AHDC Email Network Weekly Update
April 23 – May 6, 2010

 

Conferences, Events and Training Related to Health Disparities
1) Community Cinema: A Village Called Versailles

2) National Women’s Health Week in Arizona – Free Women’s Health Expo

3) A Reunion…a support group for Spanish speaking cancer patients

4) Women and Heart Disease: Hormone Replacement – Learn the Heart facts

5) Arizona Women’s Health Expo
6) Webinar: Living with Myeloma: An Overview of Diagnosis and Treatment

7) Chronic Disease Self Management Program, Master Training Event

8) World No Tobacco Day
9) Webinar: Creating an Organizational Culture of Inclusion: 21st Century Challenges for Healthcare Organizations

10) First National Symposium on Medical Interpreter Education

11) 18th Annual Winslow Wellness Conference 2010: Acknowledging Mother Earth from the Four Directions of Life

12) Treatment of TB, STDs, HIV, Hepatitis C and Substance Abuse on the Border: Keeping border patients in care …with limited resources

13) Center for Health Literacy Conference 2010: Plain Talk in Complex Times

 

 

Data, News, Articles and Policies Related to Health Disparities

1) Video: Latina mom conquers diabetes for herself, kids and community
2) AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit

3) Study Quantifies Disparities in Potentially Traumatic Events and Associated Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Sexual Orientation

4) Article Assesses Aggregate Availability of Healthy Foods in African-American Neighborhoods
5) America’s Tomorrow: A Profile of Latino Youth

6) Interactive, Online Toolkits Now Available for National Health Observances

7) Community Dental Resources for Seniors and Children in Arizona
8) National Medical Interpreter Certification Exams Validated

9) New Census Bureau Report Analyzes Nation’s Linguistic Diversity

10) Balancing Activity and Nutrition for Kids (B.A.N.K.)

11) Delphi Survey Report Summary on Latino Childhood Obesity Research Priorities

12) Document: To Live To See the Great Day That Dawns: Suicide AIAN Youth

 

 

 

Funding Opportunities Related to Health Disparities
1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Communities Putting Prevention to Work – Deadline: May 14, 2010 

2) Indian Health Service: Injury Prevention Program – Deadline: May 28, 2010

3) American Psychiatric Foundation: Helping Hands Grant Program – Deadline: June 01, 2010  
4) Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation: Support for Programs Benefiting Young People With Disabilities – Deadline: Concept paper – June 01, 2010

5) Indian Health Service: Dental Preventive and Clinical Support Centers Program – Deadline: June 02, 2010

6) Susan G. Komen for the Cure: Request for Applications (RFAs) for Investigator-Initiated and Career Catalyst Research Grants for 2010-2011 – Deadlines: Pre-Applications: June 4, 2010, 8 p.m., Eastern Time; Full-Applications Due (invitation only): September 20, 2010, 8 p.m., Eastern Time

7) The Genographic Legacy Fund: Indigenous Education, Culture and Language grant – Deadline: June 15, 2010

8) Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention: FY 2010 Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program – Deadline: June 18, 2010

9) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Jail-based Integration of HIV/Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)/Hepatitis Screening, Hepatitis B Vaccination, and Linkage to Care and Treatment – Deadline: June 23, 2010

10) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Teenage Pregnancy Prevention: Integrating Services, Programs, and Strategies through Community-wide Initiatives – Deadline: June 27, 2010
11) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Business and Cooperative Programs: Small Socially Disadvantaged Producer Grant – Deadline: July 27, 2010

12) National Institute of Food and Agriculture: Multicultural Scholars Program – July 28, 2010 
13) AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation: Connections for Cardiovascular Health Grant Program – Deadline: July 31, 2010

14) Arizona Early Childhood Development and Health Board, First Things First: Child Care Scholarship services