Cancer Disparities Research Partnership (CDRP) Program: Limited Competition (U54)

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is designed to extend the Cancer Disparities Research Partnership (CDRP) program into its second (and final) implementation stage. This limited competition FOA solicits applications for NIH U54 cooperative agreement awards from the five current recipients of the CDRP Cooperative Agreement Planning Grants (U56). The CDRP U56 awardees represent community-based institutions serving a larger fraction of generally medically underserved, low-income, ethnic and minority populations than most other healthcare institutions. Please follow link.

More Alzheimer’s Risk for Hispanics, Studies Find

Studies suggest that many Hispanics may have more risk factors for developing dementia than other groups, and a significant number appear to be getting Alzheimer’s earlier. And surveys indicate that Latinos, less likely to see doctors because of financial and language barriers, more often mistake dementia symptoms for normal aging, delaying diagnosis. Read about the alarming increase of this disease among Latinos and what the bleak forecast is for 2050.

Five Basic Facts on Immigrants and Their Health Care

As discussions on national health care reform move to the forefront, some have focused on the role of immigrants in the health care system. To address questions about how immigrants use and affect the health care system, key facts about immigrants and health care are summarized below.

The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Latin America

A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the impact of HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the cultural barriers including poverty, stigma, discrimination, homophobia, gender inequalities, migration, and lack of access to education and health care that become obstacles for treatment and early detection. Find out how your country of interest ranks in the disparity list.

The Interaction of HIV, Drug Use, and the Criminal Justice System (R01) Grant

African-Americans and other racial/ethnic minorities disproportionately high rate of incarceration has affected the social environment of many minorities communities in ways that have increased HIV risks to other community members, particularly women. Because detection of HIV infection usually occurs later among ethnic/racial minority groups, who also bear a greater burden of disease, criminal justice settings (including community correctional programs) have the potential to address health disparities by providing individual and community-based prevention programming, including HIV testing. Funding for $1.5 million to be awarded.

Immigrant Crackdown May Spur Disease

On August 19, 2008, the Chicago Sun-Times reported the growing concern of doctors over illegal immigrants creating a public health threat. The concern is related to a case in Alamance County, NC, where medical records may have been used to prosecute a library worker who was in the country illegally. Consequently, now also her family is under deportation procedures. Read about the concern related to this case the president of the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians expressed, that could extend to the community at large.

In a Generation, Minorities May Be the U.S. Majority

According to new Census Bureau projections, ethnic and racial minorities who identify themselves as Hispanic, black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander will become the majority of the US population by 2042 -sooner than the anticipated date of 2050-, Sam Robert reports. Main reasons are higher birthrates among minorities and predicted rising influx of immigrants. Read how these changes will affect presidential elections, baby-boomers' retirement and life expectancy.

Hispanics and Health Care in the United States:
Access, Information and Knowledge

Staggering numbers show the poor healthcare situation of Latinos in the US in this report by Pew Hispanic Center's Senior Researcher Gretchen Livingston, Susan Minushkin, Deputy Director, and Pew Research Center's Senior Writer D'Vera Cohn. Some Latinos attribute receiving low quality healthcare to language and cultural barriers.

Grant postings on the Grants.gov Find Opportunities service

1.A. Eligible Institutions
The following organizations/institutions are eligible to apply:
Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Hispanic-serving Institutions
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organizations
U.S. Territory or Possession
Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
Faith-based or Community-based Organizations

HHS
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) Modification 1
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18171

HHS
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grants (T35) Modification 2
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18172

Foreign-born Latino Patients Facing Private Deportation

Hospitals are dumping patients, some advocates for immigrants say. These repatriations are taking them in private air ambulances in the wrong direction, away from first-world hospitals to less-adequate care, if any.