Congratulations to the National Association of Hispanic Nurses, awarded with this year’s Hispanic Health Leadership Award from the National Hispanic Medical Association. NAHN thanked the medical association “for helping NAHN celebrate the culture, caring, and spirit of Hispanic nurses who are the leading voice of health in our communities.”
Donna E. Shalala, PhD, led the study committee that produced the first National Academy of Medicine study on the future of nursing in 2010. Mary K. Wakefield, PhD, RN, co-chairs the study committee of the forthcoming, second report. They talk about what’s been accomplished, what’s ahead, and how the pandemic has shaped nursing’s future.
Besser and Burnes Bolton Discuss Nurses, Public and Community Health
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President and CEO Richard Besser, MD, and Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN, senior vice president and chief health equity officer at L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, kicked off the Campaign’s recent “The Future of Nursing: Passion, Purpose and Progress” event, talking about ideas to reframe nursing to advance health equity.
Two Paths, One Goal: Create Equity Through Nursing
Antonia Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN, recalls one of her first nursing jobs at a clinic for migrant farmworkers. Marcus Henderson, MSN, RN, found his voice at a young age—and as a biracial American, has used it. At the Campaign for Action summit, the first-generation college grads spoke of their leadership roles today.
AARP Foundation President Lauds Nurses’ Essential Roles
AARP Foundation’s mission is to create a world in which no older adult feels vulnerable. That’s one reason, says its president, that it started the Center to Champion Nursing in America in 2007, along with AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In a recent talk, Lisa Marsh Ryerson also talked of how nurses are essential links in communities.
Penn Nursing scientist and Campaign adviser Adriana Perez, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, has earned a grant from the National Institute on Aging to study the exercise-related reasons older Latinos experience a disproportionate burden of cognitive disease. “Tiempo Juntos para la Salud” (Time Together for Health) will test a multilevel intervention.
Every community welcomes leadership, and now’s the time to get involved: AARP and the Nurses on Boards Coalition seek nurses to represent AARP on community boards working to improve patient care, support family caregivers, build healthier communities and advocate for policies that lead to better health and well-being.
Action Coalitions: What’s Up? Tell Us So That We Can Share
Fans of the Campaign for Action like to learn what’s happening in other states. But we might not know your stories. Help us celebrate your efforts and share details of progress by dropping a note to Aidan McCallion at
[email protected]. We’ll spread the news through news posts, social media, and the Campaign Update.
Funding, Tools, and Other Opportunities
New - AARP Foundation Seeks Applications for Two Grants
AARP Foundation seeks to support projects that advance economic opportunity among low-income older adults, and offers two funding opportunities for eligible organizations. One initiative is for direct service projects; the other is for education, outreach, or field-building. Pre-application Deadline: April 15, 5 p.m. ET.
New - Webinar Advises on Aid for Family Caregivers in Care Transitions
Join the AARP Public Policy Institute and The John A. Hartford Foundation on March 24 to hear from health system leaders who have implemented age-friendly policies and practices that support family caregivers at the point of hospital discharge and beyond. Webinar: 1 p.m. ET.
New - Fellows Sought to Be Interdisciplinary Research Leaders
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks applicants for its Interdisciplinary Research Leaders, a three-year national leadership development program designed to support new interdisciplinary, action-oriented research collaborations, in the name of achieving health equity. Deadline: May 5.
RWJF Funds Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health
What can we do today to create a better, more equitable tomorrow? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation invites scientists, anthropologists, artists, urban planners, community leaders and others who have new ideas that could alter the trajectory of health to apply for the Pioneering Ideas grant. No deadline.
AARP Purpose Prize, Community Challenge Open to Applicants
One program is for entrepreneurs 50 and over who are using their wealth of experience to improve the world. One program is for the innovators applying ideas to change communities in ways large and small. Both AARP’s Purpose Prize and its Community Challenge, with deadlines in late March and in April, are now accepting applications.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action program seeks proposals to measure the impact of collaborations across the nation’s fragmented medical, social, and public health systems—partnerships that allow organizations to better share in the costs, benefits, and influence that govern these initiatives. Grants are available for research to evaluate solutions. Deadline: June 9.
Campaign for Action Stakeholder Summit
Center to Champion Nursing in America. June 3-4.
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