Librarians in Los Angeles and San Francisco have finished cataloguing hundreds of thousands of HIV/AIDS documents and have made the documents available to the public, the Los Angeles Times reports. The ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives http://www.onearchives.org/ received a $195,000 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to catalogue the materials. NHPRC also awarded a shared $170,000 grant to a library at the University of California-San Francisco and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Historical Society http://www.glbthistory.org/. It took three years for librarians to catalogue the documents. Read the complete press release from Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=49630 [Thursday, January 3, 2008 posting]
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of AIDS Research (OAR) are pleased to announce the 2008 Equal Access Initiative (EAI) Computer Grants Program. Qualified community-based organizations (CBOs) in the United States, its territories and possessions are invited to submit an application to receive one of 100 state-of-the-art desktop computers. This year, in partnership with the National Library of Medicine, NMAC expanded the scope of the program to include a series of trainings held at the 2007 USCA. This program will continue in 2008, awarding grantees a scholarship package that includes registration for the 2008 USCA, a travel credit and an invitation to the three hour comprehensive training course from the NLM to familiarize them with reliable online health information from government and other reputable resources that address HIV/AIDS and related medical conditions. http://www.nmac.org/nmac2/PDF/EAIBrochure2008.pdf [posted on National Minority AIDS Council email]
Here is a partial list of resources highlighted by the Kaiser Family Foundation in preparation for World AIDS Day, December 1.
Fact Sheet: The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic – This fact sheet has been updated with new data from UNAIDS that reflect major revisions based on refinements in methodology, increased data availability, and growing knowledge about the natural history of HIV disease. The fact sheet includes data on the global impact of HIV/AIDS by region, on women and young people, and data on the global response. http://www.kff.org/hivaids/3030.cfm
KaiserEDU.org – This site contains numerous HIV-related materials. Select the HIV/AIDS topic http://www.kaiseredu.org/index.asp
Rap-It-Up – http://www.kff.org/entpartnerships/bet/index.cfm This Emmy Award-winning campaign, a partnership between BET and the Kaiser Family Foundation since 1998, promotes HIV/AIDS awareness among the African American community. BET’s World AIDS Day lineup includes a special episode of the music countdown show 106 & Park, with HIV-related discussions and celebrity guests, and an encore presentation of What U Know Bout That? Rap-It-Up Sex Quiz http://www.kff.org/hivaids/phip110207nr.cfm, in which BET personalities quiz young adults about safe sexual health practices.
It's Your (Sex) Life http://www.kff.org/entpartnerships/mtv/index.cfm – As part of their decade-long Emmy and Peabody Award-winning partnership to empower young people to help end the spread of HIV, MTV and Kaiser will debut a host of on-air and online efforts on World AIDS Day. On Saturday, December 1, Ludacris will join with Peter Gabriel, Razorlight, Annie Lennox and more than forty leading South African musicians at a Nelson Mandela-led event to raise awareness and funds to help eradicate HIV/AIDS. MTV News will also debut a new video log (vlog) feature on Think.MTV.com, in which Marteniz, a young HIV-positive man, shares his story and the day-to-day realities of living with HIV
[taken from the World AIDS Day 2007 Resources from the Kaiser Family Foundation]
The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) http://www.usmayors.org/, in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the HIV/AIDS Prevention Grants Program to strengthen local capacities to carry out effective HIV/AIDS prevention activities. There will be six grants at $70,000 each, for the implementation of HIV Prevention Projects for Women of Color at High Risk. The Request for Proposals can be downloaded from the USCM website. Links are on the main page, in a green box with a red ribbon. The link to the RFP is http://usmayors.org/hivprevention/rfp08.pdf
Equal Access Intiative Computer Grant
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of AIDS Research (OAR) are pleased to announce the 2008 Equal Access Initiative (EAI) Computer Grants Program. Qualified community-based organizations (CBOs) in the United States, its territories and possessions are invited to submit an application to receive one of 100 state-of-the-art desktop computers. This year, in partnership with the National Library of Medicine, NMAC expanded the scope of the program to include a series of trainings held at the 2007 USCA. This program will continue in 2008, awarding grantees a scholarship package that includes registration for the 2008 USCA, a travel credit and an invitation to the three hour comprehensive training course from the NLM to familiarize them with reliable online health information from government and other reputable resources that address HIV/AIDS and related medical conditions. http://www.nmac.org/nmac2/PDF/EAIBrochure2008.pdf
Improving Health and Educational Outcomes of Young People
The purpose of the program is to improve the health and well-being of youth and prepare them to be healthy adults. For complete program details, please see the full announcement on the CDC website http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/FOAs.htm. The deadline for applications is November 21, 2007.
Development and Testing of an HIV Prevention Intervention Targeting Black Bisexually-Active Men Grant
The purpose of the program is to support the development and pilot testing of novel interventions or those not rigorously evaluated that reduce sexual risk for HIV infection and transmission among bisexually-active African-American men who do not inject drugs. Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the January 30, 2008. http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=15887
The HIV Prevention Leadership Summit Releases its 2008 Call for Abstracts
The 2008 HIV Prevention Leadership Summit (HPLS) will be held from June 11-14, 2008 in Detroit, MI at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center.
This year's Summit will feature institutes, workshops, roundtables and other sessions that are primarily intended for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grantees and has a major focus on CDC-funded HIV prevention efforts. Click here http://www.nmac.org/nmac2/PDF/HPLS%20Brochure-4.pdf to view more information on the meeting's tracks, the process and deadlines for the submission of abstracts. Visit http://www.2008hpls.org for more information!
[posted on National Minority AIDS Council http://ga1.org/nmac/join.html?r=Kdzp_Zs1E_ntE]
Innocenti Insight - November 2006
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Florence Italy
Available online as PDF file [60p.] at: http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/insight-hiv-eng.pdf
“……Explores the options for the care of children in communities affected by the AIDS pandemic. Beginning with the premise that the parent-child bond is the basic building block of child development and that the family is the basic unit of society, the report first looks at ways to keep parents alive and the family together as long as possible. It then explores alternative care arrangements beyond the immediate family.
Settings range from care by the extended family, through different forms of fostering in the community, to adoption and placement in residential institutions. The report highlights ways in which actors from outside the immediate community can help to sustain and improve the capacity of households and communities to care for the children left behind….” [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity listserv]
A statement from Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health:
"October 15, 2007, marks the fifth annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day. On this day, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) pledges to continue working toward reducing the burden of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community in the United States. We commemorate everyone who has been lost to the disease and recognize those committed individuals who promote HIV/AIDS education and awareness in all communities.
Racial and ethnic minorities continue to be disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In 2005, the adult and adolescent AIDS case rate was 3.5 times higher among Latinos than among whites. This is the second highest rate of any racial/ethnic group in the United States. By the end of 2005, an estimated 77,125 Latinos with AIDS in the United States had died."
Read the entire press release at http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2007/niaid-10.htm
Lance Gable, Katharina Gamharter, Lawrence O. Gostin, James G. Hodge, Jr., Rudolf V. Van Puymbroeck
Global HIV/AIDS Program and Legal Vice Presidency - The World Bank, 2007
Available online as PDF file [250p.] at: http://tinyurl.com/2u7ucg
"......Dealing successfully with HIV/AIDS cuts across almost all areas of government responsibility, and as the breadth of the 65 topics included in the Guide shows, there are many ways in which laws and regulations can either underpin or undermine good public health programs and responsible personal behaviors. " [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity list]
An independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) met this week to review interim data from a large, international HIV vaccine clinical trial known as the STEP study — also referred to as the HVTN 502 or Merck V520-023 study. The clinical trial, which began enrolling volunteers in December 2004, is co-sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. Inc., which also developed and supplied the candidate vaccine. Based on a review of interim data, the DSMB concluded that the vaccine cannot be shown in this trial to prevent HIV infection or affect the course of the disease in those who become infected with HIV (the vaccine itself cannot cause HIV infection because it contains only synthetically produced snippets of viral material). Therefore, Merck and NIAID instructed all study sites to cease administering the investigational vaccine but continue scheduled follow-up visits with all volunteers until the data can be more thoroughly evaluated and a course of action is developed. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/hiv_step_study.html
The National Library of Medicine began offering clinical alert notices online in January 1991. Clinical alerts are provided to expedite the release of findings from the NIH-funded clinical trials where such release could significantly affect morbidity and mortality. See the listing of NIH Clinical Alerts and Advisories at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/clinical_alerts.html
Applications for capacity building assistance are sought by the Supporting Networks of HIV Care by Enhancing Primary Medical Care, a federally funded project that seeks to develop, improve, and expand the capacity of comprehensive HIV primary medical care and treatment service delivery in racial/ethnic minority communities severely impacted by HIV/AIDS. Capacity building support is targeted to small to moderate-size primary medical care sites in communities with a high burden of HIV disease and relatively few resources to address it. This project is funded through the Minority AIDS Initiative by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau which administers the Ryan White Treatment and Modernization Act. The application can be accessed at http://www.hivta.org. Applications are due September 18, 2007. [posted on National Minority AIDS Council NMACLifeline]
Alicia Carbaugh, M.H.S., senior policy analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation HIV Policy Program, discusses the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on women in the U.S. Carbaugh presents key trends and discusses which groups of women are at higher risk for HIV, regional differences in the epidemic, perinatal transmission, and access to treatment and testing. http://www.kaiseredu.org/tutorials/womenhiv/player.html [posted on kaiserEDU.org]
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.
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]
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]
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
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]
A brief skill-building program on practices to reduce exposure to sexually transmitted disease (STD) and HIV improved the self-reported protective behaviors of inner-city black women for up to one year and actually decreased their risk of acquiring an STD, according to a study appearing in the June 2007 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The women received the program from specially trained nurses either individually or in small group sessions at an inner-city women’s health clinic. The study was conducted as part of the “Sister to Sister: The Black Women’s Health Project,” funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read the press release at http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2007/ninr-26.htm Read the abstract at http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/97/6/1034
For those of you in clinical settings without access to a medical library, set up a Loansome Doc account with any medical library in the country http://www.nlm.nih.gov/loansomedoc/loansome_home.html Contact your Regional Medical Library to do this by calling 800-338-7657. Tell them Siobhan sent you!
My post about National HIV Testing Day http://www.hivtest.org/ gave the correct date, but the correct day of the week is Wednesday!
Some facts for women from the National WOMAN Challenge (Women and girls Moving Out Across the Nation): There are more than one million people in the United States living with HIV and there are an estimated 40,000 new infections every year. Today, women account for more than one quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses. Many women do not know that they are HIV-infected because they have never been tested. The only sure way to know if you have HIV is to get tested. [WOMAN Challenge Web site: http://www.womenshealth.gov/woman/]
This coming Friday, June 27th is National HIV Testing Day http://www.hhs.gov/aidsawarenessdays/days/testing/index.html I was invited to attend a webinar for people who blog about HIV/AIDS issues sponsored by AIDS.gov You can read the trasncript of that webinar at http://www.aids.gov/webinar_transcript.html and also view the webinar itself at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p84535323/ There is a short delay of about 3 mintues before the webinar starts. One of the suggestions that came out of the webinar is that we ask our public officials to get tested on Friday, and that they let people know that they are going to get the test. Its important that HIV testing become standard medical practice in order for this test to be covered routinely by insurance companies. Lets all get tested. Find a test site at http://www.hivtest.org/ I have been tested in past, and this webinar inspires me to get tested again. There is no stigma in doing anything that takes care of our health.
National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is an annual campaign produced by the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA-US) http://www.napwa.org/ to encourage at-risk individuals to receive voluntary HIV counseling and testing. Find a testing site at http://www.hivtest.org/ Read more about HIV AIDS testing day at:
http://www.hivtest.org/press_files/subindex.cfm?FuseAction=Spotlight.main
http://www.omhrc.gov/hivaidsobservances/testing/index.html
Prescription Drug Safety Net: Access to Pharmaceuticals for the Uninsured
http://www.nhpf.org/pdfs_bp/BP_DrugSafetyNet_05-09-07.pdf
Overview of organized programs that provide access to prescription drugs for the uninsured. Focuses on manufacturer-sponsored pharmacy assistance programs (PAPs) and the federal 340B drug pricing program.
Organization: National Health Policy Forum
National Prevention Information Network - Cultural Competence
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/population/culture.asp
Provides information and resources about cultural competence and how it applies to HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB prevention.
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
By FELICIA FONSECA | Associated Press
June 9, 2007
CHINLE, Ariz. — In recent months, Jocelyn Billy’s willingness to discuss topics such as sex, relationships and disease on the Navajo Nation has won praise from those working with HIV and AIDS patients.
While many Navajo officials shy away from those subjects, the 24-year-old Billy has used her unique and prominent status — as Miss Navajo Nation — to get the word out.
Read the complete article at http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/62836.html
Updated daily with the latest information on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, GlobalHealthReporting.org, a free Web site for global health news, reports and data, is now available in French, Spanish, Russian, Hindi and simplified Chinese. This free Web site is operated by the Kaiser Family Foundation with major support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/ The overview, facts at a glance and FAQ sections of the Web site's HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria pages are now available in Chinese, French, Hindi, Russian and Spanish. [posted on Kaiser Family Foundation email alert]
Liberty Media Corporation Creates LibertyGives Foundation to Serve Rocky Mountain Region
Deadline: September 30, 2007
Liberty Media Corporation ( http://www.libertymedia.com ), an Englewood, Colorado-based company that owns interests in a broad range of electronic retailing, media, communications, and entertainment businesses, has announced the creation of the LibertyGives Foundation. LibertyGives will distribute funds, based on employee-chosen themes, to charitable organizations within the Rocky Mountain region. Liberty's employees have decided that LibertyGives will focus its 2007 charitable giving on organizations working to address the prevention, detection, and treatment of medical problems of the Rocky Mountain region's most vulnerable populations, including the homeless, indigent, and uninsured. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007369/libertymedia
Union Pacific Foundation Offers Funding for Community Programs
Deadline: August 15, 2007
The Union Pacific Foundation accepts grant applications from nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations based in communities served by Union Pacific Railroad. Municipalities located on Union Pacific lines may apply for one-time programs/projects provided the program/project benefits the entire community. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007365/up
Concept Papers Due to Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation for Disability Grants Program
Deadline: June 1, annually (Concept Papers)
The mission of the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation ( http://www.meaf.org/ ) is to help young people with disabilities maximize their potential and participation in society. The foundation supports organizations and projects within its mission that address important needs, have broad scope and impact, and demonstrate potential for replication at other sites. A major program emphasis is inclusion: enabling young people with disabilities to have full access to educational, vocational, and recreational opportunities and to participate alongside their non-disabled peers. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007366/meaf
National AIDS Fund Announces Prison Health Pilot Grant Program
Deadline: June 8, 2007
The National AIDS Fund http://www.aidsfund.org/ has announced a pilot grant program to support programs and policy activities that address HIV/AIDS prevention and care, public health, and human rights for individuals and families affected by incarceration. Through this pilot grant round, the fund will award six to ten one-year grants to community-based organizations working within or in collaboration with prisons, jails, or juvenile detention centers on HIV/AIDS prevention and care issues, either in correctional settings or in the community. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007370/aidsfund
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Offers Implementation Grants for Healthcare Jobs to Careers Program
Deadline: June 12, 2007
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's ( http://www.rwjf.org/ ) Jobs to Careers: Promoting Work-Based Learning for Quality Care grant program will support partnerships to advance and reward the skill and career development of incumbent (currently employed) workers providing care and services on the front lines of our health and healthcare systems. The program seeks to develop and redesign systems that support and institutionalize learning and career advancement and test new models of work-based learning. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007371/rwjf
[posted on RFP Bulletin (May 18, 2007)]
New Kaiser Video on the AIDS Drug Assistance Program Now Available on DVD
- Watch the Video http://www.kff.org/hivaids/7627.cfm
- Order the Free Video in English or Spanish
A new video about the role of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), ADAP in the Age of Living with HIV/AIDS, presents a unique personal perspective of the program. ADAP provides HIV-related prescription drugs to low-income people with HIV/AIDS who have limited or no prescription drug coverage from Medicaid or other sources. The video profiles several ADAP clients who receive HIV/AIDS drugs through the program and others who are on waiting lists. The video also features interviews with state officials in South Carolina and Michigan, highlighting the importance of ADAP for people with HIV/AIDS, as well as challenges the program faces. [posted on Kaiser Family Foundation email]
The theme for Older Americans Month 2007 is "Older Americans: Making Choices for a Healthier Future." http://www.aoa.gov/press/oam/oam.asp
Resources:
NIHSenior Health http://nihseniorhealth.gov/
MedlinePlus Senior Health Topics http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealth.html
Facts for Features-Older Americans Month - Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2007/cb07ff-06.pdf
2007 Intergenerational Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention Education with Women Across the Lifespan Pilot Program Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=13759
The purpose of the Intergenerational Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention Education with Women Across the Lifespan Pilot Program is to develop cross-generational HIV/AIDS prevention education approaches specific to women at risk for or living with HIV/AIDS and other female members of the family 12+ years old , particularly African American, Native American/American Indian, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian/Pacific Islander women from the Diaspora who are grandmothers, mothers, daughters, granddaughters, and aunts. [Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update]
From HHS CFBCI Listserv: Friday, May 4, 2007:
Domestic Violence/Runaway and Homeless Youth Collaboration on the Prevention of Adolescent Dating Violence
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2007-ACF-ACYF-EV-0103.html
This funding opportunity is offering organizations the opportunity to design and develop collaborative services to address the intersection of services for youth by the domestic violence and runaway and homeless youth communities. Applications are due by Jun 8, 2007
AWARD AMOUNT: 8 awards totaling $600,000
CONTACT: William Riley at wriley@acf.hhs.gov
Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2007-ACF-ACYF-CY-0146.html
The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Administration on Children, Youth and Families'(ACYF) Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is accepting applications for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance cooperative agreements. The national effort is designed to enhance and promote the continuous quality improvement of the services available to runaway, homeless and street youth and their families. The cooperative agreements will enhance the programmatic and administrative capacities of public and private agencies providing services to the Runaway and Homeless Youth populations. Applications are due by Jun 25, 2007
AWARD AMOUNT: 2 awards totaling $2,600,000
CONTACT: Kelli Matson-Geist at kelli.matsongeist@acf.hhs.gov
CSBG T&TA Promoting Healthy Marriages
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2007-ACF-OCS-ET-0043.html
The Office of Community Services (OCS) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announces that competing applications will be accepted for a cooperative agreement pursuant to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary's authority under section 678(A) of the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Act, as amended by the Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and Educational Services (COATES) Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998 (Public Law (P.L.) 105-285). The proposed cooperative agreements will fund training and technical assistance (T/TA) resources for the CSBG Network focusing on improving the quality and the delivery of healthy marriage education service strategies among low-income people served by local community action agencies. Specifically, OCS will offer four to six, three-year cooperative agreements to fund a three-year project period for the creation and dissemination of "promising practice" technical assistance materials in supporting healthy marriages among clients as part of an overall strategy to help low-income people achieve family and child development, and/or self-sufficiency goals. Special emphasis is being placed on the development and dissemination of "promising practice" materials that focus on a wide range of low-income populations, including racial and ethnic minorities and teen parents. Applications are due by Jun 15, 2007
AWARD AMOUNT: 6 awards totaling $400,000
CONTACT: Peter Thompson at OCSGRANTS@lcgnet.com
TITLE III CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=507D5F63-450C-4695-9FC3-4B2AB8D3FFD3
The purpose of this grant program is to support eligible entities in their efforts to strengthen their organizational infrastructure and enhance their capacity to develop, enhance or expand high quality HIV primary health care services in (1) rural or (2) urban underserved areas and (3) communities of color. The applicant must propose capacity building activities that develop, enhance, or expand a comprehensive continuum of outpatient HIV primary care services in their community through the applicant agency. Capacity building grant funds are intended for a fixed period of time (one year) and not for long-term activities. Applications are due by Jun 04, 2007
AWARD AMOUNT: 15 awards totaling approximately $1,500,000.00
CONTACT: Sylvia Trent-Adams at 301-443-1377 or strent-adams@hrsa.gov
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/
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 National Indian Women's Health Resource Center is a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist American Indian and Alaska Native women in achieving and maintaining optimal health and cultural well-being for themselves, their families, and their communities. http://www.niwhrc.org/ [posted on National Minority AIDS Council Lifeline] March 21, 2007 marks the first annual National Native (American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian) HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This day is an opportunity to increase awareness of the impact of HIV/AIDS on American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. http://www.omhrc.gov/hivaidsobservances/nnaad/index.html
March 21, 2007 marks the first annual National Native (American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian) HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This day is an opportunity to increase awareness of the impact of HIV/AIDS on American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. HIV/AIDS continues to increase among Native people. Per population, American Indians/Alaska Natives have the third highest rates of HIV/AIDS behind Blacks and Hispanics. Native people are more likely to live in rural areas and many rural areas have limited HIV testing services. Stigma about HIV and fear of seeing people they know from their close communities at local health care facilities may also stop people from getting tested. http://www.omhrc.gov/hivaidsobservances/nnaad/index.html See the Resources section http://www.omhrc.gov/hivaidsobservances/nnaad/resources.html for web sites of note. Also, see the National Library of Medicine web site on HIV/AIDS http://www.sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv.html
"The mission of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) is to build the capacity and increase awareness, participation and support for HIV prevention, care and treatment among African Americans. February 7, 2007 marks the seventh year of this annual event. The primary goal of NBHAAD is to motivate African Americans to get tested and know their HIV status; get educated about the transmission modes of HIV/AIDS; get involved in their local community; and get treated if they are currently living with HIV or are newly diagnosed." Seee the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day web site at http://www.blackaidsday.org/
Nutrition and Prevention, Care, and Treatment of HIV/AIDS (R01) Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=12398
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from organizations that propose to examine the impact of new programs/guidance intended to fully integrate food, in terms of provision of and recommendations to improve dietary intake of HIV-infected and -affected women infants and children, and nutrition, including assessment of nutritional status and its impact on prevention, care and treatment of HIV-infected and -affected women infants and children.
Rapid HIV Testing in Community Mental Health Settings Serving African Americans (U18) Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=12402
The purpose of the program is to increase HIV testing and improved linkage to care for HIV-infected persons of color in community mental health settings.
[Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update]
The United States Conference of Mayors, in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is now soliciting proposals for two tracks of one-year grants:
- HIV Prevention for Native Americans (3 grants, $60,000 each)
- HIV Prevention for African American or Hispanic Women (5 grants, $70,000 each)
The deadline for application is February 26, 2007. 501(c)(3) community-based organizations, local health departments, and Native American tribes are eligible to apply. There is a good possibility that there will be an additional grant in the women's track; please visit the USCM website for updates. http://usmayors.org/
The Request for Proposals can be downloaded at http://usmayors.org/hivprevention/rfp07.asp. Questions about the grants can be directed to Lillie Brown at lbrown@usmayors.org. [posted on National Minority AIDS Council email]
Women of Color: Addressing Disparities, Affirming Resilience, and Developing Strategies for Success
August 23-26, 2007
Hyatt Regency Washington, DC
The Call for Abstracts is now posted on the Office on Women's Health's website, http://www.womenshealth.gov/mwhs/
Charting New Frontiers in Rural Women’s Health
August 13 -15, 2007
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC
http://www.esi-bethesda.com/ruralfrontier2007/
2007 National HIV Prevention Conference
December 2-5, 2007
Atlanta, GA
Call for abstracts: http://www.2007nhpc.org/abstract.asp
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of AIDS Research (OAR), is pleased to announce the 2006-2007 Equal Access Initiative Computer Grants Program. Applications from qualified community-based organizations (CBOs) in the United States, its territories and possessions are invited to submit an application to participate in this program.
Many minority CBOs that provide invaluable HIV/AIDS services to communities of color do not have the resources and skills needed to use the Internet effectively. The Equal Access Initiative intends to address
this by furnishing computer hardware and Internet access to up to 100 minority CBOs.
Applications are due by close of business on Friday, February 23
Download a copy of the grant application at http://www.nmac.org/PDFDownloads/2007_Computer_Grants_Application.pdf Copies of the computer grants application may be requested by calling (202) 234-5120 ext. 309 or writing: communications@nmac.org.
[posted on National Minority AIDS Council NMACLifeline]
Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation to Support Programs for Adults With Disabilities
Deadline: March 15, 2007, and September 15, 2007
The Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation ( http://www.ela.org/ ) awards funds in the areas of arts, advocacy, and education to nonprofit organizations that are led by or support adults with disabilities.The foundation encourages distinctive projects that change the face of disability in a community. These programs impact the lives of people with disabilities and are supported by the local community, including foundations, corporations, and individual funders. It is ELA's vision to "Change the Face of Disability on the Planet" by providing grant support for the implementation of "cutting edge" programs. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10005731/ela
United States Conference of Mayors Seeks Proposals for HIV/AIDS Prevention Grants Program
Deadline: February 26, 2007
The United States Conference of Mayors ( http://www.usmayors.org ), in cooperation with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, has issued a Request for Proposals for the HIV/AIDS Prevention Grants Program to strengthen local capacities to carry out effective HIV/AIDS prevention activities. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10005734/usmayors
Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice to Support Healthcare Advocacy Work With Communities of Color
Deadline: February 2, 2007
A program of FamiliesUSA ( http://www.familiesusa.org/ ), the Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice is designed to foster the advancement of social justice through participation in healthcare advocacy work that focuses on the unique challenges facing many communities of color. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10005735/familiesusa
[posted on RFP Bulletin (January 5, 2007)]
The National Association of HIV over Fifty (NAHOF) 7th Annual Conference is scheduled to be in Washington DC in March 8-10 2007 at Hyatt Regency. http://www.hivoverfifty.org/ [BYPPHNETWORK]
"Kaiser Family Foundation is releasing updated fact sheets on Black Americans, Latinos, and Women and HIV/AIDS. Each fact sheet includes the latest information on key trends and current cases, as well as population-specific information on HIV transmission patterns and access to care. All three fact sheets are available online. " http://www.kff.org/hivaids/index.cfm [Kaiser Family Foundation email alert]
Drug Abuse as a Cause, Correlate, or Consequence of Criminal Justice Related Health Disparities among African Americans. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to conduct epidemiologic, prevention, treatment, and services research on criminal justice related health disparities among African Americans as it relates to drug abuse and addiction. Specifically, the program seeks to understand risk factors and pathways between drug abuse and criminal justice involvement, and to determine the extent to which criminal justice involvement and HIV/AIDS risk are interlinked or compounded by drug abuse and addiction. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, special district governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, nonprofit organizations, private institutions of higher education, and for-profit organizations. There are multiple deadline dates for applications. For further information, contact Edith Davis at (301) 433-6710 or edavis1@nida.nih.gov; or go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-114.html
Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS: Focus on African Americans. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to encourage drug abuse and mental health research to better understand the disparities in HIV/AIDS in minority populations, particularly among African Americans, who, as a group, have experienced exceptionally high rates of new HIV infections and worse survival rates than other ethnic/racial groups in this country. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, special district governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, nonprofit organizations, and private institutions of higher education. There are multiple deadline dates for applications. For further information, contact Deborah Wertz at dwertz@nida.nih.gov; or go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-116.html
Racial, Ethnic and Tribal Philanthropy Knowledge Center. New Ventures in Philanthropy, an initiative of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, launches its online Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Philanthropy Knowledge Center. This Knowledge Center is designed to share information, stories, profiles and how-to resources to support racial ethnic and tribal philanthropy. Included on the Knowledge Center is a new report - A Scan of the Landscape: Racial, Ethnic and Tribal Philanthropy - an overview of the current state of racial, ethnic and tribal philanthropy. For more information and to access this report, go to: http://www.givingforum.org/retphilanthropy/
Funding Alert is a free service of the Office of Partnerships and Grants Development. To start your own online subscription to Funding Alert, simply register with DC.Gov and subscribe at DCDocs http://dc.gov/registration/dcdocs.asp. For archives, visit http://opgd.dc.gov, Information, Grant Funding Alerts.
http://phpartners.org/hp/hiv.html
The purpose of this site is to make information and evidence-based strategies related to the Healthy People 2010 HIV objectives easier to find. The National Library of Medicine and the Public Health Foundation staff have worked together to develop pre-formulated search strategies of MEDLINE for selected Healthy People 2010 HIV objectives as well as links to additional resources related to HIV/AIDS. [posted on PHPartners http://phpartners.org/ - New Links for the week of Dec 15, 2006]
Telemedicine Improves Breast Screenings for Rural Indian Reservations
Nov 29, 2006 -- Newswise article tells how Native American women who live in North Dakota and South Dakota are coming to the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center for their mammograms without ever leaving the reservation. http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/525436/?sc=rsmn
Deaver Foundation Grant for Online Spanish for Health Workers
Application deadline: Jan 10, 2007
The Deaver Foundation will pay half the $450 cost of a six-month online basic Spanish course for up to 1,000 healthcare providers. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1096
W.K. Kellogg Foundation 2007 Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative Cohort
Geographic Coverage: West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona
Application deadline: Jan 22, 2007
A multi-year national initiative that energizes and equips rural organizations and networks to shape policy that will improve the lives of rural people and the vitality of rural communities. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1099
2005 Profile of Local Health Departments
Results of a survey of local health departments (LHDs) across the nation. Includes information on a wide range of LHD-related topics, including jurisdiction; governance; financing; characteristics of top executives; workforce; activities and services; planning and performance improvement; partnerships; policy-making activities; and information technology.
Organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/2005Profile.cfm
Rural HIV/AIDS Care
A web resource for Rural HIV/AIDS information.
Organization: National Rural Health Association http://www.nrharural.org/opporty/sub/rural_HIV.html
[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]
Three new Public Health Topic pages, Bioterrorism, Environmental Health and HIV/AIDS were launched this week on PHPartners.org. Each topic is divided by sub-topics, for example under BioTerrorism the sub topics are:
Biological/Chemical Agents & Other Threats | Emergency Response | Preparedness | Surveillance | Literature and Guidelines | Discussion and E-mail Lists | Education and Training | Grants and Funding
Just use the dropdown menu on the home page http://phpartners.org/ to access the health topics sections.
Just in time for World AIDS Day, AIDS.gov will serve as an information gateway to guide users to Federal domestic HIV/AIDS information and resources while driving more traffic to individual agency web sites and resources. http://www.aids.gov/index.html [posted on Healthy Women Today Newsletter - December 2006]
Today is World AIDS Day http://www.worldaidsday.org/ . See the Kaiser Family Foundation Resources http://www.kff.org/worldaidsday/2006.cfm Also see the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) website http://www.nmac.org/home/ where you can read their press release http://www.nmac.org/news___events/nmac_press_releases/4819.cfm
Don't miss the December 1 deadline for the 2006-2007 Equal Access Initiative (EAI) Computer Grants Program, sponsored by the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of AIDS Research (OAR). The EAI provides HIV/AIDS organizations a computer and Internet access, increase their capacity to provide their constituents access to online HIV/AIDS information and resources. Qualified community-based organizations (CBOs) in the United States, its territories and possessions are invited to submit an application to participate in this program. http://www.nmac.org/programs___services/computer_grants_program/875.cfm
The Stigma Resource Center is now open! In addition to reading the latest articles on HIV/AIDS stigma, you may also find tools to counter stigma in your community, links to other websites and much more. http://www.nmac.org/nmac2/stigma/resources/main.html
[posted on the National Minority AIDS Council lifeline email]
"Please join us Friday, February 23, 2007 at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, Chapel Hill, NC, for the 28th Annual UNC-CH School of Public Health Minority Health Conference, presented by the School's Minority Student Caucus. Even if you cannot attend in person, we invite you to join the free, interactive satellite and Internet broadcast of the 9th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture from the Conference. The Lecture, by Dr. David Malebranche of Emory University School of Medicine, will be taped and broadcast at 2:00pm EST, with a live call-in question-and-answer period with Dr. Malebranche until 3:30pm EST. For information about the Conference and broadcast, including poster session abstracts, exhibiting, registration, Dr. Malebranche, and the Minority Student Caucus, please visit http://www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2007/"
[posted on the Black Young Professionals' Public Health Network, Inc]
Black Leaders Call on Federal Government to Adopt Bold New Strategy to Stop AIDS Crisis in African-American Communities
In Advance of World AIDS Day, National Minority AIDS Council, Members of Congress, Civil Rights Leaders and Medical Experts Release New Five-Point Plan to Address Disproportionate Impact of HIV/AIDS on African-Americans —
Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2006 —The country's leading African-American lawmakers, civil rights leaders and medical experts today called on the federal government to adopt and implement a new blueprint to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in the African-American community. The plan is outlined in a new report, African Americans, Health Disparities and HIV/AIDS: Recommendations for Confronting the Epidemic in Black America, released by the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) in advance of World AIDS Day (December 1). Download the complete press release and report at http://www.nmac.org/public_policy/4616.cfm
[posted on National Minority AIDS Council Lifeline]
December 1st is World AIDS Day!
Around forty million people are living with HIV throughout the world - and that number increases in every region every day. Ignorance and prejudice are fuelling the spread of a preventable disease. World AIDS Day, December 1, is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS. December 1st is World AIDS Day! http://www.worldaidsday.org/ [National Minority AIDS Council]
From the Office of Minority Health, includes links to posters, fact sheets and logos: http://www.omhrc.gov/hivaidsobservances/world/index.html
From the National Library of Medicine, a comprehensive AIDS information service : http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv.html
Compass – A Community Resource in HIV/AIDS related CBR
The Compass newsletter is designed to provide community members, AIDS service organizations, researchers and policy makers with information and resources on HIV/AIDS related community-based research taking place in Ontario. It is hoped that the information provided in the newsletter will support and inspire further HIV/AIDS CBR collaborations. Compass is a collaborative endeavour of the Ontario HIV Treatment Network, the Ontario AIDS Network and the Community Linked Evaluation AIDS Resource. Each issue of Compass will focus on a selected theme with content provided by guest contributors who share their experiences working on CBR initiatives. The first issue of Compass, launched in August 2006, focused on HIV prevention in the context of needle exchange programs and people who use drugs in Ontario. A highly useful and innovative Best Practice document for Needle Exchange Programs is also showcased in this issue. The next newsletter will highlight CBR initiatives that focus on issues affecting Immigrant, Refugee and Non-Status people living with HIV/AIDS. To access the newsletter please visitwebsite: http://www.ohtn.on.ca/Compass.htm
Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Health Disparities
Wallerstein, N.B., Duran, B. (2006). Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Health Disparities. Health Promotion Practice 7 (3):312-323.
Details at: http://hpp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/3/312
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has emerged in the past decades as an alternative research paradigm, which integrates education and social action to improve health and reduce health disparities. More than a set of research methods, CBPR is an orientation to research that focuses on relationships between academic and community partners, with principles of colearning, mutual benefit, and long-term commitment and incorporates community theories, participation, and practices into the research efforts. As CBPR matures, tensions have become recognized that challenge the mutuality of the research relationship, including issues of power, privilege, participation, community consent, racial and/or ethnic discrimination, and the role of research in social change. This article focuses on these challenges as a dynamic and ever-changing context of the researcher-community relationship, provides examples of these paradoxes from work in tribal communities, discusses the evidenc e that CBPR reduces disparities, and recommends transforming the culture of academia to strengthen collaborative research relationships.
[both articles posted on CBP listserv]
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of AIDS Research (OAR), is pleased to announce the 2006-2007 Equal Access Initiative (EAI) Computer Grants Program. The program helps organizations build their technological capacity by exploiting the Internet’s vast opportunities for learning and collaboration. Moreover, it will augment its ability to improve prevention and treatment education for its clients. This year, one hundred (100) CBOs will be selected on a non-renewable basis to participate in the Computer Grants Program this year. The CBO must be committed to developing and/or expanding HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention education programming for their clients. http://www.nmac.org/programs___services/computer_grants_program/875.cfm [posted on National Minority AIDS Council email]
Syringe Access Fund Accepting Applications
Deadline: October 25, 2006
The Syringe Access Fund, a collaboration between the Levi Strauss Foundation, the Elton John AIDS Foundation ( http://www.ejaf.org/ ), the Irene Diamond Fund, the National AIDS Fund ( http://www.aidsfund.org/naf/index.cfm ), and the Tides Foundation ( http://www.tidesfoundation.org/ ), is a multi-year grantmaking initiative that strives to prevent HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C transmission by increasing access to sterile syringes. Grants awarded through the fund must support one of the two following program areas: 1) state-level education and mobilization campaigns focusing on policy change; or 2) expanded access to clean syringes via syringe exchange programs. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10004791/tidesfoundation [posted on RFP Bulletin (October 13, 2006)]
Developing Integrated Economic Models of Health and Retirement (R01) Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11163
The RFA invites applications for research projects (R01) to develop a comprehensive model of retirement that integrates health and disability, wealth, and family structure. Though adding other factors that influence retirement into the modeling framework is encouraged, a viable application must present plans that include these factors. -The RFA will support up to $1 million per year in total costs over five years for all projects awarded under this RFA.
Enhancing Access to Quality Information and Education in Genetics
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11170
The purpose of this cooperative agreement, Enhancing Access to Quality Information and Education in Genetics, is to enhance access to quality information, sharing of quality and vetted resources, peer-to-peer partnership, and organizational development resources. Consumers are critical to eliminating barriers in order to achieve parity in access and to increase the quality of care. Informed consumers and the public, including families, individuals and communities, must have genetic literacy in order to participate effectively in decision-making around the use of genetic services and any policy-making process. Enhancing Access to Quality Information and Education in Genetics, will build on established relationships and create new partnerships to construct, assemble, disseminate and translate information and resources on behalf of - and in some cases exclusively for - the consumer community, including underserved and underrepresented communities.
[posted on Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update]
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health, today announced the launch of the "Be The Generation" public awareness campaign, challenging young Americans to be the generation that ends AIDS through the discovery of a safe and effective preventive HIV vaccine. Using multi-generational pairs of individuals, the awareness ads compare major social issues such as civil rights with the search to end the AIDS epidemic. The campaign challenges this generation to become involved in changing the world as the generations before them did. See the web site at http://www.bethegeneration.org/ This NIH News Release is available online at: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2006/niaid-11a.htm.
October 15th
http://www.latinoaids.org/nlaad/2006/index.htm
Also see the ifnormation on Kaiser Family Foundation's Healthcast http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=1930
For general health information on HIV/AIDS, see National Library of Medicine resources at http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv.html
The National Library of Medicine has continued its HIV/AIDS- related outreach efforts to community-based organizations, patient advocacy groups, faith-based organizations, departments of health, and libraries. This program provides support to design local programs for improving information access for AIDS patients and the affected community as well as their caregivers. Emphasis is on providing information or access in a way meaningful to the target community. Projects must involve one or more of the following information access categories: information retrieval, skills development, Internet access, resource development, and document access. You can view the projects that recieved awards for FY2006 at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/aidsprojs06.html
Alcohol Education Project Grants (R25)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11123
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) supports research programs to advance understanding of the biological and behavioral processes involved in the development, expression, and consequences of alcoholism and other alcohol-related problems. The Institute also supports prevention, treatment, and health services research on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. A part of the NIAAA mission is the dissemination of new knowledge acquired from alcohol research to diverse audiences including scientists, educators, clinicians and other health and social service providers, patients and their families, professionals within the criminal justice system, and the general public. This FOA identifies three health education activities that NIAAA will consider for award through Research Education grants (R25): 1) K-12 Science Education and Undergraduate/Graduate Education; 2) Health Professions Education; and 3) Public Health Education. Individual applications are expected to focus on one of these three educational areas. -Mechanism of Support. This FOA will use the NIH Research Education (R25) grant mechanism. -Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.
[Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update]
Community-Based Participatory Research at NIMH (R21)
National Institute of Mental Health
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-004.html
The ultimate goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research partnerships between community-based, clinical/services settings and research institutions to reduce the burden of mental illness, behavioral disorders and HIV/AIDS through research on mind, brain, and behavior. [NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices for October 6, 2006 ]
Structural Interventions, Alcohol Use, and Risk of HIV/AIDS (R21) Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11144
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health, solicits Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to investigate the effectiveness of structural interventions that reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission by changing the environment of alcohol use. Although a variety of structural and environmental interventions have been employed successfully to reduce other drinking-related problems, there has been little research that extends such efforts into the realm of HIV/AIDS risk reduction. [Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update]
The GENERATIONS: Strengthening Women and Families Affected by HIV/AIDS initiative, funded by the National AIDS Fund and Johnson & Johnson, will provide 8-10 grants to community-based organizations to design and implement HIV/AIDS prevention interventions that reduce the spread of HIV among at-risk women/girls. Proposals are due October 20. For more information, peruse grant materials online http://tinyurl.com/gq579 or contact Phyllis Jones, GENERATIONS Program Officer, at the National AIDS Fund: (202) 408-4848 ext. 215 or pjones@aidsfund.org
The 2007 United States Conference on AIDS 2007 (USCA) will be held November 7-10 in Palm Springs, CA. Information about the meeting will be available online soon - please visit NMAC's website for updates. http://www.nmac.org/home/
[posted on National Minority AIDS Council Lifeline, subscribe at http://ga1.org/nmac/join.html?r=2pzp_Zs1lQNpE]
CDC Recommends Routine, Voluntary HIV Screening in Health Care Settings http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r060921.htm
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published new recommendations for health care providers that are designed to make voluntary HIV screening a routine part of medical care for all patients aged 13 to 64. The new recommendations are designed to increase early diagnosis of HIV infection as a pathway to improved treatment and prevention.
NIH News Releases
http://www.nih.gov/news
Public Health Leaders Recommend Voluntary National Accreditation Program
http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/newsreleasesdetail.jsp?id=10433
The Steering Committee of the Exploring Accreditation project has released a model for a voluntary national public health accreditation program. In releasing the model, the committee of state, local and federal public health practice leaders contends that it is both desirable and feasible to develop the program and proposes steps for implementation.
[posted on PHPartners http://phpartners.org/ - New Links for the week of Sep 29, 2006]
In a comprehensive 144-page set of guidelines for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) released earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) details steps to be taken by healthcare providers in treating and counseling individuals. The new guidelines, which update treatment guidelines issued in 2002, were developed by the CDC in consultation with a group of professionals knowledgeable in the field of STDs who met in Atlanta, Georgia, in April 2005. The full text of the guidelines is available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5511a1.htm [posted on CHHCS News Alert, August 31]
The Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report inlcudes updates of the ongoing XVI International AIDS Conference. See the updates at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#
In the first randomized controlled trial of a culturally tailored HIV risk reduction program for Hispanic adolescents, nurse scientists report long-term success in reducing risky sexual behavior among this group.
The results from this trial add to the growing body of research showing the importance of using culturally appropriate interventions with minority adolescents to help them avoid risky health behaviors and adopt positive health behaviors. The findings appear in the August 2006 issue of the "Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine".
The study, which was funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), found that adolescents reported a lower frequency of sexual intercourse, fewer sexual partners, and an increased use of condoms during intercourse for up to 12 months after completing the program. These results also suggest there is a benefit to providing education on both abstinence and safe sex practices. For additional information, visit the NINR web site at http://ninr.nih.gov.
This NIH News Release is available online at: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2006/ninr-07.htm
HIV and AIDS treatment education: a critical component of efforts to ensure universal access to prevention, treatment and care
UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Education – UNESCO June 2006
Available online as PDF file [52p.] at: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001461/146114e.pdf
“…..Treatment education is a critical part of overall efforts to prepare people for treatment and to engage communities and individuals to learn about antiretroviral therapy so they understand the full range of issues involved with treatment. These include understanding the benefits of treatment, the importance of maintaining protective behaviours, knowing one’s HIV status, getting access to treatment, adhering and supporting others to adhere to treatment and understanding the negative role of stigma and discrimination and gender inequality.
Treatment education complements the provision of drugs and medical care by preparing and involving people in comprehensive responses to HIV and AIDS, and places people on treatment at the centre of their own care…..”
[posted on PAHO/WHO Equity List]
The International AIDS Society (IAS) and the Kaiser Family Foundation today announced a partnership to provide worldwide online access to the XVI International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2006) in Toronto, Canada, 13-18 August, 2006. Kaiser -- an independent operating foundation based in Menlo Park, Calif., USA -- will be the Official Webcaster for AIDS 2006, providing daily online access to conference developments on http://kaisernetwork.org, a free online health news and information service operated by the Foundation. see http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=1671 [Kaiser News Release]
Teaching/Training Modules on Trends in Health and Aging
http://www.asaging.org/NCHS
Teaching modules on trends in health-related behaviors, health status, health care utilization, functional status and disability, and health care expenditures of the United States aging population. The modules are based on and illustrated with data from the NCHS Data Warehouse on Trends in Health and Aging.
Health Promotion and Health Education Media Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active!
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/msy
Interactive after-school education program for young people ages 11 to 13. It is designed to help teach them about the complex media world around them, and how it can affect their health--especially in the areas of nutrition and physical activity.
FDA Licenses New Vaccine to Reduce Older Americans’ Risk of Shingles
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01378.html
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has licensed Zostavax, a new vaccine to reduce the risk of shingles (herpes zoster) for use in people 60 years of age and older.
HRSA’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program Saves Lives, Gives Hope
http://newsroom.hrsa.gov/newssummary/may2006.htm
HRSA's AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) helps ensure that low-income people living with HIV/AIDS have the medications they need to live longer and healthier lives.
[PHPartners http://phpartners.org/ - New Links for the week of Jun 02, 2006
Read the Statement of Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Jack Whitescarver, Ph.D., and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., National Institutes of Health
"Monday, June 5, 2006, marks the 25th anniversary of the first reported cases of what is now known as the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). From a handful of initial reports in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, AIDS has grown into a global pandemic affecting men, women and children in nearly every country in the world." http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/about/directors/news/AIDS25th.htm
Also see the website " 25 Years of AIDS Research at NIH" http://www.25yearsofaids.oar.nih.gov/
Clergy and Religious HIV/AIDS Roundtable - HIV/AIDS and Stigma
The National Catholic AIDS Network invites all interested clergy, members of religious communities, religious educators, chaplains and those in ministry to the Annual Clergy and Religious HIV/AIDS Roundtable on Friday, 2 June from 10-4 at Loyola University Chicago, Lake Shore Campus. Registration is only $50 which includes lunch, handouts and the full day program. Limited rooms are available at Loyola for overnight accommodations. The registration deadline is May 23, 2006. The Clergy and Religious HIV/AIDS Roundtable strives to increase the capacity of clergy, religious and professional ministers to provide compassionate nonjudgmental care to people living with HIV/AIDS by presenting educational programs that deal with dimensions of the HIV/AIDS experience from the perspectives of theology, ethics, medicine, and ministry. His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago; Rev. Bryan Massingale, Associate Professor of Theology at Marquette University; and Paul O'Keefe, Physician and Professor at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine are scheduled to speak. For more information and to register, visit http://www.regonline.com/eventinfo.asp?EventId=90131 or visit www.ncan.org.
“Healthy Start, Grow Smart” Pamplet New Online Ordering
Please visit http://www.ntis.gov/cms/index.aspx to order free “Healthy Start, Grow Start” pamphlets. HHS is proud to present organizations the opportunity to order the series of pamphlets for parents and caregivers, called “Healthy Start, Grow Smart.” This series consists of 13 issues beginning with information on newborns through the first year of life and provides valuable, age-appropriate information about health, safety, nutritional needs, and early cognitive development that has been proven to help babies thrive. These guides are provided free of charge to assist organizations in reaching out to families. The pamphlets are available in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese, You can review the written product through the downloadable versions also found on the website. If you have any questions, please contact June Milby at 410-786-8686.
[posted on HHS CFBCI Listserv: May 19, 2006]
"The Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) project was designed to bring science-based, community-and group-level HIV prevention interventions to community-based service providers and state and local health departments. The goal is to enhance the capacity to implement effective interventions at the state and local levels, to reduce the spread of HIV and STDs, and to promote healthy behaviors." http://www.effectiveinterventions.org/ [posted on The NETWORK-Black Young Professionals' Public Health Network, Inc]
HIV Prevention Program for Young Women Attending Minority Institutions--HBCUs, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Universities. Department of Health and Human Servicesannounces funds to develop and implement an HIV/AIDS/STD prevention education program to increase HIV prevention knowledge and reduce the risk of contracting HIV among young minority women on campus. Eligible applicants include publicand state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, nonprofits, faith-based, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is June 5, 2006. Approximately $840,000 is available to fund 12 awards, ranging from $70,000-$140,000. For further information, contact Grants.Gov Help Desk at (800) 518-4726 or support@egrants.gov; or go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9351&mode=VIEW
Minority Community Health Partnership HIV/AIDS Demonstration Grants Program. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to help improve the health status, relative to HIV/AIDS, of targeted minority populations through health promotion and education activities. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is June 19, 2006. Approximately $25,000,000 is available to fund 17 awards, ranging from $100,000-$200,000. For further information, contact Grants.Gov Help Desk at (800) 518-4726 or support@egrants.gov; or go to:
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9349&mode=VIEW
Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent Health. Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to contribute to the improvement of adolescent health, safety and well-being by promoting a multidisciplinary, comprehensive adolescent health agenda among professionals who work with adolescents and their families. Eligible applicants include city or township governments, county governments, special district governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits, faith-based, and community-based organizations. The deadline for applications is June 26, 2006. Approximately $800,000 is available to fund 8 awards up to $100,000. For further information, contact Theda Duvall at (301) 443-3414 or tduvall@hrsa.gov; or goto:
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=FC9AE007-1379-438E-8C70-2C29C340CE3A&ViewMode=EU&GoB
Arts, Education, and Health. Cigna Foundation focuses and support community and civic affairs, culture and the arts, education, and health and human services. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. There is no deadline date for applications. For further information, go to: http://www.cigna.com/general/about/community/index.html
Children. Office Depot’s mission is to support programs that directly impact the health, education,
and welfare of children. Eligible applicants include independent school districts, nonprofits, faith- and community-based organizations. There is no deadline date for applications. For further information, go to: http://www.community.officedepot.com/local.asp
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A funding opportunity is available from the US Conference of Mayors for health departments and community based organizations to collect behavioral data and to conduct HIV testing at Minority Gay Pride events and/or Black College Spring Break events. Applications are now being accepted. The RFP can be found at http://www.usmayors.org/hivprevention/rfp06.asp. Also, there's a link on the first page of the web site at http://www.usmayors.org.
[posted on the Black Young Professionals' Public Health Network, Inc.]
Minority Community Health Partnership HIV/AIDS Demonstration Grants Program Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9349
Department of Health and Human Services
The Minority Community Health Partnership HIV/AIDS Demonstration Grant Program (hereinafter referred to as the Community Partnership HIV/AIDS Program) seeks to improve the health status relative to HIV/AIDS, of targeted minority (see definition) populations through health promotion and education activities.
Prevention of HIV/AIDS for Native/American Indian and Alaska Native Women Living in Rural and Frontier Indian Country Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9360
Department of Health and Human Services
The primary purpose of this OWH HIV/AIDS program is to increase HIV prevention knowledge and reduce the risk of contracting HIV among Native/American Indian and Alaska Native women living in Indian Country. The goals for this program are to develop and sustain HIV prevention services to increase awareness of and receptivity to HIV prevention information among AI/AN women living in rural and frontier Indian Country experiencing high rates of HIV infection within female populations, and to develop gender specific education and prevention training modules on critical HIV/AIDS primary and secondary prevention/education information
Prevention of HIV/AIDS in Women Living in the Rural South Program Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9354
Department of Health and Human Services
The primary purpose of this OWH HIV/AIDS program is to increase HIV prevention knowledge and reduce the risk of contracting HIV among minority women living in the rural south. The goals for this program are,develop and sustain HIV prevention services to increase awareness of and receptivity to HIV prevention, including the ABC--Abstinence, Being Faithful, Condoms model, among women living in rural communities in the south experiencing high rates of HIV nfection within female populations.
[Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update]
American Greenways. The Kodak American Greenways Awards Program provides small grants to stimulate the planning and design of greenways in communities throughout the U.S. Grants can be used for all appropriate expenses needed to complete a greenway project including planning, technical assistance, legal and other costs. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is June 1, 2006. Awards, ranging from $500-$2,500 are available. For further information, go to: http://www.conservationfund.org/?article=2372
HIV/AIDS. Until There's A Cure Foundation provides funds for HIV/AIDS programs that offer a means of introducing and/or producing positive community change in one of the Foundation's priority areas: Prevention Education/Awareness; Direct Care/Services; Vaccine Development/Research; and Policy Development/Research. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is April 28, 2006. For further information, contact There's A Cure Foundation at (800) 888-6845 or grants@utac.org; or go to: http://www.until.org/grant_appl_process_2006.shtml
Human Rights Projects. The Mertz Gilmore Foundation supports projects that demonstrate what and how human rights can accomplish social and economic justice objectives in the U.S.; networks and coalitions that build and strengthen cross-issue and/or cross-constituency linkages; and capacity building through human rights training. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for Letters of Inquiry is June 15, 2006. For further information, go to: http://www.mertzgilmore.org/www/default2.asp?section=what
Youth Baseball Programs. The Baseball Tomorrow Fund (BTF) announces funds to promote and enhance the growth of youth participation in baseball and softball by funding programs, fields, coaches' training, and the purchase of uniforms and equipment to encourage and maintain youth participation in the game. Grants are designed to be sufficiently flexible to enable applicants to address needs unique to their communities. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is July 1, 2006. Approximately $1,500,000 is available to fund 30 awards, up to $51,000. For further information, contact BTF at BTF@mlb.com ; or go to: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/community/btf.jsp?content=about
Youth Projects. Youth Venture announces funds to support young people (ages 12-20) who have a dream or identify a need in their school or community, develop an idea and then, with a team, launch their own community-minded organizations to address that dream or need. Each venture team must have an Ally (a caring adult) who advises the team. Eligible applicants include nonprofit, faith, and community-based organizations, and individuals. There is no deadline date for applications. For further information, go to: http://www.youthventure.org/index.php?tg=articles&topics=43&new=0&newc=0
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MENTORING CHILDREN OF PRISONERS PROGRAM ANNOUNCES FY06 REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS
The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is accepting applications for the Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) program. This program supports the creation and maintenance of one-on-one mentoring relationships between children of incarcerated parents and caring, supportive adult mentors. The intent of this program is to support the establishment and/or expansion of mentoring programs in communities with substantial numbers of unserved children of incarcerated parents. The Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) program is designed to be a community-based mentoring program in which children and youth, ages four up to age 18, are appropriately matched with an adult mentor, who has been screened and trained, for a one-on-one (one mentor/one youth), friendship-oriented mentoring relationship.
WHEN: Applications are due by June 12, 2006.
AWARD AMOUNT: Up to 55 awards totaling $9,749,788.
CONTACT: Victoria Marquez at 866-796-1591 or fysb@dixongroup.com.
FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2006-ACF-ACYF-CV-0029.html
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