Dear Members and Friends of the National Capital Asthma
Coalition (NCAC),
Below is Part 2 of today’s NCAC E-News. Thank
you.
- Lisa
Executive
Director
Contents – Part 1 of
2
I.
EVENTS AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS
A.
The Community Foundation announces the
Katrina Open Arms Fund
B.
CDC Asthma Teleconference, “
C.
D.
THEARC First Annual Community Leaders’ Open
House (Sept. 19)
E.
GWU Recruiting for Health Professionals
Focus Group (Sept. 19)
F.
IOM Report Briefing: Ethical Issues in
Housing-Related Health Hazard Research Involving Children, Youth, and Families
(Sept. 19)
G.
Third Annual Conference on Children’s
Health and the Environment (Oct. 1)
H.
DC Metro Blow the Whistle on Asthma Walk at
Two Locations (Oct. 8 and 15)
I.
Children’s Healthcare of
J.
Mary’s Center Conducts Free Monthly Spanish
Language Asthma Management Classes Every 2nd Friday of the Month ( Oct. 14,
etc.)
K.
DC Primary Care Association’s (DCPCA)
Annual Meeting (Oct. 21)
Contents – Part 2 of
2
L.
GWU Cancer Institute’s “Latino/Hispanic
Cancer Disparities: Closing the Gap” Conference (Oct.
31)
M.
American
N.
NIH Seeks Participants for Pediatric
Allergy Study
II.
NEWS AND
RESOURCES
A.
New Allies Against Asthma Tools for
Assessing Asthma Educational Materials
III.
FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES
A.
The Environmental Leadership Program (ELP)
Fellowship Program (Due Oct. 1)
B.
Request for Applications from NIEHS and
EPA for Centers for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention
Research (LOI Due Oct. 23)
C.
Environmental
I.
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
L.
GWU Cancer
Institute’s “Latino/Hispanic Cancer Disparities: Closing the Gap” Conference
(Oct. 31)
(Announcement provided by Daniel E. Reichard, Director,
Continuing Education in the Health Professions, The
WHAT: The George Washington
University Cancer Institute is presenting a one-day CME/CE conference titled
“Latino/Hispanic Cancer Disparities: Closing the Gap.” The intended
audience includes physicians, public health educators, PAs, NPs, nurses,
researchers, policy makers, health advocates, and others interested in cancer
and Latino/Hispanic health. The agenda includes a clinical track and a
public health track.
WHEN: Monday, October 31,
2005
WHERE: The
TO REGISTER FOR CONFERENCE: If
you register and pay between September 1 and October 21 the fee is $35. After
October 21 the registration fee is $45. The registration fees include
refreshments and lunch. Enrollment space is limited, so early registration
is encouraged. More information, including speakers, and secure credit
card registration are available online at http://www.cancerdisparityconference.info.
M.
American
WHAT: The
POSTERS: At this year’s
Networking Poster Reception we are giving coalition representatives the
opportunity to display and share materials used within their coalitions. If you
are interested in sharing your expertise, please contact Joyce Bruno, MIPH at
jbruno@chestnet.org a Networking Poster Reception Registration Form. All
forms can be faxed to (847) 498- 5460
WHEN: Tuesday and Wednesday,
November 1-2, 2005
WHERE:
REGISTRATION: To register for
the symposium, please visit http://www.chestnet.org/ or call (800)
343-2227.
CONTACT: For more information,
please contact Joyce Bruno, MIPH at jbruno@chestnet.org.
N.
NIH Seeks
Participants for Pediatric Allergy Study
(Request sent by Sandy Jones, RN, MS, Patient
Recruitment Specialist, Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office, Warren G.
Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of
Health)
WHAT: We are asking if you would
help us get the word out to your group about our new allergy and asthma study #05-I-0084
(hyperlink to a summary of this study) or http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/detail/A_2005-I-0084.html
currently being conducted at the National Institutes of Health. Doctors at
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are seeking your help to inform members
of your organization about this important study that will help NIH researchers
to understand disease manifestations, trends, outcomes, and mechanisms of
pediatric allergy and lay the groundwork for discovery of new therapeutic
modalities. Standard immunotherapy for allergic disease will be
offered. The study takes place at the
CONTACT: For flyers approved by
our Institutional IRB or questions, please call
II.
NEWS AND
RESOURCES
A.
New Allies
Against Asthma Tools for Assessing Asthma Educational
Materials
WHAT: Allies Against Asthma, a
program sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is excited to make
available a new (free) resource for assessing asthma educational
materials. “TOOLS FOR ASSESSING ASTHMA EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS:
Materials include score sheets, checklists, and other screening
instruments that can be used to evaluate various aspects of asthma educational
materials including format,(Spanish)language, cultural appropriateness, and
asthma-specific content. Based on established health education and asthma
guidelines, these tools were originally developed by the Allies Against Asthma
Latino Workgroup to assess asthma educational materials written in Spanish. They
have been adapted for general use and compiled so that others may be able to use
them. The Toolkit can be used to evaluate existing health educational materials
or as a reference for developing new materials. Several of the tools may be
applied to materials addressing other health topics and/or written in other
languages. A Spanish version of the tools will also be available
soon.
WHERE: For more information and
to download a FREE pdf copy of “Tools for Assessing Asthma Educational
Materials”, go to www.AsthmaResourceBank.net.
III.
FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES
***DISCLAIMER: Please
check original funding source for complete application guidelines, including
confirmation of deadlines. In the spirit of partnership,
NCAC encourages members to collaborative on grant opportunities and, whenever
possible, to share with us your intent to apply for funding so that we may offer
our support, additional partners through our member organizations, and
information about other resources.
A.
The
Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) Fellowship (Due Oct.
1)
WHAT: The ELP Fellowship is an
innovative national program designed to build the leadership capacity of the
environmental field’s most promising emerging practitioners from the
DEADLINE: All materials must be
postmarked by October 1, 2005.
CONTACT: For more information,
visit http://www.elpnet.org/ or contact ELP contact us
at 413.268.0035 or via email at info@elpnet.org.
B.
Request for
Applications from NIEHS and EPA for Centers for Children’s Environmental Health
and Disease Prevention Research (LOI Due Oct.
23)
(From the
WHAT: Funding
DUE DATES: Letters of
Intent Receipt Date: October 23, 2005; Application Receipt Date: November 23,
2005
AMOUNT: NIEHS and EPA intend to
award up to $6 million in FY 2006 to fund three to four grants in response to
this RFA.
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible
organizations include not-for-profit, public or private organizations, units of
state and local governments, domestic institutions/organizations, faith-based or
community-based organizations, units of State Tribal government and units of
Local Tribal government. Eligible principal investigators are any
individuals with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the
proposed research.
CONTACT: Link to
full announcement at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-05-004.html
C.
Environmental
(Excerpted from the
WHAT: LEAP (Leadership and
Enhanced Assistance Program) is a two-year organizational development program of
the
ELIGIBILITY: LEAP serves a
smaller number of groups with a larger amount of support and funding, making it
the most competitive and intensive of the
APPLICATION: Visit the Environmental
Support Center Web site at http://www.envsc.org for complete program
information, eligibility restrictions, priority funding considerations, and
application procedures.
** NEW CONTACT INFO. **
Lisa A.
Gilmore, MBA, MSW
Executive Director
National Capital Asthma Coalition
1718 M Street, NW, #148
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone:
301-891-1663
Fax: 301-891-3316
E-Mail:
lgilmore@natcapasthma.org
Web: www.dcasthma.org