Report Release of Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Healthcare Quality Improvement Monday, August 31, 2009 at 10am National Academy of Sciences Building, Lecture Room, 2100 C Street, NW, Washington, D.C. The National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies will hold a public release of the report Race, Ethnicity, and [...]
UNNATURAL CAUSES: IS INEQUALITY MAKING US SICK? PBS will rebroadcast Unnatural Causes nationally on four Fridays at 10 PM beginning October 9, 2009. However, local PBS stations are free to run it when they wish. You can contact Program or Viewer Services at your local PBS station and ask them if they will schedule the [...]
Members of the House of Representatives will be voting on health reform legislation after their August recess. The current draft of the bill does much to expand coverage, promote prevention, and ensure language access. We can’t lose this opportunity. Our Representatives need to hear from us during the recess to keep momentum going! Call members [...]
News from our friends at the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network California’s legislature passed a budget today, June 24 to close a $23.1 billion deficit. The final budget includes $15.5 billion in program reductions. Many of the cuts come from reductions in health and human services, including a huge hit to Healthy Families. There are no [...]
Congressional Briefing of the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved Date: July 23, 2009 Time: 12:00 – 2:00 PM Location: Reserve Officers Association, One Constitution Avenue, NE, Washington, D.C. Registration is open now and you can RSVP at http://www.shireinc.org/nhit/briefing.html
Funder: W.K. Kellogg Foundation Title: Community-Based Racial Healing Request for Proposals Amt of Funds: up to $400,000 Deadline: Review and submission begins July 1st, 2009. Final date to submit is September 30, 2009. Online application submission. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is pleased to announce a new and exciting grant opportunity in response to our commitment [...]
From the Georgetown Center for Children and Families: Today CCF’s Co-Directors Jocelyn Guyer and Joan Alker attended Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius’ announcement of the availability of $40 million in grants to support community outreach efforts to enroll uninsured children eligible in health coverage. Under the initiative, the department has released a [...]
CONGRESSIONAL TRICAUCUS MEMBERS ON HEALTHCARE REFORM: “COVERAGE IS NOT ENOUGH!” (Washington DC) – The Congressional TriCaucus – comprised of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus – will hold a news conference on Tuesday, June 9 at 10 am regarding their priorities for healthcare reform–particularly the need [...]
National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) Capitol Hill briefing: Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) and Health Disparities Wednesday June 17, 2009 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has recently allocated $1.1 billion to comparative effectiveness research to provide new knowledge for more efficient health care delivery. The goals of [...]
Trust for America’s Health invites you to an event to release the findings of a new public opinion poll about health reform and prevention. PREVENTION & HEALTH REFORM: WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC THINK? Scheduled speakers: Senator Tom Harkin Bill McInturff Partner and Co-Founder, Public Opinion Strategies Jeffrey Levi, PhD Executive Director, Trust for America’s Health [...]