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Funding Opportunities
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Flex Rural Veterans Health Access Program
HHS/HRSA
Deadline is February 8, 2016
VHCF: Virginia Health Safety Net Grants
Deadline is March 2, 2016
Increasing Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Rural Primary Care Practices
HHS
Deadline is March 4, 2016
Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program
HHS/HRSA
Deadline is March 4, 2016
Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grants
USDA/RD
Deadline is March 14, 2016
National Health Education Lupus Program
HHS/OMH
Deadline is April 18, 2016
Learn more
Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (R01).
HHS/NIH
Deadline is May 7, 2016.
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Like the Virginia's Congregations for Million Hearts Facebook Page!
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February is American Heart Month
This is a good time to start adopting some heart-healthy habits! Here are some suggestions:
- Add physical activity to your daily routine
- Make healthy eating swaps, such as using fresh or dried herbs and spices instead of salt
- Quit smoking
Heart Month Links:
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NIH launches public health campaign on link between hypertension and brain health
HHS, February 3, 2016
A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that uncontrolled high blood pressure is not only the leading cause of stroke but may also be linked to cognitive decline and dementia.
On February 3, the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is launching a public health education campaign called Mind Your Risks. The campaign is designed to raise awareness about how controlling the risk factors for stroke in middle age, particularly high blood pressure, may reduce the risk of cognitive decline later in life.
"We hope that this campaign will lead people to think about how they can decrease their chances of developing dementia later in life. The Mind Your Risks campaign will offer some concrete prevention steps. Controlling hypertension is at the top of the list," said Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D. director of the NINDS.
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Challenges Members to Promote Health Equity and Health in All Policies
PR Newswire, February 2, 2016
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and ASTHO President and Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner
Edward Ehlinger have issued the 2016 ASTHO President's Challenge:
Advancing Health Equity and Optimal Health for All.
The challenge is based on the Triple Aim of Health Equity, a framework weaving together three core elements of public health practice and policy which recognize that health status is influenced by a host of factors-most of them outside the healthcare system. The 2016 challenge calls upon states and territories to:
(1) expand their understanding of what creates health
(2) implement a Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach with health equity as the goal
(3) strengthen community capacity to create their own healthy future.
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D.C. Council passes health care cultural competency bill
Metro Weekly, February 3, 2016
The D.C. Council on Tuesday approved a first-of-its-kind bill that would require all licenses, certified and registered health care professionals to undergo cultural competency training on health challenges that specifically affect members of the LGBT community.
The bill, which passed unanimously, would require health care professionals to receive two credits of instruction on treating and establishing clinical relationships patients who are LGBT, gender nonconforming, or questioning.
Public Health and You: Community health workers pave the way
AZ Daily Sun, February 1, 2016
Betsy, an elderly woman whose only spoken language is Navajo, had test results that were indicative of some serious health issues which could lead to diabetes-induced blindness and kidney failure. However, her doctor's messages were not coming across to her very clearly, which is common for those whose first language is not English.
Providing culturally competent and efficient clinical care in remote and/or underserved areas continues to be a challenge for health care providers. However, community health workers (CHWs) could pave the way for increased care coordination.
Hispanic Millennial in the US Have Different Health Attitudes From Those in Latin America
Latin Post, January 29, 2016
A national study was recently conducted and delved into the health patterns and attitudes of young Hispanic adults, or more specifically, millennial. The results showed that there are huge differences in the way Latinos born in the United States perceive health, compared to their counterparts born abroad.
Houston Chronicle wrote that the new study, dubbed "The Hispanic Millennial Study," was unveiled in Houston, which cited several differences between Latinos born in the U.S. and those born abroad. For example, Latinos living in the U.S. had described health as a state of happiness, while the foreign-born Latinos defined the term as the absence of illness.
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What to Expect From Rural Health Care Professionals
KURL-8 News, February 2, 2016
In many areas of Montana, it is a struggle to find and retain a medical staff, which can make it heard for residents in the rural parts of the state to get consistent health care.
A study done by MSU found that in rural areas, you are more likely to see a nurse practitioner than a medical doctor. For many, hearing you will be seeing a nurse practitioner may sound like you are getting less when in reality, there isn't much they cant do.
Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist/Educator Program
APN-PLACE and ODU Graduate School of Nursing
Fall 2015 marked the launch of a dynamic new preceptorship program called the Advanced Practice Nurse - Practicum Link and Clinical Education (APN-PLACE). APN-PLACE aims to improve the quality of the preceptor experience for both preceptors and Advanced Practice Nursing students in the Commonwealth of Virginia and beyond. The program allows for APN students to train within medically-underserved, rural regions in Virginia.
APN-PLACE develops both a network and infrastructure to enable rural health care clinics, including federally-qualified health centers (FQHC) and free clinics serving medically-underserved populations (MUP), to act as Community Partner preceptor sites. Through innovative telehealth technologies, APN-PLACE enables students residing in rural communities to study in "virtual classrooms" within their region.
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