Other Events, Opportunities and Resources
EVENTS
We’re Still Here: Mental Health for Native American Populations in North Carolina
June 6, 2023, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Eastern
The 2023 IDEA Seminar Series is an opportunity for experts, professionals and students from a range of fields to discuss issues affecting mental health equity for all our communities. Our goal is to reduce barriers to productive dialogue and move forward in our common purpose of improving lives.
Panelists: Alicia Freeman, M.S., LCMHC, LCAS-A (UNC; moderator, Samantha Dale (Topa Consultancy LLC), Tonia Jacob Deese, MSW, LCSW (UNC), Anna Fetter, Ph.D., Ed.M. (UNC), Aaron Ginsburg, M.Ed., LCMHC, LCAS (UNC), Aleshia Hunt, MAEd (ECU), Tracie Locklear, Ph.D. (NCCU), Freida Saylor, DSW, MSW, LCSW, LCAS (Cherokee Indian Hospital), and Jessica Lambert Ward, MSW (UNC)
Mental Health for Latinx Populations in North Carolina
July 18, 2023, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Eastern
The 2023 IDEA Seminar Series is an opportunity for experts, professionals and students from a range of fields to discuss issues affecting mental health equity for all our communities. Our goal is to reduce barriers to productive dialogue and move forward in our common purpose of improving lives.
Panelists: Marcela Torres-Cervantes, M.Ed. (UNC; moderator), Yuri Alston, MSW (Ready for School, Ready for Life), Teresa Rivera Capcha, MSW, LCSWA (PachaYaku Therapy, PLLC), and Mauricio Yabar, MSW, LCSW, M.Ed. (UNC)
OPPORTUNITIES
Request for Information (RFI): Food is Medicine Research Opportunities
Respond by June 30, 2023
The NIH Office of Nutrition Research (ONR) has just released an interagency Request for Information (RFI) on Food is Medicine Research Opportunities. The RFI can be accessed at NOT-OD-23-107.
This government-wide collaboration includes 12 federal agencies and offices along with 16 NIH institutes, centers, and offices. This RFI invites input on research opportunities and best practices for Food is Medicine research programs. Input is sought on the following topic areas:
- Research
- Community Outreach and Engagement
- Education and Training
- Provision of Food is Medicine Services and Activities
- Coverage for Services
RESOURCES
Racial Disparities in Lung Cancer Start With Research
Improving lung cancer outcomes in Black communities will take more than lowering the screening age, experts say. Disparities are present in everything from the studies that inform when people should get checked to the availability of care in rural areas
READ ABOUT EFFORTS TO REDUCE LUNG CANCER RACIAL DISPARITIES'Video: Importance of Multisector Collaboration for Health Justice
The AAMC Center for Health Justice is committed to partnering with public health and community-based organizations, government and health care entities, the private sector, and community members to achieve the goal of better health for all. In 2022, the center convened a Multisector Partner Group to bring together people of diverse backgrounds and sectors to use their expertise and leadership to contribute to the work of the center. A new video features members of the Multisector Partner Group and highlights the importance of collaboration across sectors to achieve health justice.
WATCH THE VIDEOFind Neighborhoods Facing Health Disadvantages with the Area Deprivation Index
The PolicyMap team added a new dataset to help identify neighborhoods that are most socioeconomically disadvantaged to assist researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in guiding health resources and outreach efforts to areas in need. This information is provided by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Center for Health Disparities Research, who have published the Area Deprivation Index to summarize the social determinants of health in a precise geographic area – a neighborhood – noting socioeconomic conditions that can contribute to poor health outcomes.
LEARN ABOUT THE NEW DATASET'BELIEVE works to improve Black maternal health
A collaboration between Carolina and NC A&T is focused on strengthening birthing teams, including lactation consultants and doulas, and addressing the problem of Black maternal mortality and Black maternal health in general.
READ ABOUT 'BELIEVE' IN THE WELL'Podcast series: Health Equity in Rural Hospitals
This four-part podcast series from the National Rural Health Resource Center brings together a variety of voices to elaborate on the steps rural hospitals can take to implement sustainable health equity programs and efforts.
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST SERIES'ICYMI: 2022 National Health Equity Research Webcast Recording
CHER was proud to co-sponsor the National Health Equity Research Webcast: “Environmental Justice: The Science, the People, the Politics.” If you missed the September 16, 2022 webcast, you can now watch the recording.
WATCH THE WEBCAST'Health Equity and Behavioral Health Integration
A new resource from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Academy provides a brief overview of the role of behavioral health integration in reducing disparities in health and healthcare, and shares practical strategies and resources for ensuring integrated practices are advancing health equity.
SEE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCE'A Playbook for New Rural Healthcare Partnership Models of Investment
From PHI’s Build Healthy Places Network, the Playbook is an action-oriented guide designed for healthcare organizations who want to pursue partnerships with rural communities, economic development and other sectors, to create the community conditions that support improved health. It includes case studies from across the country and four core strategies used by healthcare entities as examples for future multi-sector rural partnerships to follow.
READ THE PLAYBOOK'Which strategies will make North Carolinians healthier?
Gillings School researchers say the focus should be on tobacco-use policies and excise taxes to reduce binge-drinking, sugary drinks and smoking.
READ ARTICLE IN 'THE WELL'Critical Term: Why are Black mothers and babies dying?
The latest documentary from WRAL News shines a light on the maternal and infant health crisis and how local programs are working to lower this rate.
WATCH 'CRITICAL TERM'Recap and Live Recording of ‘Housing as a Human Right: Next Steps to Health Equity’
If you missed the Housing as a Human Right webinar from Partners for Advancing Health Equity and Tulane University on Sept 26, the live recording is now available for viewing.
WATCH THE RECORDINGStudy Demonstrates Black and Hispanic People in NC Have Highest Risk of Dying at Home Due to COVID-19
David Wohl, M.D., member of the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases and professor of medicine in infectious diseases, and first author Jessie Edwards, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, examined the cumulative probability of dying at home from COVID-19 in a new study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
READ THE STUDYNIH Issues Data Management and Sharing Policy
The National Institutes of Health has issued its Data Management and Sharing Policy, which becomes effective on Jan. 25, 2023. The policy aims to promote the sharing of scientific data.
SEE DATA MANAGEMENT AND SHARING POLICYAdvancing Racial Equity in Maternal-Child Health and Addressing Disparities through a Reproductive and Birth Justice Lens
From 2014 to 2015, W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) partnered with the University of New Mexico evaluation team to conduct a study to examine if and how the Foundation’s investments in the strategies of folic acid initiative, home visiting, doulas, breastfeeding peer counselors and baby-friendly hospitals were improving maternal-child health in WKKF’s priority places in New Mexico.
EXPLORE THE WKKF REPORTAAMC Health Equity Public Opinion Polling
The AAMC Center for Health Justice conducts regular nationally representative polling to ask the public about the health equity issues that matter to them. Check out these research briefs and infographics to learn more about what communities have to say about their own opportunities for health.
EXPLORE THE PUBLIC OPINION POLLINGSupporting Communities and Local Public Health Departments During COVID-19 and Beyond: A Roadmap for Equitable and Transformative Change
In this new report, the Public Health Alliance of Southern California and the California Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity share policy, program, and resource recommendations and best practice examples to help ensure that local public health departments are adequately prepared to protect communities most vulnerable to the health and socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19, as well as future public health emergencies.
READ THE REPORTGrapevine Health Media Company
Grapevine Health is a data-driven health media company that delivers trusted health information to people where they are. They use technology and digital media to engage underserved communities in their health through relatable, culturally-appropriate multi-media content. They have a YouTube channel, Twitter account, podcast and more.
VISIT THE GRAPEVINE HEALTH WEBSITEEmergency Broadband Benefit Program
North Carolinians can get critical help to pay for high-speed internet from a $3.2 billion federal program opening in May for families and households working, learning and shopping from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in U.S. Health Care: A Scorecard of State Performance
The Commonwealth Fund has released a scorecard resource reflecting various measures of health care quality and access in all 50 states.
The article includes interactive resources for viewing and analyzing the data. The site includes a number of downloadable resources, including the Scorecard Report, slides and equity profiles by race/ethnicity.
BROWSE THE SCORECARD OF STATE PERFORMANCE
Marketplace podcast features UNC’s Dr. Emily Pfaff on long COVID research
Emily Pfaff, assistant professor of medicine at UNC and co-director of Informatics and Data Science at NC TraCS, talks with Marketplace about using artificial intelligence to analyze electronic health records, looking for patterns that might better identify the syndrome and treat patients.
LISTEN TO THE PODCASTTruth Check Social Media Training
The Center for Black Health & Equity’s new Truth Check gives participants the social media fact-checking skills needed to address misinformation, especially as it relates to COVID-19 and the vaccines.
TAKE THE TRAINING & FIND RESOURCESEquity and Inclusion Guiding Engagement Principles
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s Advisory Panel on Patient Engagement has developed the Equity and Inclusion Guiding Engagement Principles, a resource aimed at furthering health equity in research activities. Created after a review of the research practices and materials from a broad range of equity-minded stakeholders, the principles are designed to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is an explicit goal of research partnerships from the start. The principles are intended for any person or organization involved in the research community and include self-assessment questions, as well as practical suggestions for teams to incorporate into activities.
GET THE REPORTCommunity-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Hub
Through an engagement grant from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s Institute for Health Equity Research mobilized a taskforce aimed at supporting more CBPR projects on topics that matter to local communities. As a part of this project, they launched this digital research concierge service.
EXPLORE THE CBPR HUB2021 North Carolina Rural Health Snapshot
The NC Rural Health Leadership Alliance has released their 2021 snapshot of rural health in North Carolina. Covering demographics, health and economics, the report provides updated information in a full report and a one-page summary.
BROWSE THE NC RURAL HEALTH SNAPSHOTCOVID-19 Resources for Entrepreneurs
Find information, advice and financial support available from organizations across the region, state and beyond curated by Innovate Carolina.
UNC Research published a COVID-19 funding tracker with research funding opportunities.
Get COVID-19: Entrepreneur Resources from Innovate Carolina.
COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit
“Decisions about health, immunization, and new vaccines should never be unduly rushed without thorough investigation. The good news is that the information we need is available.
The Center for Black Health & Equity is proud to partner with The American Lung Association to provide a guide that will help us clarify scientific facts, answer key questions about vaccines, and make well-informed decisions for our health.”
EXPLORE THE COVID-19 VACCINE TOOLKITHDPulse Data Portal
The HDPulse Data Portal is a tool for locating and visualizing data on health disparities and minority health resources. The portal is a service of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
EXPLORE THE HDPULSE DATA PORTALHealthy People 2030
Healthy People 2030 from the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), part of the US Department of Health and Human Services, “identifies public health priorities to help individuals, organizations, and communities across the United States improve health and well-being. Healthy People 2030, the initiative’s fifth iteration, builds on knowledge gained over the first 4 decades.” (from the project page).
BROWSE THE HEALTHY PEOPLE 2030 SITENIH’s Minority Health and Health Disparities Strategic Plan 2021-2025: A Path to the Future
In late July 2021, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) published their 2021-2025 strategic plan. The plan includes three core categories with goals:
- Scientific Research.
- Research-Sustaining Activities.
- Outreach, Collaboration, and Dissemination.
The plan can be browsed online or downloaded as a PDF.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NIMHD STRATEGIC PLANThe Principles of Trustworthiness
The Principles of Trustworthiness work from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) includes video, toolkit and workshop resources.
from the project website
In 2021, the AAMC Collaborative for Health Equity: Act, Research, Generate Evidence (CHARGE) — the AAMC’s national collaborative of health equity scholars, practitioners and community partners — gathered perspectives from a diverse set of 30 community members from across the United States regarding trust, COVID-19 and clinical trial participation.
These 10 Principles of Trustworthiness integrate local perspectives with established precepts of community engagement to guide health care, public health and other organizations as they work to demonstrate they are worthy of trust. The AAMC Center for Health Justice, launching later in 2021, will continue this work to support organizations right now and in the future as they partner with communities and the many sectors that serve them to develop ways to shift our society toward health equity and justice.
EXPLORE THE PRINCIPLES OF TRUSTWORTHINESSStructural Racism Booklet: Research and Policy Analyses
The National Prevention Science Coalition released a 40-page booklet of factsheets featuring experts in a wide range of fields. The factsheets provide evidence for structural racism across social systems. They include data on negative impacts of racist processes and recommend public policies to change them.
DOWNLOAD THE STRUCTURAL RACISM BOOKLET