Congratulations to the Massachusetts Action Coalition—and youths who will benefit—for its newly produced anti-vaping curricula resource guide, designed for various grades. The guide, supported in part by the Campaign’s Nursing Innovations Fund, is a result of mighty collaboration with organizations throughout the state.
Read, and Act: New Future of Nursing Report Now Interactive
Following last month’s release of The Future of Nursing: 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Create Health Equity
comes a toolkit that helps turn its findings into action. In an interactive website rich with resources, the National Academy of Medicine delves into the challenges the report lays out, and invites all to take steps to “unleash the power of the nurse to achieve health equity for all.”
CMS Tool Guides Clinicians in Asking About Social Needs
From its Accountable Health Communities Model, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid now offers a questionnaire that helps clinicians learn about individuals’ unmet health-related social needs, such as food insecurity and unstable housing. The Health-Related Social Needs Screening Tool (HRSN) helps staff to take the next step of connecting beneficiaries with community resources.
Vermont on June 7 became the 36th state to enact the Nurse Licensure Compact. That means that, come February 2022, when the law is implemented, Vermont nurses may practice in other NLC jurisdictions—and it means that more Americans will have improved access to more health care providers and better care.
Even as more Americans become fully vaccinated against COVID-19, some populations in the U.S. have lower rates of vaccination. Among Hispanic people, it’s lack of access as well as “hesitancy,” notes Adriana Perez, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Campaign adviser and a nurse expert featured in a series of informational videos from Elite Learning.
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
ANA Seeks Nominees for Committees
The American Nurses Association has issued its annual call for nominations for appointed positions, along with a list of the boards and committees with openings. Among the seven groups seeking people’s time and attention are the committees on the Minority Fellowship Program, on bylaws, and on nursing practice standards. Deadline: June 23.
The National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program seeks to increase minority participation in lupus-related clinical trials to help to reduce lupus-related health disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minority populations. The Office of Minority Health offers grants for projects of up to two years. Deadline: June 29, 6 p.m. ET.
Family members may be instrumental helping patients with Type 2 diabetes adopt, tailor, and sustain health behaviors that support effective self-management. That’s why the Office of Minority Health offers grant funding for Family-Centered Approaches to Improving Type 2 Diabetes Control and Prevention initiative. Deadline: July 13, 6 p.m. ET.
Grant Encourages Use of Community Data To Close Health Disparities
The Office of Minority Health wants communities to use local data to develop tailored solutions that address health disparities. It invites nonprofit organizations, community and faith-based organizations, and foundations to apply for its Accessing Social Determinants of Health Data Through Local Data Intermediaries Initiative. Deadline: July 28, 6 p.m. ET.
Johnson & Johnson invites nurses and students to submit their nurse-led novel concepts, protocols, treatment approaches, and consumer product ideas with the potential to help improve access to care amid the pandemic environment and beyond. Winners receive up to $100,000 and mentoring from J&J. The Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge deadline is August 6.
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.
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