Swine Flu advisory info in multiple languages
Look for the swine flu special focus on the Refugee Health Information Network (http://www.rhin.org). Information will include the recent CDC Swine Flu advisory (translated by the American Bureau of Professional Translators) in Vietnamese and Arabic (we are adding some English materials, though RHIN primarily focuses on refugee languages paired with English “parent” text).  Other languages to be added include Burmese, Kirundi and Somali translations, also from Texas. [CLAStalk}

Pandemic Flu Preparedness: A Checklist for Faith-based and Community Organizations
The collaboration of faith-based and community organizations with public health agencies will be essential in protecting the public’s health and safety if and when an influenza pandemic occurs. This checklist provides guidance for religious organizations (churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, etc.), social service agencies that are faith-based, and community organizations in developing and improving influenza pandemic response and preparedness plans. Many of the points suggested here can improve your organization’s ability to protect your community during emergencies in general. You can find more information at www.pandemicflu.gov. To identify steps you can take to prepare yourself and your community, visit http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/community/faithcomchecklist.html [posted on HHS CFBCI Listserv - April 29, 2009]

Pan American Health Organization
Swine Influenza
http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=805&Itemid=569

Swine Flu Scare 1976
http://libguides.bgsu.edu/SwineFlu
The Swine Flu Scare of 1976: U.S. Government Publications A bibliography of United States government publications about the Swine Flu scare of 1976. This is accompanied by a brief article summarizing events.

Swine Influenza (H1N1) and Adults and Adolescents Infected with HIV: Considerations for Clinicians
CDC has published interim guidance for clinicians regarding management of patients with HIV who have been exposed to or who have contracted the swine influenza. strongly encourages clinicians to familiarize themselves with the interim guidance and organizations with Web sites to link to this guidance, which can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidance_HIV.htm.

Street Outreach Program
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2009-ACF-ACYF-YO-0024.html
The purpose of this program is to conduct outreach services designed to build relationships between grantee staff and runaway, homeless, and street youth. Street Outreach Programs must be designed to assist runaway, homeless, and street youth in making healthy personal choices regarding where they live and how they behave by building trusting relationships between grantee staff and these youth through the provision of services in their environment and through diverse modes of communication that will encourage trust.  Outreach service delivery must comprehensively address the individual strengths and needs of youth as well as be gender specific (interventions that are sensitive 50 awards with a maximum of $200,000 per budget year
CONTACT:  LeBretia White at 866-796-1591 or fysb@dixongroup.com

Mentoring Children of Prisoners
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2009-ACF-ACYF-CV-0022.html
The purpose of the MCP program is to create quality, lasting, one-on-one relationships that provide young people with caring role models for future success.  In collaboration with networks of public and private entities, MCP grantees match children, ages four up to age 18, with a screened and trained adult volunteer for a one-on-one (one adult matched with one youth) mentoring relationship.  Caring adult mentors interact with mentees on a regular and consistent basis to provide support, encouragement, and advice; providing opportunities for mentees to gain new skills and interests and expand their experiences beyond their families, schools, and neighborhoods. An applicant must be a non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) status. Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply under this announcement. Applications are due June 19, 2009
AWARD AMOUNT: 70 awards with a maximum of $1,000,000 Gloria Watkins at 866-796-1591 or FYSB@dixongroup.com
[posted on HHS CFBCI Listserv - April 29, 2009]

Managing evidence-based knowledge: the need for reliable, relevant and readable resources

Sharon Straus,R. Bryan Haynes
Canadian Medical Association CMAJ • April 28, 2009; 180 (9).
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/180/9/942
“……Nowadays few would argue against the need to base clinical decisions on the best available evidence. In practice, however, clinicians face serious challenges when they seek such evidence.
Research-based evidence is generated at an exponential rate, yet it is not readily available to clinicians. When it is available, it is applied infrequently. A systematic review 1 of studies examining the information-seeking behaviour of physicians found that the information resource most often consulted by physicians is textbooks, followed by advice from colleagues. The textbooks we consult are frequently out of date, 2 and the advice we receive from colleagues is often inaccurate. 3 Also, nurses and other health care professionals refer only infrequently to evidence from systematic reviews in clinical decision-making.”  [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity Listserv]

MedlinePlus Health Topic on Swine Flu
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/swineflu.html

Environmental Health and Toxicology Links on Swine Flu
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/swineflu.html
The National Library of Medicine Division of Specialized Information Services has released an Enviro-Health Links page on Swine Flu. This page contains links to resources about the 2009 Swine Flu outbreak, including transmission, prevention, treatment, and the genetic makeup of the influenza virus.

CDC has updated travel recommendations with regard to travel to Mexico.
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentSwineFluMexico.aspx

HealthMap added a page just for swine flu
http://www.healthmap.org/swineflu

Mental Health America News Release
April 27, 2009

From financial worries to family responsibilities, Americans are dealing with ever-increasing stress in their lives. To help handle these challenges, Mental Health America today launched an innovative public education campaign to provide people with tools to deal with stressful times. Called Live Your Life Well, it features a wealth of research-based information, coupled with strategies that can help combat stress and promote well-being. The heart of the program is the Live Your Life Well Web site (http://www.LiveYourLifeWell.org), which provides 10 evidence-based tools to bolster mental health. More information and help locating mental health resources, including mental health professionals, is available through Mental Health America and its affiliates across the country by contacting their Resource Center at  http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net.   Read the full news release at http://www.nmha.org/index.cfm?objectid=D8FDC791-1372-4D20-C81E69ABB44DAF46

CIGNA Foundation Grants
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2127
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Targeted grants in five areas: Health of Women, Children & Families, Obesity Awareness & Prevention, Patient/Doctor Communications & Health Literacy, Disparities in Health Care, and Connection Between a Healthy Mind & Body.

Walmart National Giving Program
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2122
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Funding to support the replication of a particularly innovative local or regional initiative at other sites around the country.

Project HealthDesign: Rethinking the Power and Potential of Personal Health Records
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2121
Application deadline: Jun 3, 2009
Funding to stimulate innovation in the development of personal health record (PHR) systems by transforming the concept of PHRs as data collection tools to PHRs as a foundation for action and improved health decision-making.

[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]

“Having limited knowledge of English can be dangerous for people having a heart attack, new research shows.”  From MedlinePlus News http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_83354.html

HHS Declares Public Health Emergency for Swine Flu
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/04/20090426a.html
The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a nationwide public health emergency declaration in response to recent human infections with a newly discovered swine influenza A (swine flu) virus.

From the CDC
CDC is working closely with state and local health departments as well as with health officials in Mexico, Canada and the World Health Organization to investigate the human cases of swine influenza. It is important to communicate that there is no human influenza pandemic at this time, but preparation and planning for pandemic influenza is critical.
Swine Influenza (Flu) page from CDC http://cdc.gov/swineflu/
CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of Swine Influenza - April 24th at 2:30PM ET http://www.cdc.gov/media/transcripts/2009/t090424.htm
Swine Flu video podcast http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=11226
CDC on Twitter http://twitter.com/cdcemergency.
RSS feed on Swine Flu
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/rss/?s_cid=tw_epr_54
CDC Health Advisory April 25, 2009
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/pdf/HAN_042509.pdf

World Health Organization http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html

-Chart: steps required to confirm suspected cases of swine fu - NYC Health Dept http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2009/pr015-09.shtml

Health Map: Global Disease alert map http://www.healthmap.org/en
Health Map on Twitter http://twitter.com/healthmap

NPR Q&A: Basic Information About Swine Flu http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103506962
Includes the difference between epidemic and pandemic

Target Stores Accepting Applications for Arts, Literacy, and Family Violence Prevention Grants
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=249700004
Grants of up to $3,000 will be awarded to nonprofits, schools, libraries, and public agencies working to improve the lives of children and families through the arts, reading, and violence prevention programs

Tides Foundation’s Death Penalty Mobilization Fund Seeks Proposals for State Strategies Programs
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=249800010
Two-year grants of up to $80,000 per year will be awarded to state-based nonprofits working to promote death penalty reform in the United States

Nature of Learning Grant Program Offers Support for Outdoor Classroom Programs
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=250300012
Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to schools, nonprofits, and local groups partnering with a National Wildlife Refuge to provide community-based environmental education

Elsevier Foundation Accepting Proposals for Innovative Libraries and New Scholars Programs
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=250100009
Grants of up to $150,000 will be awarded to libraries in developing countries working to make scientific, technical, and medical information available, and to academic and research communities working to help scholars achieve work/family balance

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seeks Proposals for Health Data Collection Program
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=249800006
Grants of up to $480,000 each will be awarded to teams of nonprofits or public entities working to demonstrate how data on daily patient behavior or symptoms can be integrated into the clinical care process.

American Psychiatric Foundation Invites Medical Students to Apply for Mental Health Service Project Funding
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=250300022
Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to medical schools whose students have created mental health community service projects, particularly in underserved minority neighborhoods.

[posted on PND RFP Bulletin (April 24, 2009)]

Aetna Foundation Announces Regional Community Health Grants Program Targeting Obesity and Health Literacy Grants of up to $50,000 will be given to nonprofits working to fight obesity or increase awareness of critical health initiatives in their communities….
Deadline: Various
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=247900026

Public Health Law Research Program Issues First Call for Proposals Grants of up to $400,000 will be awarded to nonprofits working to build evidence for and strengthen the use of effective regulatory, legal, and policy solutions to improve public health….
Deadline: 5/19/09 (Brief Proposals)
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=247900028