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April 9 April 15, 2015
Conferences, Events, and Training Related to Health Disparities:

1) Webinar: How to Create Community Allies Using a Social Determinants Approach April 14, 2015
2) Family Health Talk Show: Peripheral Vascular Disease (Diseases of the Blood Vessels) April 16, 2015
3) Public Health Law Series Webinar: Local Immigration Laws and their Impact on Hispanic/Latino Health
April 16, 2015
4) Native Health Weekly Radio Show: Native Talk Arizona April 21, 2015
5) Webinar: Patient-Centered Medical Home: Implications for Community Health Centers Serving Asian
Americans & Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders April 22, 2015
6) Webinar: Diabetes in US Latino Communities - A Population Health Perspective April 30, 2015
7) Webinar: Promoting Healthy and Safe Relationships - Addressing and Preventing Dating Violence,
Sexual Violence on College Campuses April 30, 2015
8) Diversity Leadership Alliance Workshop: Understanding Mainstreams and Margins: YOUR Key
Leadership Skill May 7, 2015
9) 2nd National Walking Summit: Walking Is Going Places October 28-30, 2015
10) Webinar: Do the Right Thing Culturally Responsive Health Care and the Federally Mandated CLAS
Standards anytime

1) Webinar: How to Create Community Allies Using a Social Determinants Approach

Sponsored by: Bernalillo County (NM) Place Matters
Date: April 14, 2015
Time: 10:00 am 11:00 am Arizona Time
https://www.anymeeting.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EB57DA81894D30

2) Family Health Talk Show: Peripheral Vascular Disease (Diseases of the Blood Vessels)
Presented by: Southwest Prostate Cancer Foundation and Arizona Smokers Helpline
Date: April 16, 2015
Time: 10 am 11 am Arizona Time
Radio Station: KXXT 1010AM

Online: www.familyvaluesradio.net (click left side of menu)

Call-in phone number: 602.296.3632
Contact: swprostatecancer@aol.com or (602) 547-3806
www.sw-prostatecancer.com
For more information, please go to Bookmarks panel on the left.

3) Public Health Law Series Webinar: Local Immigration Laws and their Impact on Hispanic/Latino
Health
Date: April 16, 2015
Time: 10:00 am 11:00 am Arizona time
https://www.networkforphl.org/webinars/2015/03/19/561/local_immigration_laws_and_their_impact_
on_hispaniclatino_health

4) Native Health Weekly Radio Show: Native Talk Arizona

Date: April 21, 2015
Time: 7:00 pm
Listen on www.radiophoenix.org or use your smartphone with Live365 or TuneIn mobile app

5) Webinar: Patient-Centered Medical Home: Implications for Community Health Centers Serving
Asian Americans & Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders
Date: April 22, 2015
Time: 12:00 1:00 pm Arizona Time
http://bit.ly/1EBuUCt

6) Webinar: Diabetes in US Latino Communities - A Population Health Perspective

Sponsored by: the Morehouse School of Medicine, National Hispanic Medical Association, Hispanic
Health Coalition of Georgia and the National Center for Primary Care
Date: April 30, 2015
Time: 10:00 am 11:00 am Arizona Time
https://spcna1.sabameeting.com/SiteRoots/main/Registrar/NewRegistration.jsp?event_id=00000062dd
766b014c2c145b9d00754c&locale=en_US&domain=/&sessionid=H3AO7IXEPV5ZYR2&ct=t%28HHCGA_
Webinar_Announcement3_21_2015%29

7) Webinar: Promoting Healthy and Safe Relationships - Addressing and Preventing Dating Violence,
Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Date: April 30, 2015
Time: 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Arizona Time
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4350521586093471490

8) Diversity Leadership Alliance Workshop: Understanding Mainstreams and Margins: YOUR Key
Leadership Skill
Date: May 7, 2015
Time: 8:00 am 12:00 pm Arizona time (Registration begins at 7:30 am)
Location: The Franciscan Renewal Center, 5802 E Lincoln Dr., Paradise Valley, AZ 85253 (Address may
also be listed as Scottsdale, AZ)
http://www.diversityleadershipalliance.net/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=247888

9) 2nd National Walking Summit: Walking Is Going Places

Sponsored by: America Walks and the Every Body Walk
Dates: October 28 30, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
http://www.walkingsummit.org/

10) Webinar: Do the Right Thing Culturally Responsive Health Care and the Federally Mandated CLAS
Standards
The time for culturally responsive health care is now. Not only is it the right thing to do, but key
elements are mandated by the federal CLAS standards (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate
Services). There is also a strong business case for culturally responsive health care; it drives patient
satisfaction, helps improve outcomes, and brings a degree of economic viability to what is essentially an
unfunded mandate. Unfortunately, many healthcare organizations find themselves either unfamiliar
with the standards or lagging in the development and implementation of strategies for full compliance.
During this webinar, Health Management Associates Principal Dr. Jeff Ring makes the case for socially
responsive health care and shows organizations how to take the necessary steps to make it work for
their patients and their organization.
https://vimeo.com/122328871

APRIL IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION

MONTH, NATIONAL DONOR AWARENESS MONTH &
JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH
S/W PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATIONS RADIO SHOW
SPONSORED BY ASHLINE ARIZONA SMOKERS HELPLINE
Presents Family Health Talk Show

Arizona Smokers Helpline

1-800-55-66-222
Ashline.org/help

What: Family Health Talk Show

Topic: Peripheral Vascular Disease (Diseases of the Blood Vessels)
Special Guest &
* Dr. Walter Schell, MD,
Presenters:
Dr. Tursha Hamilton N.M.D., Dr.Andriana Perez PhD,
Dr. Angela Marie Allen PhD., Ms. Lois Owens,
Fred Taylor, Executive Director of SWPCF
Thursday, April 16, 2015:
Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Where: Radio Station KXXT 1010 AM
Online www.familyvaluesradio1010.com
Call-in phone number: 602.977-1010

Dr. Walter Schell, is a Trauma vascular surgeon and wound care specialist at West Valley
Hospital and he is part of their Level 1 Trauma Center. He has over 20 years of cardiovascular
surgery in California & Oregon. Dr. Schell will provide the audience with a complete analysis
of Peripheral Vascular Disease. This refers to diseases of the blood vessels, arteries & Veins
located outside the heart & brain.

THE SHOW COVERS A VARIETY OF CANCERS INCLUDING PROSTATE CANCER, BREAST CANCER & COLON CANCER. A
MAJOR COMPONET OF THE SHOW WILL BE DISCUSSIONS BY HEATLH CARE PROFESSIONALS ON CANCER, IN ADDITION
HEALTHY LIVING FOR BOTH SEXES. S/WPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION/ FRED TAYLOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
P.O.BOX 12186, GLENDALE, AZ 602-547-3806 www.swprostatecancer.com

Cultural Competency and Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS):

1) Heath literacy and pharmacists: The need is clear

1) Heath literacy and pharmacists: The need is clear

Soojin Juns desire to become a pharmacist stemmed from personal experience taking care of her dying
father, a Korean immigrant. Jun, PharmD, now a pharmacist at Aurora Healthcare in Wisconsin, was her
fathers primary caretaker during his long battle with esophageal cancer. He was also diagnosed with
diabetes and was left with a complicated medication regimen that needed to be managed closely. A
second, consecutive hypoglycemic episode landed him in the hospital, where he died suddenly.
http://www.pharmacist.com/health-literacy-and-pharmacists-need-clear

Data, News, Articles and Policies Related to Health Disparities:

1) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Releases Report Called "Data for Health, Learning What Works"
2) Study: Asian-American Financial Diversity Overlooked
3) New report: 2015 State of Black America - Save Our Cities, Education, Jobs + Justice
4) New report: General Social Survey - Chronicling Changes in American Society
5) New Autism Awareness Infographic Available
6) Equity of Care Blog Post: Community Matters in Overcoming Inequalities
7) Leading Through Health System Change: A Public Health OpportunityMaternal and Child Health
Module
8) Promoting Children's Long-Term Health and Functioning: Applying a Life Course Approach to Pediatric
Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs

1) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Releases Report Called "Data for Health, Learning What Works"
Efforts to improve public health by collecting, analyzing, and sharing personal health data must first
address public concerns about privacy, transparency, and access, a report from the Data for Health
Advisory Committee, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, recommends.
Based on "listening sessions" held in five cities as part of RWJF's Data for Health initiative, the report,
Data for Health, Learning What Works (90 pages, PDF), highlights insights, concerns, and ideas for how
to harness data to improve health, including worries about privacy, security, and the potential for
misuse. The report then details recommendations from the committee which includes public health
practitioners, physicians, healthcare researchers, health technology and informatics experts, consumers,
and representatives of local government aimed at addressing these and other issues. Key
recommendations include updating policies governing personal data to account for new technologies
and security risks; establishing a "Bill of Rights" for individuals to access their own health data; investing
in data-sharing infrastructure and networks that integrate health with social and community services;
and launching a pilot Code for America data analytics program that would help municipalities promote
and achieve greater transparency in the use of public health data. The report also calls for a broad public
awareness campaign about the benefits of data sharing; the creation of a community resource scorecard
that would provide information on how communities are doing and facilitate comparisons across
communities; and the use of data generated by social media to capture real-time local and national

health trends.
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http3A__www.rwjf.org_content_dam_farm_reports_reports_2015_rwjf418628&d=AwIGaQ&c=7xsdzXc1VkZ
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2) Study: Asian-American Financial Diversity Overlooked

Are Asian-Americans so very wealthy? Media reporting of late suggests a monolithic rise of AsianAmerican prosperity, but a new study breaks down financial data among the various sub-groups in the
Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) demographic to show a nuanced view of the various s
obstacles that face those who identify as AAPI.
http://www.diversityinc.com/news/study-asian-american-financial-diversity-overlooked-2/

3) New report: 2015 State of Black America - Save Our Cities, Education, Jobs + Justice
Now in its 39th edition, this report serves as a benchmark and source for thought leadership around
racial equality in America across economics (including employment, income and housing), education,
health, social justice and civic engagement.
http://soba.iamempowered.com/sites/soba.iamempowered.com/files/SOBA2015%20Executive%20Sum
mary.pdf

4) New report: General Social Survey - Chronicling Changes in American Society

This report explores a broad range of social determinants of health.
http://www.apnorc.org/PDFs/GSS/GSSOverviewReport_FINAL.pdf

5) New Autism Awareness Infographic Available

April is Autism Awareness Month. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) has a
new Autism Awareness Infographic to help communities increase awareness about the issues of
wandering in Children with Autism, enabling them to better address these issues in communities.
http://www.missingkids.com/en_US/documents/AutismAwareInfographic.pdf

6) Equity of Care Blog Post: Community Matters in Overcoming Inequalities

In a recent Equity of Care blog post, PI Managing Director Leslie Mikkelsen discusses how healthcare

entities are increasingly looking outside their own walls, and to the community, for ways to overcome
health inequalities.
http://www.equityofcare.org/inc-eqcare/dhtml/blog-article.dhtml?dcrpath=HRET/blogentry/data/20150302

7) Leading Through Health System Change: A Public Health OpportunityMaternal and Child Health
Module
This module is designed to assist state and territorial Title V agencies in planning and implementing
programs in an environment of health reform and health system transformation. The module describes
a five-step planning process and practice examples. Each example guides users in defining a question,
collecting information, selecting an option, applying adaptive actions, and creating a simplified
implementation plan.
http://ghpc.gsu.edu/files/2015/02/MCHPlanningToolWorkbook_web.pdf

8) Promoting Children's Long-Term Health and Functioning: Applying a Life Course Approach to
Pediatric Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs
This report presents findings from a study to determine the current status and future promise of
applying life course theory (LCT) to pediatric care for children with special health care needs (CSHCN).
Topics include LCT as a conceptual framework for maternal and child health, the interface between LCT
and CSHCN (what's in the literature and findings from key information interviews), the potential
application of life course in pediatric care, and a life course implementation framework for pediatric
practices. Recommendations for next steps are included.
http://cshcn.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Promoting-Childrens-Long-TermHealth-and-Functioning.pdf

Funding Opportunities Related to Health Disparities:

1) MAC AIDS Fund U.S. Community Grants: Food and Nutrition Program Deadline: May 1, 2015
2) Pfizer Independent Grants for Learning and Change: Improving Care of Chronic Pain-Physician Groups
and Health Systems Deadline: May 1, 2015 Letter of Intent
3) So Delicious Dairy Free: The 140 Difference Micro-Grant Deadline: May 12, 2015
4) AZ Governors Office for Children, Youth and Families: AmeriCorps State Grant Program Deadline:
May 14, 2015
5) The CIBA Foundation Deadline: Rolling
6) AdminiTrust LLC: May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust: People with Disabilities Program Deadline:
Rolling
7) Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools (LMSB2S) Grants Deadline: Rolling
8) Alliance for Biking and Walking: The League of American Bicyclists: Advocacy Advance Rapid Response
Grant Deadline: Rolling
9) Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC): Rural Health Care (RHC): Healthcare Connect Fund
(HCF) Program Deadline: Rolling
10) Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC): Rural Health Care (RCH): Telecommunications
Program Deadline: Rolling

1) MAC AIDS Fund U.S. Community Grants: Food and Nutrition Program Deadline: May 1, 2015
Purpose: to support bold and innovative projects that confront the AIDS epidemic, with a specific focus
on people who are most neglected, off the radar, and at highest risk. Projects are expected to deal
directly with the most marginalized, stigmatized, and under-heard victims. The program supports
projects that help people living with HIV/AIDS meet their daily needs through delivering nutritional
meals, operating food pantries, and linking individuals in need to government-sponsored initiatives,
such as the Food Stamps program.
Eligible Applicants: Consortia, and Non Profits
Award: up to $25,000 per award
Contact: (212) 965-6300 or macaidsf@maccosmetics.com
http://www.macaidsfund.org/thework/applications

2) Pfizer Independent Grants for Learning and Change: Improving Care of Chronic Pain-Physician
Groups and Health Systems Deadline: May 1, 2015 Letter of Intent
Purpose: to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based innovations that align the mutual interests of the
healthcare professional, patients, and the funding agency by supporting independent professional
education activities. This program specifically seeks to support organizations with a focus in health care
professional education and/or quality improvement, with projects related to performance improvement
in physician group and systems settings focusing on management of patients with chronic pain.
Professional education may also be supported.
Eligible Applicants: Local Government, Academic Institutions, Non Profits, State Government
Total of amount: $2,000,000
Amount of awards: up to $300,000 per award
Contact: Robert Kristofco at robert.kristofco@pfizer.com
http://www.pfizer.com/responsibility/grants_contributions/request_proposals

3) So Delicious Dairy Free: The 140 Difference Micro-Grant Deadline: May 12, 2015
Purpose: to provide small-scale awards to support projects driven by creative ideas. Project ideas should
be simple and capable of being communicated in 140 characters or less. Project ideas will be submitted
via social media accounts.
Eligible Applicants: Local Government, Academic Institutions, Consortia, Native American Tribe, Non
Profits, Private Sector, Schools/School Districts, State Government
Total amount: $30,000
Range of awards: $140 $2,500
Contact: (541) 338-9400
http://sodeliciousdairyfree.com/the-140-difference

4) AZ Governors Office for Children, Youth and Families: AmeriCorps State Grant Program Deadline:
May 14, 2015
Purpose: to support the establishment or continuation of AmeriCorps programs in Arizona that will
enable organizations to address local community needs. Projects may address one of the following
national objectives: disaster services, economic opportunity, education, environmental stewardship,
healthy futures, veterans and military families. Applicants are highly encouraged to address the
following priority areas: substance abuse prevention, civic learning and engagement, third grade reading
proficiency, high school graduation, violence against women and human trafficking
Eligible Applicants: Local Government, Academic Institutions, Consortia, Native American Tribe, Non
Profits, Schools/School Districts, State Government, Tribal Organizations/Institutions.
Actual Funds: $2,444,196 (Confirmed)
Contact: Sarah Bean at sbean@az.gov

http://gocyf.az.gov/GrantInfo/ASG.asp

5) The CIBA Foundation Deadline: Rolling

Purpose: to support charitable organizations seeking to enrich and improve the lives of disadvantaged
and disabled children and others in need. Funds must be used for a specific purpose that has an
immediate impact on those in need.
Eligible Applicants: Non Profits
Contact: (818) 638-8525 or info@cibafoundation.com
http://www.cibafoundation.com/

6) AdminiTrust LLC: May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust: People with Disabilities Program
Deadline: Rolling
Purpose: to strengthen supportive services for adults and youth transitioning to adulthood with
intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities in order to maximize their ability to live
independently and integrate into their communities. In addition, programs that support caregivers,
including respite services and assistance with care transition planning by parents of adult children with
disabilities, will be supported.
Eligible applicants: 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that primarily serve adults and youth transitioning
to adulthood with intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/DDs) or physical disabilities. Organizations
must generally serve people in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. However, a small number of awards may
be provided to advance the work of national organizations that are vetting, documenting, and/or
sharing research-based best practices.
Contact: (415) 332-0166 or grantsmanager@adminitrustllc.com
http://www.adminitrustllc.com/may-and-stanley-smith-charitable-trust/

7) Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools (LMSB2S) Grants Deadline: Rolling

Purpose: to ensure that all children have daily access to fresh fruits and vegetables by donating salad
bars to school districts and independent schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program
(NSLP). Recipients must offer the salad bar as part of the reimbursable meal they provide. Salad bar
packages will be awarded based on a formula that takes into account the applicant's readiness to
implement a salad bar lunch program and the application date. Salad bar packages will consist of: one
portable 72-inch, five-well insulated salad bar, two tray slides, five pan chillers, divider bars, two 4-inch
deep full pans with covers, four 4-inch deep half pans with covers, 12 4-inch deep quarter pans with
covers, five buffet chilling pads, and 16 serving tongs
Eligible Applicants: Schools/School Districts

Contact: info@saladbars2schools.org
http://www.saladbars2schools.org/get-a-salad-bar/schools/application-guidelines/

8) Alliance for Biking and Walking: The League of American Bicyclists: Advocacy Advance Rapid
Response Grant Deadline: Rolling
Purpose: to help state and local advocacy organizations take advantage of unexpected opportunities in
order to win, increase, or preserve public funding for biking and walking. Support is intended for
unforeseen opportunities, short-term campaigns, or to push campaigns into the end-zone. Projects
should increase or preserve investments in active transportation in communities.
Eligible Applicants: Non Profits
Range of awards: $1,000 $3,000
Contact: Christy Kwan at (202) 621-5459 or Christy@AdvocacyAdvance.org
http://www.advocacyadvance.org/grants

9) Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC): Rural Health Care (RHC): Healthcare Connect
Fund (HCF) Program Deadline: Rolling
Purpose: to provide a discount for eligible telecommunications services, broadband connectivity, and
equipment that is vital to the functionality of the service. This program encourages the formation of
state and regional health care consortia, and supports individual health care providers.
Eligible Applicants: Local Government, Academic Institutions, Consortia, Non Profits, and Private Sector
Contact: (800) 453-1546 or RHC-Assist@usac.org
http://www.usac.org/rhc/healthcare-connect/

10) Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC): Rural Health Care (RCH): Telecommunications
Program Deadline: Rolling
Purpose: to defray the cost of telecommunication services for rural health care providers that use
telecommunication services to provide medical care to people in rural areas. The goal of this program is
to allow rural health care providers to obtain telecommunication services at rates that are comparable
to urban providers and to facilitate the creation of broadband networks dedicated to health care.
Eligible Applicants: Local Government, Academic Institutions, Consortia, Non Profits, and Private Sector
Contact: (800) 453-1546 or RHC-Assist@usac.org
http://www.usac.org/rhc/