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ACU Participates in Release of Federal Action Plan on Asthma Disparities | |
ACU Executive Director Kathie Westpheling, center, speaking at a Washington, DC event on May 31 marking the release of the Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities.
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The Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities calls on action by the public and private sectors to: - Reduce barriers to asthma care to ensure that the populations most severely impacted by asthma receive evidence-based comprehensive care, which includes access to medical services, education and environmental interventions.
- Build local capacity to enhance capacity to deliver integrated, community-based asthma care systems.
- Target services to identify the children, families and communities most impacted by asthma disparities; and .
- Accelerate prevention efforts to increase understanding of the cause or causes of asthma and test interventions that may prevent the onset of asthma. [Read more...]
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Health Care Reform Poll - Your Opinion Counts!
 ACU has launched a short poll to assess how organizations that provide health care to the underserved are preparing for implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Please take our poll.
We want to know how our community is preparing for Medicaid expansion and health insurance exchanges, which are scheduled to go into effect starting in 2014. You can access the poll here.
Your participation is voluntary, and will help us better understand our members' needs and provide support during this time of change. By sharing your input with us, you are eligible (optional) to enter into a drawing to receive one of four $25 American Express gift cards. Please complete the poll by Wednesday, June 20, at 5 pm EST.
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Opportunity for ACU Members to Publish
Do you have an idea that you would like to develop for publication in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (JHCPU), ACU's official journal? ACU invites you to submit a proposal for the ACU column, which is published quarterly in the JHCPU. ACU is seeking commentaries, reports and opinion pieces from the field on timely issues in the delivery of health care to the underserved. The ACU column is not intended to be a formal research article nor should this work include ... [Read more...]
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Call for Abstracts on Health IT and the Underserved
ACU invites interested presenters to submit abstracts for workshops and posters for its first conference on Health IT for the Underserved to be held on March 7-8 at the
Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel in Poughkeepsie, NY. Presentations are sought on health technology tools, workforce training, patient engagement, team-based technology, patient-centered medial homes and meaningful use, mobile technology, telehealth, and programs for special populations, such as migrant, homeless, or those living in public housing. Please submit your abstract online. The deadline for abstract submissions is September 1, 2012.
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Smoking's Disproportionate Impact
 In California, 18.6 percent of individuals with low socio-economic status (SES) smoke - a rate more than three times higher than among more affluent populations. A new California-focused report, Smoking in Low Socioeconomic Status Populations: Prevalence, Health Impact, Challenges and Recommendations, from the Break Free Alliance shows that disadvantaged populations smoke at a significantly higher rate than the general population and are much less likely to quit -[Read more...]
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Conferences and E-Learning
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council is offering a series of webinars this month. Topics and dates are listed below. Click each title for more information and registration.
June 13, 1 p.m. EDT: HCH Staffing and Services: National Trends and Implications for Growth
June, 19, 1 p.m. EDT: Health Reform and Justice-Involved Populations: Opportunities for the HCH Community
June 26, 12 noon EDT: Hot Spotters in the HCH Setting: Managing Patients with Complex Comorbidities
The National Center for Farmworker Health is offering two webinars in June. Registration is limited, so register early.
June 14th, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. CT An Orientation to Migrant Health
June 28, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. CT Farmworker Eligibility and Verification
July 5 - 8, International Conference on Health in the African Diaspora- ICHAD 2012 "The Great Scattering: Solving the Puzzle of Slavery, Race, and Contemporary Health in the African Diaspora," Baltimore, MD.
July 28 - Aug. 1, National Medical Association Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly in New Orleans, LA.
July 29 - Aug. 2, the National AHEC Organization presents its 2012 National Conference in San Antonio, TX.
Sept. 6 - 7, Plain Talk 2012 conference in Arlington, VA.
Sept. 7 - 8, Save the Date: the 2012 Integrative Medicine for the Underserved conference at Santa Clara University; pre-conference day on Sept 6. More details will come from the planning committee as they develop.
Sept. 23 - 25, Save the Date, Communities Joined in Action's 7th Annual Conference, Population Health Improvement: Community Collaboratives Transforming Health through Innovation, at the Los Angeles Conference Center at the Center for Healthy Communities.
Sept. 25 - 26, The Healthcare Quality and Equity Action Forum offered by the Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Cambridge, MA.
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Asthma - By the Numbers
 A new infographic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that asthma is common, disruptive and deadly, with a disproportionate impact on Blacks and Hispanics. ACU offers training for primary care providers and community workers on Building an Asthma Care Home: Engaging Clinicians, Patients and Caregivers in Comprehensive Asthma Management. Training is tailored to the needs of the audience and can be conducted in English or Spanish. Continuing professional education credit ... [Read more...]
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ACU Scholarships Available - Apply Now
ACU will award up to 20 scholarships to members to attend the IHI Open School for Health Professions online courses free for one year. The IHI Open School is an inter-professional educational community that empowers you to become a change agent in health care improvement. Courses focus on skills like quality improvement, patient safety, teamwork, leadership, and patient-centered care. Courses are open to health professionals in nursing, health administration, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, ... [Read more...]
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Obesity: Challenge to the Nation
 A new report from the Institute of Medicine confirms that obesity is more prevalent in low-income communities - where most ACU members practice. The report, Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation, calls for coordinated action to achieve five goals:
- Integrate physical activity every day in every way
- Market what matters for a healthy life
- Make healthy foods and beverages available everywhere
- Activate employers and health care professionals
- Strengthen schools as ...[Read more...]
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Advice for Job Seekers
It's all the rage these days. If you're in transition, you have to be using LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. But why? The rationale seems to be that if you can just reach a person - no matter how distant and tenuous the link - you can depend on them to help you land a job. But, stop and think about it. If you were in their place - if you were a friend of a friend of a Web contact - would you risk your reputation and credibility to stand up for someone who was essentially a ... [Read more...]
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Funding announced for patient-centered research
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) issued a funding announcement for awards totally up to $96 million this year. Interested individuals must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) by Friday, June 15. Applications are due July 31. A webinar for interested applicants will be held on June 13, from 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET.
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Free Online Course on Affordable Care Act
Interested in learning more about the American health care system and how the Affordable Care Act will affect access, quality, costs, and innovation? Sign up for a free 4-week online course taught by University of Pennsylvania Professor Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD., on Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act. To find out more and to register click here.
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