http://aianp.uchsc.edu/cnatt/cnatt_index.htm
Application Materials are on online at this website. The deadline is February 28, 2009.

The Native Telehealth Outreach and Technical Assistance Program (NTOTAP) is a 12- to 18-month program designed to impart technological skills to Native community members. Community members gain these skills while developing multimedia projects to address health issues in their communities.

Native community members with an interest in technology and local health issues are encouraged to apply. Applicants accepted into the program are referred to as Community Health Advocates (or advocates for short). Advocates receive training in research skills, project development, and technology related to their projects (for example, use of video cameras, video editing software, Web site development, etc.).

Advocates share their draft projects with community members for evaluation and feedback. They then finalize their projects based on the feedback and disseminate them to their communities.

Advocates can check out electronic equipment (such as laptop computers, video cameras, and digital voice recorders) for the duration of the program. Travel is paid for, and advocates receive a small stipend while participating in the program.

RWJF’s Pioneer Portfolio and Ashoka’s Changemakers have launched a global search for individuals and institutions who help people make better decisions regarding their health and the health of others. Now through April 1, 2009 you are encouraged to enter your idea as part of the new online, open-source competition “Designing for Better Health.”

What can often make the difference in the health-related options we choose are the nudges we get. Nudges are innovative little pushes that can help us make better choices. They entail an individual or institution intentionally creating a choice environment that makes it easier for people to make decisions that can improve their health.

View details of the competetion online at http://www.rwjf.org/pioneer/product.jsp?id=37528 [posted on RWJF Contents Alert]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released an updated and improved version of the Surgeon General’s Internet-based family health history tool. This new tool makes it easier for consumers to assemble and share family health history information.  It can also help practitioners make better use of health history information so they can provide more informed and personalized care for their patients. For more information please visit the following URL: https://familyhistory.hhs.gov/fhh-web/home.action

DisabilityInfo.gov’s Community Life Section offers a wide range of information and resources to help people with disabilities live independently and participate fully in all aspects of community life. http://tinyurl.com/yv69xv (or start on the home page http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/ and select the Community Life tab) Included in this section are “Emergency Preparedness” and “Multicultural Populations Resources“.

Some teenagers and young adults might overestimate how often they use condoms during sex, according to a study published recently in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Reuters Health reports ( http://tinyurl.com/a38sh6 ). Eve Rose of Emory University and colleagues conducted the study among 715 black women and girls ages 15 to 21 who were enrolled in an HIV prevention program. An abstract of the study is available online. http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/163/1/61 [posted on Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report  - Thursday, January 15, 2009]

International Medical Interpreters Association Publishes Guide to Medical Translations
The IMIA Guide to Medical Translation is the second in a series of guides to be published by the International Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA). The publication underwent a peer-review process and is intended to be a short primer on the topic. The new publication can be downloaded at http://www.imiaweb.org/uploads/pages/438.pdf.  To see the full press release, please go to: http://tinyurl.com/8nhkv5 [posted on CLAStalk listserv]

AHRQ Small Grant Program for Conference Support
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=940
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants to support conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.

Public Welfare Foundation
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=240
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants to provide services to disadvantaged populations in the areas of criminal and juvenile justice, health reform, and workers’ rights.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality National Resource Center for Health IT
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2052
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jan 21, 2009
Application deadline: Feb 19, 2009
Funding for Health Information Technology Program Management, Guidance, Assessment and Planning, Technical Assistance, Dissemination and Portal Infrastructure Management and Website Design and Usability Support.

Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity (Round 4)
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1784
Application deadline: Feb 24, 2009
The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among low-income and racial/ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity.

Nurse I Am Scholarship
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2045
Application deadline: Feb 28, 2009
Scholarships to nursing students.

Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) Grants
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=394
Letter of Intent (Optional): Mar 15, 2008
Application deadline: May 14, 2009
Grant to develop opportunities for conducting research and research training to meet the needs of American Indian/Alaska Native communities.

[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]

You can view this video clip from ABC’s “What would you do?”  It’s titled “We don’t speak Mexican”. Be sure and watch the entire clip.  http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6581200

The American Library Association (ALA) Public Information Office announced the release of “Increasing Relevance, Relationships and Results: Principles & Practices for Effective Multicultural Communication—Library Edition,” http://tinyurl.com/7xdtvo written by the Metropolitan Group, a leading strategic communication and resource development agency specializing in work with libraries.

The article defines eight principles and practices for effective multicultural communication, and highlights the important, integrated role multicultural communication plays in creating social change. Read more at http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/january2009/piomulticulturalcomm.cfm

Planning for the health and safety of those attending mass gatherings is an enormous challenge for local officials. Mass gatherings are defined as those attracting more than 1,000 participants and include events like the Olympics, Super Bowl, religious services conducted by the Pope, state funerals, and presidential inaugurations. Public health concerns range from ensuring adequate drinking water, food safety, first aid, and toilet facilities to planning for the extremes of possible major accidents, dangerous weather and even terrorist threats.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has compiled a Web page of links to information on the public health aspects of planning for all kinds of mass gatherings, http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/massgatherings.html. These resources include a search of PubMed for medical journal article citations as well as documents from government and other sources. Topics include preparedness for large numbers of casualties and management of disease outbreaks.

Health tips for those attending inauguration weekend outdoor activities are available from the US Department of Health and Human Services at http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/01/20090112a.html.

For more information on the Disaster Information Management Research Center at NLM, please visit http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/