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FY
2004 Annual Plan
for
the Hispanic Agenda for Action (HAA) & the
Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
(EEHA)
Initiatives
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR)
Report
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Executive Summary
This report presents the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry’s (CDC*) FY 2004 Annual Plan for the
White House Initiatives on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
(EEHA). It provides the overarching goal identified by the agency under
which measurable objectives will be achieved during the time period, the
amount of funds to be distributed to minority institutions and other
minority entities, the number of institutions/other minority entities
that will be reached through awards and program activities during this
period, the types of programs by categories of funding that will be
targeted, and potential barriers and accomplishments of the programs.
The overarching goal for CDC’s FY 2004 plan to address the Hispanic
Agenda for Action and the Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
(HAA/EEHA) is “to promote health and quality of life by reducing the
disproportionate burden of preventable diseases, death and injury among
Hispanic/Latino populations.” Inherent in this goal is the need to
assess and address the health disparities within the Latino subgroups.
Four specific objectives target activities that are aligned with
achieving our overall goal:
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Objective 1 -
Increase the number of minority-serving institutions of
higher education, national and minority organizations and
community-based organizations that receive funding and support
to address health disparities among specific racial and ethnic
populations. |
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Objective 2
- Increase the number of minority-serving
institutions of higher education, national and minority
organizations and community-based organizations that receive
funding and support for infrastructure development to facilitate
instruction and research. |
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Objective 3
- Increase funding and support to minority entities
for domestic and international training opportunities
(fellowships, internships, scholarships and other support) for
racial and ethnic minority students, parents and faculty. |
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Objective 4 -
Increase technical assistance, training and capacity
building that will enhance information technology, health
promotion, program design, and research development among
minority entities, including public and private partnerships. |
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CDC's Spanish web site,
CDC en Español,
continues to grow and expand its services to Spanish speaking customers,
and to provide a template for working with all other than English
speaking populations. |
*Note: References to CDC refer also to ATSDR
throughout this plan. |
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CDC’s Centers, Institutes and Offices, (CIOs) are aware of the
diversity within the Hispanic/Latino populations. This diversity can be
categorized in many ways, including, race, ethnicity, class,
socioeconomic status, and immigration status and length, among many
others. Each of our CIOs is poised to incorporate into their missions
and plans of action specific strategies and activities that will begin
to address the challenge of serving this uniquely diverse population. |
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The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has been the source
of much of the data that describe significant disparities in health,
reflecting a decades-long effort to address these issues in major
national data systems. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) has an “inclusion” policy, as does Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), which mandates that the collection of racial and ethnic
data is an important consideration. Many population-based data systems,
such as the National Health Interview Survey and the National Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), make concerted efforts to
oversample minority populations to increase the reliability of the
estimates drawn from scientific data on these groups. To ensure the
participation of these groups, we also make special outreach efforts,
such as targeted promotional materials for the NHANES. |
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Some examples of data from NCHS that indicate relative and absolute
health disparities are: infant mortality and life expectancy; prevalence
of and risk factors for hypertension, diabetes, and kidney disease;
health insurance coverage and access to care; and smoking and other
health behaviors. NCHS provides data that allows for the interaction of
race and other social, behavioral, and environmental factors. This will
allow us to better understand the experience of minority groups in the
health care system. NCHS will host a Data Users Conference in July 2004
that will provide workshops to assist researchers, policymakers,
academics, and other data consumers in using NCHS data. |
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Established in 1981, CDC’s Epidemiology Program Office (EPO) provides
a cross-cutting focus in public health communications; applied research
and methodology; public health training; surveillance and informatics;
and global health. Because of this focus on core activities, EPO’s
mission primarily focuses on the internal changes in the general scope
of public health over time. In addressing its work, EPO is dedicated to
working with multiple partner organizations; health care providers;
third -party payers; corporations; industries; and local, state,
federal, and international health and welfare agencies. |
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EPO fills a critical role in communicating public health messages
through publications and other communication venues, including the
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, and its serial publications; the
Guide to Community Preventive Services; and the Epidemic Information
Exchange program. As a catalyst for scientific discourse, EPO provides
support in epidemiology, behavioral and social sciences, prevention
effectiveness, social determinants of health, community-based
participatory research, surveillance, aberration detection, statistical
methodologies, evaluation of public health and health-care databases and
systems, and managed care research. EPO is on the cutting
edge of innovative technologies that run secure and responsive
systems to detect emerging public health problems. Such systems include
the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) and the
newly revised EpiInfo and its adjunct computer software. |
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Through its public health training programs, EPO serves CDC and the
world by providing a cadre of well-trained public health professionals.
Training opportunities include the Epidemic Intelligence Service
program, Preventive Medicine Residency program, Public Health Prevention
Service program, Public Health Informatics fellowship, Prevention
Effectiveness fellowship, undergraduate and graduate medical electives,
Knight Journalism Fellowship, International Field Epidemiology Training
Program, and other Fellowships and internship programs for international
students. |
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With its emphasis on “real world” training after degree attainment,
EPO is in an optimal position to influence the development and education
of minorities interested in public health. During development of EPO=
priorities for FY 2004, decisions were made to concentrate on the
development of strategies to enable EPO's training programs to better
recruit and serve all minority groups, as well as increase opportunities
for participating with minority institutions and their programs. |
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The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
will
continue to fund and expand activities related to environmental health
curriculum at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San
Antonio/Regional Academic Center in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. |
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CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
is the federal agency responsible for conducting research, making
recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury,
and providing training programs in the field of occupational safety and
health, as mandated by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. NIOSH
strategies include financial support and technical assistance for
training, research and development with emphasis on specific minority
populations, and minority outreach and recruitment. NIOSH plans to
continue providing financial support for occupational safety and health
research opportunities for minority students and faculty. Awards will
be given in the form of internships, inter-personnel agreements or other
means of faculty support, research projects and collaborations with
minority-serving institutions and organizations. NIOSH plans to link an
HSHPS or HSI and an HBCU with one of our external education and research
partners to jointly work on occupational safety and health research;
fund Potential Extramural Project (PEP) requests with minority-serving
institutions or organizations to address health disparities among
specific racial and ethnic populations; and provide technical assistance
among minority entities through mentorships and collaborations with
minority organizations and/or institutions. |
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CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP) will be funding the American Association for Health
Education (AAHE). This organization addresses health education, HIV
prevention and other important health problems among college students,
faculty and personnel from HSIs and HBCUs. |
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CDC’s National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
plays a crucial
role in maintaining our border population’s health. NCID will continue
funding the Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project (BIDS) for
collaborations with Mexico along the U.S. – Mexico border. NCID will
also be sponsoring an International Conference on Women and Infectious
Diseases. This conference will address issues related to minority and
women’s health. |
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NCID will also continue to focus on the Hispanic/Latino Initiative
aimed at reducing infectious disease morbidity and mortality among
Latinos, in particular reducing health disparities experienced by
Hispanic/Latino population groups. We will continue our collaborations
with HSHPS in supporting internship programs, and providing technical
support. In addition, NCID will continue support of the Annual Symposium
on Career Opportunities in Biomedical Sciences. One of the principal
goals of the Symposium is to introduce minority students to the many
rich, varied and rewarding opportunities available in the field of
Biomedical Sciences. NCID will also continue to recruit minority
students for its James A. Ferguson Summer Fellowship Program. This
program is designed to increase students’ knowledge of public health,
knowledge of racial and ethnic health disparities, knowledge of public
health career paths and the mechanisms to pursue such careers, interest
in the study of infectious diseases, and to help students gain skills in
communicating public health information. |
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Summary
statement on funds projected for Hispanic/Latino activities
in FY 2004 |
Although CDC data systems are not specifically geared to identify
programmatic activities by racial/ethnic categories nonetheless it is
projected that in FY 2004 CDC will award approximately $7,884,054 for
specifically identified activities focused on Hispanic Latino health.
It is anticipated that approximately 91,492 people from the different
Latino populations will benefit directly from these awards and related
activities. |
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Hispanic/Latino representation in the CDC
workforce |
Hispanic representation at the CDC workforce is increasing over time.
The CDC/ATSDR's Recruitment and Retention Plan has been incorporated in
the "Diversity in Action Framework for CDC/ATSDR." This document will
provide the framework that will assist CDC/ATSDR to attract and retain a
workforce that mirrors the diversity of the populations that we serve
and to aid in the development and sustainability of a multi-culturally
sensitive workplace environment that values and respects diversity.
This document was developed and endorsed in 2000 and is currently being
revised to include diversity initiatives that would assist CIOs to
enhance their Hispanic/Latino representation and to actively recruit for
other under-represented minority groups. |
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Summary statement on barriers/challenges |
In today’s pressing environment, filled with multiple priorities, CDC
and its CIOs continually assess our ability to provide quality service
to all our constituents. Decreased funding by partners and states
impact our ability to address all of our goals with equal resources.
The dramatic increase in the Hispanic/Latino populations, with unique
language and cultural needs, in particular, presents a challenge.
However, through such efforts as CDC en Español, CDC is quickly
tailoring its work to the needs of the Hispanic/Latino populations. |
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ANNUAL PLAN FOR MINORITY INITIATIVES
Agency Goals, Objectives, Strategies, and Activities
HAA/HSI FY 2004 |
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CDC/ASTDR HAA/HSI Initiative
Goal: |
To promote health and quality of life by
reducing the disproportionate burden of preventable disease, death
and injury among specific racial and ethnic populations. |
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Objective 1: |
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Increase the number of minority-serving institutions of higher
education, national and minority organizations and community based
organizations that receive funding and support to address health
disparities among specific racial and ethnic populations. |
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National Center for Injury Prevention & Control
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Continue to fund injury prevention research and prevention
interventions that target or benefit Hispanic populations at IHEs
and to increase similar projects at HSHPS and HSIs. |
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National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence –
Fund two academic institutions to forge partnerships between
universities and communities to translate research into effective
prevention practices designed to reduce youth violence. Child
Violence, Adult Victimization, Injury, and Health –Test the
hypothesis that an adverse family environment is a more important
predictor of adult outcomes than childhood victimization, and
examine the extent to which race, ethnicity, and gender moderate
relations between the two.
Occupant Protection Program for a Diverse Populations
–Study dissemination research into interventions for preventing
unintentional injuries related to motor vehicle crashes.
Injury Risk Management for Young Children - Describe the
nature of injury risk and management among Latino and non-Latino
white children in response to environmental and maturational changes
during childhood. This will result in a model of Injury Risk
Management for young children.
Promoting Biculturalism to Prevent Youth Violence –Pilot
test a Latino youth violence and suicide prevention intervention
that counters acculturation risk by promoting bicultural coping
skills and family cohesion.
Suicide Risk During Transition to Early Adulthood –
Improve understanding of the etiology of suicide risk by providing a
longitudinal approach covering more than a three-year span of time
with five repeated measures.
Readiness to Change and Desist from Partner Violence –
Predict readiness to change and desist from intimate partner
violence.
Adult Violence Linkages in Youth with Disabilities –
Develop demographic and epidemiology data on child abuse and neglect
and childhood disability from a database of adults who resided at
Boys Town from 1978 to 2000.
Latino Community Development Agency, Inc. – Evaluate
multiple interventions aimed at reducing the incidence and severity
of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence among Latinos in
metropolitan Oklahoma City.
Legal Rights and Responsibilities – Evaluate prevention
and early intervention program for 9th graders to end domestic
violence among that focuses on legal rights and responsibilities.
Men of Color Fatherhood Education and Violence Prevention
Project – Collaborate to prevent intimate partner violence and
sexual violence in African American and Latino families through
parenting.
Preventing Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence – Evaluate
project which serves victims, perpetrators, and child
victims/witnesses of intimate partner and sexual violence through
localized service networks comprised of community-based programs.
Preventing Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence –
Implement a program for the prevention and early intervention of
sexual violence and intimate partner violence in a population of
HIV-infected individuals enrolled in care and their children.
Preventing Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence – Evaluate
a coordinated community response to prevent IPV in Houston, TX
through collaboration with the major providers of early intervention
for batterers.
Sexual Violence Prevention Program For Perpetrators
–Evaluate outcomes of project RESTORE, a prevention and education
intervention targeting perpetrators of non-penetration sexual
offenses and sexual assaults by known assailants at the time of
their first contact with the criminal justice system for sex crimes.
Family Intervention for Suicidal Youth: Emergency Care –
Collaborate to complete a rigorous evaluation of an ED-based, Family
Focused Intervention for Suicide Prevention.
Promoting Healthy Relationships – Evaluate the Safe Dates
curriculum as a means of addressing the problems of intimate partner
violence and sexual violence and encouraging health relationships.
Parenting Program Attrition and Compliance Efficacy Trial
– Evaluate a child maltreatment prevention effort aimed at promoting
parenting effectiveness and child coping-competence in preschoolers,
as a means of reducing risk of child maltreatment and related
adverse developmental outcomes.
Parenting Program Attrition and Compliance Efficacy Trial
– Evaluate a child maltreatment program which examines the extent to
which a motivational interviewing intervention has an impact on
retention, treatment compliance, and long-term outcomes in families
with a history of, or who are high risk for, child physical abuse.
Multisite Youth Violence Prevention Evaluation Project –
Evaluate a common violence prevention program in two separate middle
schools, one as the experimental group and one as the control group.
National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence
Prevention – Fund four academic institutions to build the
scientific infrastructure necessary to support the development and
widespread application of effective youth violence interventions.
State Injury Prevention/Program Development and Surveillance
– Fund state injury programs to implement core injury functions
including data collection and technical consultation to public
health professionals, injury advocates, local, state and national
organizations.
Child Abuse Prevention – Fund three states to prevent
child sexual abuse by establishing or strengthening a statewide
partnership of organizations to conduct a statewide inventory of
existing child sexual abuse prevention programs.
Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership
through Alliances –Fund nine states to conduct statewide needs
assessments and inventories of coordinated community responses,
highlighting prevention activities, and to establish advisory boards
to assist in the design of allied DV programs.
Child Maltreatment Surveillance –Fund five states to
collaborate with stakeholders to obtain information on all potential
abuse and neglect-related deaths in the state, to develop universal
definitions for Physical Abuse, Neglect and Emotional Abuse; and to
review cases using these definitions.
National Violent Death Reporting System – Fund six states
to collect data from medical examiners’ reports, crime lab reports,
law enforcement data system uniform crime reports, and death
certificates; and to develop incident-based relational databases
that links data on violent deaths from multiple sources.
Intimate Partner Violence Surveillance –Funds two states
to develop comprehensive surveillance systems of data collection,
tracking, and reporting on the prevalence,
characteristics, predictive factors, and types of injuries sustained
by women due to violence in intimate relationships.
TBI Surveillance and Follow-up Registry – Fund 12 states
to collect data and conduct follow up studies to track and monitor
traumatic brain injuries (TBI), to link people with TBI to
information about access to services, and to find ways to prevent
TBI-related disabilities.
Dissertation Awards for Minority Doctoral Candidates—
Assist and encourage minority researchers to become active in the
conduct of violence-related studies through a targeted effort. |
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Office of the Director/ Office of Minority Health (OD/OMH) |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Continue to support and coordinate the HRSA/CDC Interagency agreement
to support the three annual migrant stream forums. |
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Measures: |
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Maintain or increase funding level from FY 2003. |
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Maintain or increase workshops, presenters, activities related to
CDC’s goals focused on eliminating health disparities. |
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Develop collaboration between CIOs and minority entities involved in
the migrant stream forums (e.g. migrant community health centers). |
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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention &
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) |
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Objective 1a |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Continue to fund national non-governmental
organizations to implement HIV prevention programs that address the
needs of Hispanic youth. |
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Measures: |
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Maintain or increase funding from FY 2003 |
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NCCDPHP |
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Objective 1b |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Provide technical assistance to minority-serving institutions of
higher education. |
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Increase collaboration between tobacco control programs and CBOs and
institutions of higher education. |
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Provide technical assistance so grantees can pursue additional revenue
sources for funding projects. |
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Increase participation with Hispanic Association of Colleges and
Universities (HACU) and Bacchus & Gamma, a College Peer Tobacco
Education Network. |
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Measures: |
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Demonstrate alliances with state and local departments and
organizations. |
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States will have competitive funding of local projects. |
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Fund grantees who strive to reduce the use of tobacco and promote
cessation among college students. |
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Increase participation with Bacchus & Gamma. |
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National Institute for Occupational Safety &
Health (NIOSH) |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Continue to fund the HRSA/CDC Interagency agreement to support the
three annual migrant stream forums. |
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Measures: |
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Continue to fund and support the HRSA/CDC Interagency agreement to
support the migrant stream forums. |
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Maintain or increase workshops, presenters, activities related to
CDC’s goals focused on eliminating health disparities. |
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Develop collaborations between NIOSH divisions and minority entities
involved in the migrant stream forums. |
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National Center for HIV, STD, & TB Prevention (NCHSTP) |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Support HSIs in conducting research and evaluations which will improve
our intervention programs targeting Hispanic populations. |
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Measures: |
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Increase funding to HSIs. |
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Objective 2: |
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Increase the number of minority-serving institutions of higher
education, national and minority organizations and community based
organizations that receive funding and support for infrastructure
development to facilitate instruction and research |
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Office of the Director (OD)/Office of Minority
Health (OMH) |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Continue to fund and support the HSHPS, Inc., via the CDC/HSHPS
cooperative agreement. |
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Measures: |
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Increase funding annually by 19% (FY 2002 funding was
$349,000). |
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Increase funding to HSHPS to specifically support the
HSHPS research clearinghouse project. |
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Increase funding to the HSIs by 19% (FY 2002 funding
was $13,405,229). |
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National Institute for Occupational Safety &
Health (NIOSH) |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Continue funding the Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) at the FY
2002 funding level or higher. |
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Measures: |
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Continue funding for three training project grants and
one education and research center at HSIs: University of Miami,
University of Puerto Rico, Trinidad State Junior College, and the
UCLA School of Public Health. |
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Objective 3: |
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Increase funding and support to minority entities for domestic and
international training opportunities (fellowships, internships,
scholarships and other support) for racial and ethnic minority
students, parents and faculty. |
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National Institute for Occupational Safety &
Health (NIOSH) |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Support and fund training and internship programs with a track record
for targeting, attracting and supporting significant numbers of
Hispanics/Latinos (e.g. HSHPS and HACU interns). |
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Measures: |
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Increase the number of HACU or HSHPS interns funded in
FY 2002 from six to eight. |
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Objective 4: |
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Increase technical assistance, training and capacity building that
will enhance information technology, health promotion, program
design, and research development among minority entities, including
public and private partnerships. |
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CDC en Español Multilingual Services Team |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Increase CIO participation and funding
to support the provision of information in Spanish (and dozens of
the most spoken languages in the United States) to promote health
and quality of life among Hispanics and other racial and ethnic
populations. |
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Create a training program through the CDC Corporate University to
offer foreign language classes and cross cultural awareness training
programs to help epidemiologists, field staff, international
travelers, senior management, and other CDC staff to meet CDC Goal
(no such training program currently available). |
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Actively participate as museum tour guides to give foreign visitors a
tour of the museum and CDC facilities in their respective language. |
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Make accessible to the public through the Internet a CDC approved
glossary of terms in Spanish (and other languages as they becomes
available) for the public and private partnerships to consult. |
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Provide a centralized mechanism of multilingual services for all CDC
staff to be able to have information translated to dozens of
languages, obtain interpretation services, and produce voiceover,
video, web site development and desktop publishing in dozens of the
most spoken languages in the United States as per latest census
data. |
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Measures: |
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Increase funding level from FY 2003. |
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Increase participation/involvement from CIOs to have
more information translated to different languages. |
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Increase number of translations (by word count)
completed for each CIO. |
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Increase CDC en Español website statistics. |
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Increase CDC en Español Listserv membership around the
world. |
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Increase number of web pages and web sites available
in different languages at the CDC. |
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Increase number of conferences/events where
information in different languages from all CIOs is promoted. |
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Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
(ATSDR) |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Provide environmental health training for Hispanic students and health
professionals. Address the environmental health and environmental
medical needs of Hispanic populations. |
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Measures: |
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Increase funding levels by 5% above FY 2003. |
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NCIPC expends more than $7 million to provide
technical assistance to grantees conducting Hispanic-related injury
prevention interventions in violence, unintentional injuries, and
acute care related projects such as Traumatic Brain Injury and
Spinal Cord Injury Prevention. In FY 2002, NCIPC committed $16,851
in funds to train minority students and injury professionals. |
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National Institute for Occupational Safety &
Health (NIOSH) |
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Objective 4a |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Fund and support infrastructure development to facilitate research at
an HSHPS or HSI related to health disparities. |
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Measures: |
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Support a collaboration project among students and
faculty at an HSHPS or HSI and one of NIOSH’s external research and
education partners. |
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NIOSH |
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Objective 4b |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Support a surveillance project related to agriculture that addresses
the NORA priorities of Agriculture and Special Populations, as well
as the NIOSH Surveillance Strategic Goal Three “to strengthen
surveillance of high risk industries and occupations, and of
populations at high risk.” |
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Measures: |
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Continue funding the “Health Survey of Minority Farm
Operators” surveillance project which provides insight into the
prevalence of occupational health problems among ethnic and racial
farm operators and allows NIOSH to target interventions to address
problems. |
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NIOSH |
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Objective 4c |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Fund a project that will enhance the NIOSH capacity to serve Hispanic
Americans. |
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Measures: |
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Continue funding the NIOSH Spanish Information
Dissemination Project which focuses on identifying occupational
safety and health issues facing Spanish-speaking workers and their
employers identifies occupational safety and health information
currently available to Spanish-speaking workers and identifies the
best methods to communicate occupational safety and health
information to Spanish-speaking populations. |
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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention &
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Continue to fund the Hispanic/Latino Network to provide direct
services and technical assistance to CBOs for the education,
treatment, and prevention of tobacco use; develop a cultural
specific cessation guide. |
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Measures: |
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Maintain or increase FY 2003 funding; conduct
workshops, presentations and convene forums as necessary related to
eliminating tobacco-related health disparities; conduct focus groups
to determine best-practices for counter-advertising and assess
cessation strategies. |
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National Center for HIV, STDs, & TB Prevention (NCHSTP) |
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Strategies/Activities: |
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Increase the number and skills of Hispanic health professionals in
public health through faculty and student development programs. |
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Measures: |
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Increase the number of Latino health professionals
supported through various programs from previous year. |
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