The Office of Minority Health, through the CHAT Program, seeks to improve the HIV/AIDS health outcomes of high risk minority youth by supporting community-based efforts to increase HIV/AIDS prevention/education efforts, testing, counseling and referrals.

The CHAT Program will integrate HIV testing, peer educators/lay health workers, counseling and linkages, and social media and technology wide-ranging community model to reduce the risk of infection in high prevalence communities.  This project will also encourage partnerships among traditional service providers targeting high risk adolescents, such as substance abuse prevention centers for youth; foster care agencies working with youth; youth serving organizations; youth runaway shelters; and peer-to-peer education programs.

Applications are due June 8, 2012

For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/J6OYmi

Aprende a vivir (Learn to Live) is a new three-episode Spanish-language videonovela that provides information about diabetes management. The story reflects the reality of many Hispanics with diabetes who stop taking their medication due to unpleasant side effects or other reasons. [from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality]

Access the videonovela and other resources in Spanish (http://healthcare411.org/aprendeavivir.aspx) or English (http://healthcare411.org/videonovela.aspx).

Wal-Mart Foundation - Funding to local nonprofit organizations in four main areas of focus: Education, Workforce Development / Economic Opportunity, Health & Wellness and Environmental Sustainability.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide

Deadline: None. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

For more information:  http://bit.ly/JhAtcU

American Dental Association - The ADA Foundation funds scholarships for dental students, minority dental students and allied dental students including dental hygiene, dental assisting and dental laboratory technology.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide

Deadline: None. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

For more information: http://bit.ly/JBsjLk

Saucony - Funding to encourage active and healthy lifestyles in children.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide

Deadline: June 13, 2012

For more information: http://bit.ly/IZDT7T

Office of Minority Health – Peer-to-Peer Outreach Model to Curb HIV/AIDS Transmission Among High Risk Minority Youth and Adolescents

Geographic coverage: Nationwide

Deadline: June 8, 2012

For more information: http://bit.ly/IMdvgw

Spirit of EAGLES Community Project -  Strengthen existing partnerships with national organizations both Native and non-Native that serve American Indian/Alaskan Native urban and rural communities, health care providers, and other systems of care to increase access to beneficial biomedical procedures, clinical trials research, and uptake in behavioral change that will reduce the burden of cancer and other comorbid conditions.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide

Deadline: August 15, 2012

For more information: http://bit.ly/JXmtlz

The Providers Guide to Quality & Culture: Pacific Islanders is now available.

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – this guide is designed to help health care professionals better understand and more effectively respond to the growing needs of Pacific Islanders in the United States. Includes resources on cultural competency, challenges to health and well-being, and the population’s strengths and protective factors.

To get the Guide go to http://bit.ly/JhksSo

The HHS Strategic Plan for Viral Hepatitis declared May 19th a the first ever national Hepatitis Testing Day.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Division of Viral Hepatitis is developing resources to support testing for chronic viral hepatitis, including the creation of a Hepatitis Testing Event page: http://bit.ly/INVVHU.  In addition, you can visit the Urban Indian Health Institute’s Viral Hepatitis and STI Prevention Project materials page where you can access new health promotion materials addressing HIV, sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis prevention: http://bit.ly/IZYw0D.

http://www.mufasser.com/

This website gives patients and their families access to patient education information, illustrated handouts, interactive tutorials, multimedia presentations and interactive quizzes to test knowledge. Selections based on content from www.medlineplus.gov

Al-Mufasser health education programs:

• Are up-to-date and include authoritative medical information
• Are unbiased and include no advertising
• Use multimedia (graphics, animations, and narration) to simplify and convey complex medical information
• Ask questions and give feedback to ensure understanding

At the bottom of each page is a link for either English or Arabic.  You can easily use this button to toggle back and forth between English and Arabic.

Rural Health Training and Education Initiative

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Funding that will allow VA facilities to expand health professions (Associated Health, Dentist, Nursing, and Physician) training to additional rural or highly rural VA locations.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide

Deadline: June 29, 2012

More information available at  http://bit.ly/JWioDO

Get Ur Good On Grants

Youth Service America - Grants in support of a youth-led community service projects. Projects must address a demonstrated community need or issue, and must take place during June, July, and/or August 2012. Applicants must have a project mentor to help throughout the project.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide

Deadline: May 27, 2012

More information available at http://bit.ly/JgWIOT

Social and Economic Development Strategies Tribal Governance- SEDS TG

Administration for Native Americans - Funding to expand the governance priority to emphasize projects that strengthen the internal capacity and infrastructure of tribal governments to increase services provided to children and families.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide

Deadline: June 18, 2012

More information available at http://bit.ly/JFqyip

Hispanics Seem to Have Better Odds of Lung Cancer Survival

Hispanic people with lung cancer tend to live longer than white or black people with the disease, according to a new study.

Researchers say Hispanics’ increased likelihood of survival may be due to genetic factors or environmental advantages, such as lower rates of tobacco use.

To rest of the article is on the MedlinePlus Hispanic-American Health page available at http://1.usa.gov/Ipi1h4

Asian/Pacific Islanders and Cardiovascular Diseases: Statistical Fact Sheet

American Heart Association outlines the leading causes of death among Asian/Pacific Islander men and women.

Available at http://bit.ly/JtXJB0

2010 Census Island Areas

U.S. Census Bureau - Access demographic information for American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Available at http://bit.ly/K4tCEj

One of the Migration Policy Institute’s Data Hub’s more popular tools – the national and state-level profile of the foreign born in the United States — is also one of their most useful and in-depth offerings.  The data tool draws on the most recent one-year estimates of the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), examining four sets of immigration characteristics in the United States – demographic and social, language and education, workforce, and income and poverty.  And, it also provides 1990 and 2000 decennial Census data, giving a handy snapshot of how immigration has evolved.

Visit the Data Hub here: http://bit.ly/IqT4o5

Ahalaya Case Management: Creating a Circle of Care for Native Persons Living With HIV/AIDS – May 22, 2012, 1:00pm – 2:00pm Mountain Time

This webinar will provide an overview of the existing social context that presents barriers and challenges for Native people living with HIV or AIDS (PLWHA) in accessing quality care and treatment.  It will introduce the Ahalaya Case Management Model, which was developed to help extend the lives of Native PLWHA through culturally affirming treatment and services, and to assist case managers and other service providers in becoming more culturally responsive.

Pre-registration required: http://bit.ly/IkUDRQ