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FYI: Minority Resources...Money & More
Provided by the Office of Minority Health Resource Center
September 12, 2012
Register: National Conference on Using Data to Promote Health Equity and Address Disparities
The National Knowledge For Equity Conference will be held Nov. 13-14 in Silver Spring, MD. Designed to help community-based organizations better understand how to access, analyze and use existing national, state and local data, the conference will include workshops, breakout sessions and presentations. Register for the Knowledge 4Equity Conference  .
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Funding
Federal Grants
Minority Population Specific: $500k or less . . .
- HHS/National Institutes of Health: HIV/AIDS, Drug Use, and Vulnerable Populations in the US (R21) Grant View Full Announcement
$500k or more . . .
- USDOJ/Office of Justice Programs/Office of Violence Against Women: FY 2012 Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative Technical Assistance Program Grant View Full Announcement
$500k or less . . .
- HHS/National Institutes of Health: AIDS-Science Track Award for Research Transition (R03) Grant View Full Announcement
- HHS/Office of Rural Health Policy: Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program. View Full Announcement
- HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: DELTA FOCUS (Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances, Focusing on Outcomes for Communities United with States) Grant. View Full Announcement
- HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP). View Full Announcement
Non Federal Grants
Minority Population Specific: $500k or less . . .
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Forward Promise Innovation Grants: Promoting Opportunities for the Health and Success of Young Men of Color. View Full Announcement
Diabetes
Events
- American Diabetes Association: 2012 Disparities Partnership Forum. Overcoming Disparities: Diabetes Care in High Risk Populations. October 22 - 23, 2012 in Washington, DC View Full Announcement
Emergency Preparedness
- The American Public Health Association (APHA): September 18, 2012 is Get Ready Day. The Get Ready campaign helps Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all disasters and hazards, including pandemic flu, infectious disease, natural disasters and other emergencies. Resources for event planning, Get Ready contests, materials on preparedness and more are now available. Learn More
Health Care
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: New data report/factsheet released. Medicare Savings in the Donut Hole: Since 2010, and in the first seven months of 2012. Read Full Report [PDF | 206KB]
- The Institute of Medicine (IOM): New report released. Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America. Read Full Report
Events
- National Academy for State Health Policy: 25th Annual State Health Policy Conference. Promoting Excellence Today & Tomorrow. October 15 - 17, 2012, in Baltimore, Maryland. Learn More
Health Equity
- Health Equity Initiative: Launch of a new national program. Sports for Health Equity, a national program designed to raise awareness of health disparities, and encourage community action and partnerships for health equity. Learn More
- The Missouri Foundation for Health: New report released. Responding to LGBT Health Disparities. Read Full Report [PDF | 2.7MB]
Events
- Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (MMHD): Ninth Annual Maryland Health Disparities Conference. Advancing Healthy Public Policy: The Maryland Health Improvement and Disparities Reduction Initiative. Wednesday, October 17, 2012 from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm in Baltimore, MD. Learn More
Heart Disease
- CDC: Million Hearts Launches new educational program to improve Americans' blood pressure control. Team Up. Pressure Down, includes educational videos, a blood pressure control journal, and wallet card to track medication use. Learn More
HIV/AIDS-STDs
Events
- National Minority AIDS Council: Webinar. Communities At Risk for HIV Infection: Combining Market Research Technologies with Program Data to Design High Impact HIV Approaches. This training will assist with operationalization of health equity concepts in developing high impact HIV approaches. September 19, 2012, 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST Learn More
Infant/Child Health
- Save Babies Through Screening Foundation: New toolkit available for September's Newborn Screening Awareness Month. The Newborn Screening Awareness Month toolkit. Learn More [PDF | 250KB]
- Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition: Announces the text4baby 2012 Fall Sign-up Contest. Text4baby is a FREE, nationwide texting service delivering critical health and safety tips and resources to pregnant women and moms with babies under age one. Learn More
- Office of Minority Health Resource Center: September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month. Resources now available. Learn More
Events
- Alaska Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE-AK): Conference Call. Preventing Harm to Children - The Healthy Schools Movement. Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 9:00 am AKDT. Learn More
Mental Health
- U.S. Surgeon General/the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention: Release of the updated strategy report, National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. View Full Announcement
Events
- The Suicide Prevention Resource Center: Webinar. SPRC Research to Practice Webinar - The Revised National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. October 3, 2012. Learn More
Nutrition/Obesity
- The President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN): New youth program launched. Presidential Youth Fitness Program is a comprehensive school-based program that promotes health and regular physical activity for America's youth. Learn More
- USDA Economic Research Service: A new report released. Characteristics and Influential Factors of Food Deserts. Read Full Report
- USDA Economic Research Service: New data report released. Household Food Security in the United States, 2011. Read Full Report
- USDA: New online Diet Planning and Tracking tool now available. SuperTracker. Learn More
- CDC: September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Resources now available. Learn More
Substance Abuse
- SAMHSA: A new data report released. A Comparison of Rural and Urban Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions. Read Full Report
- The Hilltop Institute: New report released. Coordination of Care for Persons with Substance Use Disorders under the Affordable Care Act: Opportunities and Challenges. Read Full Report [PDF | 563KB]
Opportunities for Public Comment
- Federal Register/Agency Research and Quality: Request for Information on Quality Measurement Enabled by Health IT- The comment period has been extended to September 21, 2012. The non-regulatory RFI seeks ideas and input on successful strategies and remaining challenges in the creation of health IT enabled quality measure development and reporting. View Full Announcement
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