Utah Pacific Islander Health Week 2012

Governor Herbert has declared Nov. 11 - 17 as "Utah Pacific Islander Health Week" in an effort led by the Utah Pacific Islander Health Coalition to raise awareness and work toward solutions to the serious health issues that Utah's Pacific Islander communities face.

The week starts off with a "Talanoa Series" community discussion featuring Biggest Loser contestants, Sione and Filipe Fa (Sunday, Nov. 11; 7pm at the Pacific Heritage Academy) and the UT PI Health Week Kick-Off Celebration, featuring all-day free admission to the swimming pool and recreational/fitness facilities at the Sorenson Multicultural Center, as well as family-friendly activities, health resources, free flu shots and free food from 5:30-8:30pm (Monday, Nov. 12).

Pacific Islander health-related activities are scheduled throughout the week, including EMZ Zumba/Island Fitness celebration (with Sinai Pauni and Netta Lealaitafea; Monday, Nov. 12, 5:30 AM @ Sorenson Center), World Diabetes Day march (featuring Malialole drummers; Wednesday, Nov. 14, 10:30 AM @ Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), Great American Smokeout (sponsored by the Queen Center/Island Teens Against Tobacco, Thursday, Nov. 15), and the MANA Fitness Challenge finale (Saturday, Nov. 17).

Please check for updates at www.utahpacifichealth.org, or contact Jake Fitisemanu, Jr. (jjfitisemanu@hotmail.com), Joyce AhYou (queencenter@msn.com) or Fahina Tavake-Pasi (fahina@ntasutah.org) to get involved, sponsor the initiative, or reserve booth space at the Kick-Off Celebration.

Job Opportunities: People Helping People program

People Helping People has been awarded a VISTA project for up to 3 years!

We’ve been approved for 6 VISTA positions to help us build program capacity.

2 for Weber/Davis, 2 for Salt Lake and 2 for Utah County

We’re starting to recruit!

These are full-time, one year positions – they don’t pay well, but they’re great for:

Recent College Graduates who want to perform community service before heading to Grad School

Retirees who want to get involved in helping others

Anyone who wants to help develop a worthwhile community program while helping low income women improve their employment potential

If you know of anyone who might be interested in one of these positions, please let them know about us, and encourage them to contact me for more information.

Marva, Program Manager

People Helping People

marva@phputah.org

801-364-4412

Salt Lake County annouces Request for Proposals for the Community Development Block Grant and Emergency Solutions Grant 2013-2014

Salt Lake County
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Programs

Salt Lake County announces the “Request for Proposals” for the Community Development Block Grant and the Emergency Solutions Grant Programs for fiscal year 2013-2014 available November 5, 2012.

Salt Lake County Community Resources and Development (CRD) is providing proposal materials to Nonprofit Agencies, Community Organizations, Faith-based Organizations, County Agencies and other government agencies for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) federal grant programs.  The Priorities for funding will be Affordable Housing, Homeless Activities, Essential Social Services and Economic Development. Please be sure to read all proposal materials as they explain the requirements of each grant.  The deadline for submission of proposals for the CDBG and ESG is Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 1:00 PM. 

This is a competitive proposal process.  All proposals will be reviewed by Citizen Review Panels, which will prioritize and make funding recommendations.  The County Mayor will ultimately decide which proposals are funded and at what funding level. These funds should be available beginning July 1, 2013, subject to HUD’s approval of Salt Lake County’s 2013-14 Action Plan and Congress passing a budget for 2013. 

The proposals, guidelines and instructions are available on the County’s website at http://www.crd.slco.org/communityDev/PublicNoticesComment.html.  Proposal materials are also available at the County Government Center located at 2001 South State Street, Room S2100. Physical access parking and entrances are located on the east side of both the north and south buildings.

Refugee Health: New Report Released

New Report: An Investigation of Suicides among Bhutanese Refugees

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & the Refugee Health Technical Assistance Center just released the StakeholdersReport on the Investigation of Suicides Among Bhutanese Refugees in the U.S.,2009 - 2012. This report is the result of collaborative efforts involving many partner organizations, experts in the field, and members of the Bhutanese community.   We gratefully acknowledge their invaluable contribution to this investigation.

Please share this report with your network and direct any questions or comments on the report to the Community Dialogue forum of the RHTAC website.

CDC Investigation Study Team & RHTAC

Program for Latina Teen Moms

Web App Developer Challenge: Reducing Cancer Among Women of Color $85,000 prize

This challenge is a multidisciplinary call to innovators and developers to create a mobile device-optimized tool that engages and empowers women to improve the prevention and treatment of breast, cervical, uterine, and ovarian cancer in underserved and minority communities and interfaces with provider electronic health records (EHRs). The tool will achieve the following:

• Provide general information regarding preventive and screening services for breast and gynecologic cancers—including, but not limited to, benefits, timing, scheduling, and location.
• Allow for the interface with patient health records or provider-sponsored patient portals to provide specific reminders and trigger electronic health record-based clinical decision support regarding the timing of preventive services.
• Support the storage, viewing, and exchange of complex patient care plans. In particular, the tool will help strengthen communication among provider care teams, possibly spread out across large geographic locations, to afford optimal remote follow-up (e.g., be able to send patient information to electronic health records via Direct).
• Support patient engagement and care giver support to help patients and/or their caregivers keep track of complex care plans, such as connections to community health workers, promotores de salud, or patient navigators.
• Be optimized for use on mobile devices.

See  http://www.health2con.com/devchallenge/reducing-cancer-among-women-color-challenge/

Public Comment Period for Healthy People 2020: Comment by Nov. 2.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is soliciting written comments regarding new objectives proposed to be added to Healthy People 2020 since its launch in December 2010. Healthy People 2020 will provide opportunities for public input periodically throughout the decade to ensure that Healthy People 2020 reflects current public health priorities and public input.

Public participation helps shape Healthy People 2020, its framework, objectives, and targets. During the first phase of planning for Healthy People 2020, we asked for your comments on the vision, mission, and implementation. Those comments helped set the framework for Healthy People 2020. The public was also invited to submit comments on proposed Healthy People 2020 objectives, which helped shape the final set of objectives.

During this round of public comment, we would like your input on proposed new objectives to be added to the following Topic Areas: (1) Educational and Community-Based Programs and (2) Social Determinants of Health. These proposed objectives were developed by Topic Area workgroups, which are led by various agencies within the Federal government. They have been reviewed by a Federal Interagency Workgroup on Healthy People 2020 and are presented now for your review and comment.

You are also invited to suggest additional objectives for consideration that address critical public health issues within the existing 42 Healthy People 2020 Topic Areas.

See  http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/publicComment.aspx