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ACU Celebrates 15 Years 
ACU was founded in 1996 by National Health Service Corps alumni who wanted to continue to support each other and share knowledge, resources and expertise about practicing in underserved communities. ACU celebrates the work of all who are working to improve health equity and access to care.
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ACU Career Center 
Employers, take 20 percent off every time you post a job with the ACU career center now through Aug. 31. Filling your staff needs is easy when you advertise with the ACU career center. Use promo code ACUSUMMER. |
Featured Job Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center has an opportunity for a full-time family practice physician in Laramie County, Wyoming. Great quality of life/work with four 10 hours days possible. Learn more and search jobs at the ACU Career Center.
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JHCPU
Online access to the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved is an ACU member benefit. Click the image to learn more about JHCPU.
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July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month 
Learn more about mental health treatment and resources available through NAMI at NAMI.org and NRCHMH at NRCHMH.org.
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Kathy Brieger is new ACU president
 Katherine Brieger became president of the ACU board on July 1, replacing Dr. Peter Sherman. Ms. Brieger is the chief operating officer of Hudson River HealthCare, a network of 16 Federally Qualified Health Centers. She is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator. Ms. Brieger's professional interests include diabetes, nutrition and health promotion.
"ACU clinicians make a real difference in the lives of people who are often in the most marginalized communities and this is where I want to invest my time and efforts," Brieger said in an interview. She said she looks forward to working with ACU members on a variety of initiatives. For the complete interview, click here
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ACU urges support for Medicaid
 ACU with the Partnership for Medicaid sponsored this ad (click to view larger) in opposition to drastic cuts in Medicaid funding. Read our Medicaid Policy Options brief
on policy options we support to make the Medicaid program stronger and more sustainable for the future.
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New ways to access the ACU Career Center
ACU's Career Center is job central for health care jobs in every discipline. Now there are two new ways to access the Career Center: you can use the link on our Facebook page or from ACU's LinkedIn group. As always, you can click on the job center image in this newsletter or on the ACU website. Search job openings, post your resume or set up a search agent to receive emails about jobs that fit your criteria. Using the ACU Career Center is easier than ever.
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ACU clinicians building online community
Never written a blog post? Too busy wearing multiple hats and juggling work and family responsibilities? These obstacles didn't stop a few pioneering clinicians who agreed to share their perspectives on serving the underserved for PrimaryCareForAll.org - a secure online community for members of the National Health Service Corps.
Derek Petersen, DDS of Limon, Colorado, Rishi Manchanda, MD, Los Angeles, Soba Shukla, FNP, Gaithersburg, MD and Lois Wessel, FNP, Takoma Park, MD have all been writing short blog posts from the front lines. Of them, only Manchanda had previously written for a blog.
Petersen said, "It has it has been a great opportunity to reflect upon and share clinical issues that NHSC providers have in common, as well as learn from others who are in different settings than my own."
You don't need to be a member of the Corps to share your expertise or to recommend someone else. Take a moment to share the names of individuals who can help us build www.PrimaryCareForAll.org to be a leading resource for clinicians in underserved communities. Respond using our easy online reply form.
Are you a NHSC member? We'd love to connect with you. Email your contact info and any links to your media to psimpson@clinicians.org.
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Award for publication excellence
Congratulations to ACU organization member Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians Network and writer Brenda Proffit, on receiving a 2011 APEX Award for Publication Excellence from Communications Concepts. The award was for their December 2010 Healing Hands newsletter, Delivering Trauma-Informed Services, on recognizing and responding to trauma experienced by our patients.
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Conferences and E-Learning
Aug. 14-17, the 2011 National HIV Prevention Conference will be held in Atlanta at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and the Marriott Marquis hotels. For more information or to register, click here.
Aug. 9-11, the annual National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be held at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, GA. More information and registration are re available online.
Sept. 14, a webinar on Brief Behavioral Health Interventions in Primary Care hosted by the National Association for Community Health Centers with presenters Drs. Parinda Khatri and Ken Mays. Information and registration are available online. Archived webinars are available here.
Sept. 22 - 23, Plain Talk in Complex Times, sponsored by the Center for Health Literacy and the American Public Health Association will be held in Arlington, VA. Early bird registration ends July 31.
Oct. 19, the Maine Primary Care Association annual conference in Bar Harbor, ME. This year's theme is Reducing Costs & Redesigning Incentive: The Primary Care Safety Net's Vital Role in Health Care's Transformation. More information and registration are available online.
Archived. The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) has available two new education training sessions with continuing education credits on Enhancing Migrant Men's Health and Parental Substance Abuse and Drug Endangered Children. The sessions are free of charge and available as CD-ROMs that include PowerPoint presentations that play alongside an educational session filmed at the 2010 Midwest Stream Farmworker Health Forum in Austin, TX. To order, please contact Erika Garcia at garcia@ncfh.org or phone (512) 312-5464.
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Healthy weight project
Are you willing to fill in a short online survey? The National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality is conducting a needs assessment as a part of their Collaborate for Healthy Weight project. If you are willing to participate, you can access the survey here. Deadline July 15.
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Call for nominations
Nominate yourself or someone you know to serve on the new Regional Health Equity Councils that are being established by the National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities. Nominees are sought from all backgrounds, including the public, non-profit, and business sectors. Deadline July 18.
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Great American asthma challengeWhat would the ultimate inhaler look like and what problems would it solve? The Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics is sponsoring the Ultimate Inhaler Contest for kids and adults to submit their ideas for the next generation of inhalers. Put your thinking cap on! Got an idea? Contest details are available here. Deadline Aug. 1. |
Comment on data collection on minorities
HHS is seeking public comments on draft standards for data collection on race, ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status, as required by the Affordable Care Act. Deadline August 1.
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Scholarships and Fellowships
For a more complete list of scholarships and fellowship opportunities, visit the ACU website.
Train-the-Trainer: Strengthening Abstract Submissions for Communities of Color: scholarships are available to individuals to attend the 2011 United States Conference on AIDS and to participate in a train-the-trainer session following the conference. Training will focus on how to work within your community to help others to prepare abstracts for submission to the XIX International AIDS Conference, which will be held July 22-27, 2012, in Washington, D.C. The scholarships are sponsored by the National Minority AIDS Council, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, the Latino Commission on AIDS, and the National Latino AIDS Action Network, in collaboration with the Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health.
For more information or to apply online, click here. Deadline Aug. 22.
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Call for abstracts Has your clinic or organization implemented a new practice or protocol that resulted in an improvement in care or outcomes? ACU's peer-reviewed Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved has issued a call for abstracts for a special theme issue on quality improvement initiatives related to clinical care outcomes, health systems delivery, organizational efficiencies, financing models, reducing medical errors, improving patient safety, and communications. Please see the announcement for details and feel free to forward colleagues who may be interested. Deadline Sept. 1.
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