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