty Development Project of the Oklahoma Native American Research Centers for Health and the University of Oklahoma Community Networks Program. This conference will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel Tulsa-I-44 on July 26-27, 2007, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The purpose of the conference is to bring together tribal leaders, academic researchers, health researchers, public health professionals, and American Indians/Alaska Natives to facilitate collaboration and share successful Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) skills. In addition the confernece will cover understanding the procedure for establishing a tribal IRB. To receive detailed conference information or registration information (registration is free but required), please visit http://w3.ouhsc.edu/oucnp/ and scroll down to the “Announcements” section at the bottom of the page. [posted on CBPR listserv]
Laying the Groundwork for a Movement to Reduce Health Disparities
What will it take to accelerate the movement to eliminate and reduce disparities in health? How can the field coalesce, create a roadmap and implement a cohesive, national strategy? Laying the Groundwork for a Movement to Reduce Health Disparities attempts to provide answers to these and other questions for practitioners, researchers and advocates working to close the health gap. http://www.preventioninstitute.org/healthdis.html
Healthy Eating & Physical Activity: Addressing Inequities in Urban Environments
Urban communities present a set of distinct opportunities and challenges for those working to increase the availability of healthy eating and physical activity opportunities. Nutrition and Physical Activity: Addressing Inequities in Urban Environments captures a dynamic discussion among experts with extensive ‘on the ground experience’ who joined together to discuss issues like communitywide impact, sustainability and partnerships for improving food and activity opportunities in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. To see the best practices and promising approaches highlighted in the report, click http://www.preventioninstitute.org/nutrition.html [Prevention Institute Alert]
Download a tri-fold brochure listing minority health resources and health concerns from th National Library of Medicine at: ftp://ftp.orau.gov/nlmftp/Resources/MinorityHealthBrochure_Jun2007.pdf Feel free to make copies of this trifold for handouts at your library or clinic, or at events you hold.
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has released Guidelines for Health Research Involving Aboriginal People. They are available in html at http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/29134.html and in PDF format at http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/documents/ethics_aboriginal_guidelines_e.pdf [posted on the CBPR listserv]
The Office of Minority Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is pleased to announce the release of the "Health Care Language Services Implementation Guide," an interactive Web-based learning tool designed to help health care professionals plan, implement, and evaluate language access services (LAS) within their organizations. The Guide is available at no cost to health care providers at http://www.thinkculturalhealth.org, or directly at https://hclsig.thinkculturalhealth.org/user/home.rails. [posted on Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS)] You will have to register to view the guide, but there is no cost to do so.
This morning my daughter and I listened to a story on NPR on illegal immigration in Central Illinois. Imagine my suprise to hear the voice of BHIC blog subscriber Shelly Heideman talk about the impact on the town of Beardstown Illinois due to raids on a company that cleans a pork processing plant. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11650204 It's inspiring to me to see the powerful and important work being done by BHIC blog readers. It's my hope that the information posted in this blog helps you in some way in the work that you do.
Dollar General Offers Back-to-School Grants
Deadline: August 10, 2007
The Dollar General Back-to-School Grants provide funding to assist elementary, middle, and high schools in meeting some of the financial challenges they face in implementing new programs or purchasing new equipment, materials, or software for their school library or literacy program. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007857/dollargeneral
Pathways Within Offers Book Donation Program for Small and Rural Communities
Deadline: October 15 and March 15, annually
The Pathways Within ( http://pwirtr.org/ ) Roads to Reading Initiative Bi-Annual Program donates books to literacy programs in small and rural low-income communities. The initiative makes book donations to school, after-school, summer, community, day-care, and library reading and literacy programs. The applicant program must have at least a six-month history; have a tutoring component or a strong focus on remedial reading in a structured environment; hold meetings over a period of time; and be continually and consistently under the direct supervision of professionals, para-professionals, or volunteers. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007859/pwirtr
M*A*C AIDS Fund Accepting Grant Applications for Treatment and Prevention Programs
Deadline: September 15, 2007
Established 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 crucial areas of need affecting the epidemic: 1) 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 Adherence -- 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, and African Americans. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007865/macaidsfund
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces Strengthening State Advocacy Networks to Expand Health Coverage
Deadline: July 13, 2007 (Online Registration)
Consumer Voices for Coverage: Strengthening State Advocacy Networks to Expand Health Coverage, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ( http://www.rwjf.org/ ), seeks to strengthen advocacy efforts to promote healthcare policies that will expand health insurance coverage. Applicant organizations must be consumer advocacy organizations based in the United States. The program will fund organizations in up to ten states, with a maximum of one award per state, including the District of Columbia. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007866/rwjf
[posted on RFP Bulletin (June 29, 2007)]
The National Library of Medicine® (NLM®) National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) has collaborated with the Genetic Alliance to launch a new Web site feature designed to help patients, care givers, health professionals, and others easily locate and navigate the vast array of information on genetic disorders that is available from the NLM. This new resource is accessed through the "Disease InfoSearch" function on Genetic Alliance's Web site, http://www.geneticalliance.org The Genetic Alliance is a nonprofit organization that increases the ability of advocacy organizations to help the millions of individuals and families living with genetic conditions. For more information, please go to the NLM news release http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/genetic_web_resources07.html or the Genetic Alliance news release http://www.geneticalliance.org/ws_display.asp?filter=portal.press.release [posted on NLM New files for the week of Jun 25, 2007]