NIHB Public Health Alerts

February 3, 2012

The Public Health Associate Program
Your public health career starts here!

As a Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) associate, you are a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employee assigned to work alongside state and local public health agency staff. The work you perform will help advance your career while having a significant impact on the community you serve. Upon completion of a two-year appointment, associates are qualified to compete for entry-level career positions at CDC and equivalent positions in public health organizations at the state, tribal, local, and territorial levels... Read More (PDF)

February 3, 2012

Brutal Crimes Grip an Indian Reservation

WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, Wyo. — At a boys’ basketball game here last month, Wyoming Indian High School, a perennial state power, was trading baskets with a local rival. The players, long-limbed and athletic, are among the area’s undisputed stars, and their games one of its few diversions. On this night, more than 2,500 cheering, stomping people came to watch...Read More

February 3, 2012

AAMC Social Determinants Flash Video

February 2, 2012

2012 PHSSR KEENELAND CONFERENCE
April 17-19, Lexington, KY

February 1, 2012
Announcing the Eagle Books Toolkit!

Greetings from the CDC’s Native Diabetes Wellness Program! You are receiving this email because you attended an Eagle Books event or visited our booth at a conference and asked us to let you know when the Eagle Books Toolkit became available. We’re delighted to announce that the toolkit is now online. It contains information, ideas, downloads, and how-to instructions - just about everything you need to hold a community health fair, school assembly, or another wellness event. On the site you’ll also find lots of Eagle Books materials and activities for parents and teachers.

Here is a direct link to the Eagle Books Toolkit.

The Eagle Books are inspired by the wisdom of traditional ways of health in tribal communities, the Eagle Books feature a colorful cast of animal characters and young friends who explore the benefits of being physically active, eating healthy foods, and seeking the wisdom of elders regarding healthy living. They were produced by CDC’s Native Diabetes Wellness Program of the Division of Diabetes Translation to broaden type-2 diabetes awareness and prevention.

Visit us at http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/eagle/index.html to find out more about Eagle Books.

February 2012 is American Heart Month

This February, HHS celebrates activities focused around heart health.

January 31, 2012
New EHS Spotlight Features: Summer 2012 Internship with EHS:
Deadline 2/15/2012

Summer Program in Environmental Health (SUPEH) - SUPEH is a 10-week summer environmental internship for students majoring in EH. Interns gain EH experience and an understanding of EH work at the local, state, regional, tribal, and federal levels. Applications for summer 2012 due by February 15, 2012.

Other EHS Spotlights
EH Training in Emergency Response (EHTER) – Find out how graduates have applied what they learned.
Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Updates – Provide comment on the Public Regulatory Program Administration module by February 5, 2012.

January 20, 2012

Opportunity to apply for participation in an April 2012 Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale (BRSS) Policy Academy and to receive a contract subaward under SAMHSA’s Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) initiative.
The purpose of the BRSS Policy Academy and contract subaward is to assist State, Territory, and Tribal Governments in designing and implementing strategic behavioral health policies, practices, financing mechanisms, and infrastructure improvements to promote the implementation of recovery-oriented supports, services, and systems.

More Information (DOC download)   |  Invitation (PDF)

January 17, 2012 -

Webcast of CDC's Public Health Grand Rounds, entitled The Science Base for Prevention of Injury and Violence
TODAY at 1pm EST with an archived video being made available by January 21.

January 10, 2012 -

Healthy Weight Collaborative Call for Applications -
Deadline 1/27

January 6, 2012 -

Summer Internship Opportunity:
Maternal Child Health Careers/Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement -- Undergraduate Program (MCHC/RISE-UP)

December 14, 2011 -

American Public Health Association Policy Contest

December 13, 2011 -

Accreditation Funding Opportunity

December 5, 2011 -

CDC Environmental Health Services Spotlight
Drinking Water Advisory Communication Toolbox; Summer Internship with EHS; EHTER Stories from the Field; Drought Guidance for PH Professionals; MAHC Updates

November 17, 2011 -

It's World Prematurity Day

November 17, 2011 -

Great American Smokeout Day!

November 1, 2011 -

CDC- VITAL SIGNS Town Hall Meeting

October 25, 2011 -

Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner's Guide

October 21, 2011 -

Study: Living in Poor Neighborhood Can Hurt Health

October 20, 2011 -

Native Youth Track Report

October 19, 2011 -

World Prematurity Day - November 17

October 17, 2011 -

Red Ribbon Week - October 22-30

October 17, 2011 -

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October 17, 2011 -

Alaska Area Action Summit for Suicide Prevention - October 25-27

October 17, 2011 -

National Drug Facts Week - Oct 29-Nov 6

October 14, 2011 -

Alaska Careline Provides Crisis Intervention for Individuals Considering Suicide

August 23, 2011 -

Tribal Leader Childhood Obesity Event Scholarship Opportunity
Deadline August 26!

August 5, 2011 -

Is breastfeeding associated with a reduced risk of pediatric overweight?

July 25, 2011 -

World Breastfeeding is August 1-7, 2011! See www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org for information and exciting news!

July 20, 2011 -

First Lady, Michele Obama, requests presence of NIHB for an announcement in support of access to healthy food!

July 15, 2011 -

President Obama announces a Native youth challenge

July 7, 2011 -

F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2011

July 5, 2011 -

Tribal PREP Teen Pregnancy Prevention Funding Available NOW!!!

June 23, 2011 -

IOM Issues Recommendations for Preventing Obesity in Early Childhood

June 22, 2011 -

NIHB Funding Opportunity Announcement

April 11, 2011 -

Additional $34.2 Million for Public Health Improvement Programs
through Affordable Care Act

April 6, 2011 -

National Public Health Week 2011

January 7, 2009 -

National Influenza Vaccination Week

DECEMBER 18, 2009 -

CDC Announces 2 yr. Field Assignments of Prevention Specialists

NOVEMBER 19, 2009 -

Open Comment Period: Healthy People 2020 DRAFT Objectives

NOVEMBER 18, 2009 -

The CDC and the HIS urge Native American Parents to Protect Preteens with Recommended Vaccines

NOVEMBER 3, 2009 -

Revised Deadline: for Letter of Intent for ARRA Funding Opportunity

Periodically there is information given to NIHB by federal agencies and other health entities regarding health programming or issues effecting American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

NIHB has created health alerts to share information that may immediately impact communities. One example is when NIHB sent out information about recent H1N1 tribal briefing calls for tribal leaders that provided valuable updates and outreach to tribal communities.

Below are recent NIHB Health Alerts that have been issued. To sign up to receive new health alerts please click here.

Please feel free to share the information contained in these alerts on a broad basis. For more information contact: NIHB Public Health Project Manager, Paul Allis via email at pallis@nihb.org or via phone at 202-507-4085 – or- NIHB Public Health Project Coordinator, Blake Harper via email at bharper@nihb.org or via phone at 202-507-4081.