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Association of Minority Health
Professions Schools (AMHPS)
“Enhancing Professional Education, Research Infrastructure, and Capacity
Building in Minority Serving Institutions.” |
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The AMHPS is an umbrella organization whose membership includes twelve
historically black medical, nursing and allied health sciences, dental, pharmacy and veterinary schools (12
schools). Together, these institutions are regarded
as the nation’s primary educators of minority health professionals and
leading authorities on minority health. The AMHPS serves to engage the
collective resources, scholarship and technology of its member
institutions to facilitate and promote optimum health among poor and
minority people. |
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This cooperative agreement addresses the performance of executive
agency actions under Executive Order 13256, to advance the development of
human potential, to strengthen the capacity of Historically Black Colleges
and Universities (HBCUs), to provide quality education, and to increase
opportunities to participate in and benefit from Federal programs. The
agreement also addresses the "Healthy People 2010" focus areas
of Educational and Community-Based Programs and Public Health
Infrastructure, as well as CDC's goals to achieve healthy communities,
institutions and schools. |
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The purpose of the program announcement is to: |
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Assist
organizations which provide support for the advancement of professional
development, education, and research and training for racial and ethnic
minorities. |
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Specifically, the program is intended to assist these
organizations
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Build and strengthen institutional infrastructure
supporting the development and implementation of effective programs
to advance professional development, education, and research
training for racial and ethnic minorities. |
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Improve program and institutional capacity to foster community leadership
development, promote community mobilization strategies and community resource
development, and encourage partnerships and coalition building. |
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Enhance quantitative and qualitative research
efforts of the participating institutions. |
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Strengthen the educational and professional
development of minority health professionals and educators. |
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Support student training initiatives in order to
introduce public health to racial and ethnic minority students. |
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Project Period: |
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Five Years |
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Learn more about the AMHPS |
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Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI)
“Enhancing Professional Education, Research Infrastructure, and Capacity
Building in Minority Serving Institutions.” |
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OMHD funds the Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) to implement the “Research
Initiative for Student Enhancement (RISE)” project. RISE provides research
training experiences for racial and ethnic minority graduate, medical and
post-baccalaureate students. |
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This program addresses the performance of executive agency actions under
Executive Order 13256, to advance the development of human potential, to
strengthen the capacity of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs),
to provide quality education, and to increase opportunities to participate in
and benefit from Federal programs. |
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The program also addresses the “Healthy
People 2010” focus areas of Educational and Community-Based Programs, and Public
Health Infrastructure, as well as CDC's goals to achieve healthy communities and
schools. |
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The purpose of the program is to: |
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Assist organizations which provide support for the advancement of professional
development, education, and research and training for racial and ethnic
minorities. |
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Specifically, the program is intended to: |
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Build and strengthen institutional infrastructure supporting the development and
implementation of innovative organizational strategies and effective programs to
advance professional development, education, and research training for racial
and ethnic minorities. |
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Improve program and institutional capacity to foster community leadership
development, promote community mobilization strategies and community resource
development, and encourage partnerships and coalition building. |
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Enhance quantitative and qualitative research efforts of the participating
institutions. |
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Strengthen the educational and professional development of minority health
professionals and educators. |
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Support student training initiatives in order to introduce public health to
racial and ethnic minority students. |
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Project Period: |
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Five Years |
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Learn more about KKI
Learn more about the RISE Program |
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Morehouse College/Public
Health Sciences Institute (MC/PHSI)
"Increasing the Knowledge and Skills of Underrepresented
Minority Students in the Areas of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and
Occupational Safety and Health." |
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This program addresses the “Healthy People 2010”
focus areas: Access to Quality Health Services, Educational and
Community-Based Programs, and Public Health Infrastructure. The
program also addresses the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970,
which assures safe and healthful working conditions for working men and
women and provides research, information, education and training in the
field of occupational safety and health. |
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In
addition, the program addresses the performance of executive agency
actions under Executive Order 13256, to advance
the development of human potential, to strengthen the capacity of
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), to provide quality education, and to increase
opportunities to participate in and benefit from Federal programs.
The program also addresses CDC's goals to achieve healthy schools,
workplaces, and global health. |
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The purpose of the program is to: |
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Increase the knowledge, skills,
and research training of disadvantaged minority students including
racial and ethnic minorities who are under-represented in the areas of
biostatistics and epidemiology, and occupational safety and health. |
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Specifically, the program is intended to assist
Minority Institutions of Higher Education (MIHE) to:
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Develop an undergraduate research training and internship program for African
American and other under-represented minority students. |
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Increase the knowledge and skills of African American and other underrepresented
undergraduate minority students in specific categories of specialization (i.e.
epidemiology, biostatistics and occupational safety and health). |
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Expand the educational and applied public health research
training and skills development opportunities and experiences in the
specific fields of specialization (epidemiology, biostatistics and
occupational safety and health) for disadvantaged minority
students who are interested in pursuing public health careers. |
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Develop and implement a public health science curriculum at an
MIHE. |
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Foster linkages and collaboration among students and faculty in
developing epidemiological and analytical knowledge base for the
health status of minority and disadvantaged minority students in America. |
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Increase the number of disadvantaged minority students with advanced degrees in
epidemiology, biostatistics, and occupational safety and health. |
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Project Period: |
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Five Years |
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My Brother’s Keeper, Inc. (MBK)
“Strengthening Existing National Organizations Serving
Racial and Ethnic Populations Capacity Development Programs: Strategies to
Advance Program Implementation, Coordination, Management, and Evaluation
Efforts.” |
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OMHD funds My Brothers Keeper, Inc. (MBK) to implement
the “Community-based Approaches to Capacity Building Assistance (CBA2) Project". |
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CBA2 utilizes innovative strategies to strengthen organizational capacity in the
health disparities areas of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer. CBA2 also
provides programmatic and organizational support in the form of training and technical
assistance to strengthen community based organizations. |
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This program addresses
the “Healthy People 2010” focus areas of Educational and Community-Based Programs
and Health Communication targeting a variety of public health issues affecting
racial and ethnic minority populations, as well as CDC's goals to achieve
healthy communities. |
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The purpose of the program is to: |
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Support and strengthen existing National and Regional Minority Organizations (NMOs/RMOs)
that engage in health advocacy, promotion, education and preventive health care
with the intent of improving the health and well-being of racial and ethnic
minority populations. |
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Specifically, the program is intended to assist NMOs &/or RMOs in: |
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Expanding and enhancing culturally and linguistically appropriate health
educational and community-based programs targeting racial and ethnic minorities,
thereby contributing to the goal of eliminating health disparities within the
racial and ethnic population. |
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Promoting and advancing policy analysis efforts, program assessment and program
development activities, formative evaluation, training and technical assistance
programs, and project management. |
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Strengthening coalition building and collaboration and leadership that improve
the health status and access to programs for racial and ethnic minority
populations. |
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Providing innovative capacity-building assistance to support and strengthen
minority community-based organizations in management, fiscal management, and
program operations. |
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Project Period: |
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Four Years |
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Nashville General Hospital at Meharry (NGHM)
“Strengthening Existing National Organizations Serving
Racial and Ethnic Populations Capacity Development Programs: Strategies to
Advance Program Implementation, Coordination, Management, and Evaluation
Efforts.” |
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The NGHM Center for Lifestyle and Health
Management is a cooperative agreement sponsored by the CDC / OCPHP / OMHD and
the NIH / NCMHD. |
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The center provides primary risk prevention and
wellness services as well as secondary management services to racial and ethnic
groups suffering from diabetes or CVD or both. The program is designed
primarily for those persons with mild hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, early
diabetes, mild to moderate obesity; or those with family histories of CVD or
related complications. |
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This cooperative agreement supports the CDC
goals:
(1) Healthy People in Every Stage of Life, and
(2) Healthy People in Healthy Places. |
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The purpose of the program is to: |
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The CLHM seeks to provide an educational risk reduction program for individuals
vulnerable to complications of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. In
collaboration with primary care physicians, encourage clients to make lifestyle
changes through a series of educational modules targeting: exercise, nutrition,
weight control, smoking cessation and stress management. |
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Specifically, the program is intended to: |
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Control adverse health outcomes among the residents of North Nashville who are
diagnosed with any of the associated risk factors for diabetes or CVD or both. |
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Improve the quality of life for residents of North Nashville who have
pre-diabetes or cardiovascular risks, as well as for those patients now
suffering from diabetes or CVD. |
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Reduce the secondary and territory health consequences and effects such as
dialysis, amputations, and obesity in patients who would otherwise continue to
have unmanaged hypertension or diabetes or both. |
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Achieve both cost savings within, and reduced systemic burdens on, the local
health care safety net facilities from patients and residents suffering from
diabetes or CVD or the associated pre-disease risk factors. |
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Educate NGHM and area safety net physicians and other providers, as well as
patients and their families about the risk factors and triggers associated with
diabetes, CVD, stroke, and the medical and lifestyle alternatives which will
help prevent and treat these conditions. |
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Empower patients and their families to manage their own health and wellness
independently, to know when and where to seek further help, and to reduce their
need for medical care. |
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Project Period: |
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3 Years |
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Grants |
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Center for Minority Health, Education Research &
Outreach (MiHERO) GRANT
University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) |
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Principal Investigator: |
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Jamboor K. Vishwanatha,
Ph.D. |
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The purpose of the Grant is to: |
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The purpose of this grant is to develop a Minority Health, Education, Research
and Outreach (MiHERO) Center.
This initiative will build upon ongoing research programs, clinical care, and
educational efforts (including community engagement programs) aimed to
understand the underlying causes of disparities and devising innovative
strategies to ultimately eliminate them.
The MiHERO Center takes an interdisciplinary approach to address the multiple
factors influencing infant mortality and cancer at different levels in order to
take a multilevel approach to outreach activities.
Health disparities are conceptualized as the result of complex interactions
among biological, psychosocial, and environmental risk and protective factors
that accumulate across a life course and influence not only the outcome of an
individual, but also those of subsequent generations.
The goals for the first year of funding are:
(1) to provide a national leadership model in public health professional
education; and
(2) serve as a central resource for the minority communities in North Texas
to disseminate health information and promote participation in health
programs.
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Project Period: |
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1 Year |
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