Funding Opportunity: Health promotion among racial and ethnic minority males
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This grant seeks applications that expand research in the health of minority men to enhance understanding of the numerous factors (e.g., sociodemographic, community, societal, personal) influencing the health promoting behaviors of racial and ethnic minority males and their subpopulations across the life cycle, and encourages applications focusing on the development and testing of culturally and linguistically appropriate health-promoting interventions designed to reduce health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse males and their subpopulations age 21 and older.
Due September 7, 2016.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery
Funding Opportunity: The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This funding opportunity announcement seeks project grant applications that propose to 1) improve the measurement of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems; 2) enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery; and 3) reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic disparities through the development of interventions.
Due date May 8, 2014.
ECDC annual national conference
Event: ECDC’s Annual National Conference and National Resettlement Affiliate Network Training
African Refugees and Immigrants: Pathways to Security, Integration and Empowerment
April 30 – May 3, 2014, Arlington, Virginia
Seroprevalence of varicella-zoster virus in five US-bound refugee populations
In the Literature: Seroprevalence of varicella-zoster virus in five US-bound refugee populations. Leung J, Lopez A, Mitchell T, Weinberg M, Lee D, Thieme M, Schmid DS, Bialek SR. J Immgr Minor Health. 2013 Nov 23.
Persistent latent tuberculosis reactivation risk in United States immigrants
In the Literature: Persistent latent tuberculosis reactivation risk in United States immigrants. Walter ND, Painter J, Parker M, Lowenthal P, Flood J, Asis R, Reves R, Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Consortium. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Jan 1;89(1):88-95.
Epidemiology and genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in East Africa
In the Literature: Epidemiology and genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in East Africa. Kidenya BR, Webster LE, Behan S, Kabangila R, Peck RN, Mshana SE, Ocheretina O, Fitzgerald DW. Tuberculosis. 2014 Jan;94(1):1-7.
Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Certificate Program
Training: Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Certificate Program
On-site learning: November 9-21, 2014, Orvieto, Italy
Web-based learning: December 2014-May 2015
Disease surveillance among newly arriving refugees and immigrants – Electronic Disease Notification System, United States, 2009
In the Literature: Disease surveillance among newly arriving refugees and immigrants – Electronic Disease Notification System, United States, 2009. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2013 Nov 15;62(7):1-20.
Prevalence and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection among newly arrived refugees in San Diego county, January 2010-October 2012
In the Literature: Prevalence and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection among newly arrived refugees in San Diego County. Bennett RJ, Brodine S, Waalen J, Moser K, Rodwell TC. January 2010 – October 2012. Am J Public Health. 2014 Apr;104(4):e95-e102.
Specific trauma subtypes improve the predictive validity of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire in Iraqi refugees
In the Literature: Specific trauma subtypes improve the predictive validity of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire in Iraqi refugees. Arnetz BB, Broadbridge CL, Jamil H, Lumley MA, Pole N, Barkho E, Fakhouri M, Talia YR, Arnetz JE. J Immigr Minor Health. 2014 Feb 19.