Today’s health challenges are influenced by factors well beyond the clinic walls, from our access to economic opportunity to the safety of our surroundings. Through its leadership development programs, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supports and connects change leaders nationwide who are working to build a Culture of Health.
Applications are due by March 11, 2020
CDC’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity internship opportunities for eligible undergraduate and graduate students to gain meaningful experiences in public health settings. See the various opportunities below:
Applications for all programs due January 31, 2020.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2020 Planning and Developing Infrastructure to Promote the Mental Health of Children, Youth and Families in American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) Communities (Short Title: Circles of Care) grants. The purpose of this program is to provide tribal and urban Indian communities with tools and resources to plan and design a holistic, evidence and community-based, coordinated system of care to support mental health for children, youth, and families. These grants are intended to increase the capacity and effectiveness of mental health systems serving AI/AN communities. Circles of Care grant recipients will focus on the need to reduce the gap between the need for mental health services and the availability of such services for the target population. The program has a strong emphasis on cross-system collaboration, inclusion of family, youth and community resources, and cultural approaches.
Posted Date: Jan. 7, 2020
Applications Due: March 9, 2020
Sponsored by the Tribal Injury Prevention Resource Center (TIPRC), the Tribal Motor Vehicle Safety Summit attracts tribal injury prevention practitioners, public health professionals, CHR/CHW’s, elected leaders, advocates, law-enforcement, EMT/EMS, researchers, and community-based service providers nationwide. The Summit will be taking place at the Isleta Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, NM May 19-21, 2020. Lodging assistance may be available upon registration request.
Submission Deadline:
The deadline for abstract submissions has now been extended to January 31, 2020.
More information about the conference, registration or to submit an abstract.
Registration for the conference is free. Travel assistance is available upon request.
Submission Guidelines:
Several types of workshops will be considered, including presentations, panel presentations, and interactive workshops.
Abstracts should include the following information:
Conference Tracks
Presenters can submit abstracts for the following tracks:
1. Community and Culture
POC: Jerrod Moore, jmoore@aaihb.org
Culture plays a vital role in prevention programs for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. This track will highlight the important role culture plays transportation and injury prevention programs and describe innovative ways that tribes and tribal organizations have incorporated these elements.
2.Program Development
POC: Jerrod Moore, jmoore@aaihb.org
Presentations included as part of this track will allow attendees to learn what it takes to develop and implement transportation and injury prevention programs in American Indian/Alaska Native communities. This includes presenting and sharing stories about how programs do one or more of the following a) assess community needs and strengths; b) conduct strategic planning; c) develop partnerships and coalitions; d) tailor evidence-based strategies for local use; e) communicate with different stakeholder groups; f) advocate for policy, environmental, or systems-level change; and/or g) secure or share resources. Sessions in this track could include a variety of presentation formats to allow speakers to share what worked well or what they would do differently to develop and implement a program.
3. Bike and Pedestrian Safety
POC: Carrie Brown, cbrown@aaihb.org
Motor vehicle safety involves all modes of transportation. By creating safe biking and pedestrian environments, we create safer roads for all users. This track will highlight safety measures taken by communities to improve safety, innovative and emerging strategies, evidence-based practices, community engagement and lessons learned in bike and pedestrian safety.
4. Data Development
POC: Carrie Brown, cbrown@aaihb.org
This track will focus on demonstrating the impact of injury prevention programs in Indian Country, data collection, data storage and analysis. We are specifically interested in abstracts which describe formative and process evaluations of programs; innovative way to use, collect, and store data; and examples of how to measure program outcomes with existing data or data collected through culturally-tailored ways. Presentations informed by quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods are welcome. We are interested in presentations from across topic areas.
5. Child Passenger Safety (CEU)
POC: Tabatha Harris, tharris@aaihb.org
Child Passenger Safety continues to be a challenge for tribal communities. This track will focus on CEU opportunities for existing Child Passenger Safety Technicians to earn CEU’s and seat sign offs toward their recertification. Presentations will focus on new technology in the field, challenges in the field, caregiver communication, and the new changes to the SafeKids technician course. We are interested in topics across the field that directly impact Indian Country.
If you have questions please feel free to contact Jerrod Moore jmoore@aaihb.org, Carrie Brown cbrown@aaihb.org, Tabatha Harris tharris@aaihb.org.
Staff at the NEC worked with the museum curator over the past 1.5 years to ensure the accuracy and appropriateness of the images/information depicting the contributions of American Indians and Alaska Natives to public health.
Per Del Yazzie, an epidemiologist at NEC, “Navajo Nation is one of the tribes featured in the exhibits, specifically about the evolution and encapsulation of our Hantavirus work from the 1993 outbreak to currently. To my knowledge, it is the first exhibit of its kind to do so. More than anything else, we believe that the exhibit shows visitors an often-overlooked aspect of public health in the U.S., and of the many tribes and tribal members who have made long-lasting contributions to keeping us healthy.”
Check out this LINK to see more photos from the exhibit.
Contributed by Delores Becenti, Navajo Department of Health with photos courtesy of CDC.
