The NIH Gives a Notice of Special Interest: Provider-to-Provider Telehealth Grant

padeptofruralhealth June 23, 2023

The National Institutes of Health recently announced a funding opportunity to support the use of telehealth interventions and tools aimed at the prevention, management, and treatment of heart, lung, blood, and sleep conditions, and of cancer in rural communities. More specifically, the opportunity is geared towards research that generates evidence on the real-world effectiveness of telehealth collaboration among healthcare providers, also known as provider-to-provider telehealth (PPT).

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The State of Latino Sleep

The average adult should sleep about 7-10 hours a day. But a person may get more (or less) sleep depending on the season, according to a recent study from researchers in Berlin, Germany. “Even in an urban population experiencing disrupted sleep, humans experience longer REM sleep in winter than summer and less deep sleep in …
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Network_News March 7, 2023

5 Essential Frameworks for Preventing Violent Child Death

The U.S. has a violent child death problem. Developing strategies to prevent violent child deaths death from firearms and traffic crashes is a demanding task that requires consideration of numerous upstream, interrelated, and tangential issues. To help safety advocates develop strategies to prevent violent child death, we compiled five frameworks to help: Understand and explain …
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Network_News December 8, 2022

Breast Cancer’s Impact on the Latino Community

Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in Latinas. In fact, while breast cancer death rates have declined recently, the rate of decline for Latinas is lower (1.1% per year) than their white peers (1.8% per year). “Latinas are less likely to be screened for breast cancer, so they are more likely to be …
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Network_News June 3, 2021

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Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos: 2022 Conference Proceedings

In the next few years, Latinos face a 142% rise in cancer rates. Latinos also experience cancer differently—from genetics to healthcare access to survivorship. That’s why Dr. Amelie Ramirez, director of Salud America! and the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio, partnered with the Mays Cancer Center to create the Advancing …
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Network_News June 12, 2023

UNITE Initiative Responds to Dr. Amelie Ramirez’s Comment on Racial Equity, Diversity

The National Institutes of Health’s UNITE initiative has responded to over 1,100 comments, including one from Dr. Amelie Ramirez of Salud America! and UT Health San Antonio, calling for racial equity and diversity in research. UNITE sought comments in spring 2021. Ramirez submitted a comment—endorsed by 541 Salud America! members—that we believe that increasing diversity …
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