Resource: ACIP recommended immunization schedules for adults aged 19 years or olders – United States, 2014.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A brief summary of ACIP recommendations for the use of vaccines routinely recommended for adults in the form of two figures, footnotes for each vaccine, and a table that includes primary contraindications and precautions.
Category Archives: Refugee Health Updates
ACIP Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0 Through 18 Years — United States, 2014
Resource: ACIP recommended immunization schedules for persons aged 0 through 18 years – United States, 2014.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Approved recommended immunizations schedules for persons 0 – 18 years for 2014, which include several changes from the 2013 immunization schedule.
Health promotion among racial and ethnic minority males
Funding Opportunity: Health promotion among racial and ethnic minority males
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This grant seeks applications that expand research in the health of minority men to enhance understanding of the numerous factors (e.g., sociodemographic, community, societal, personal) influencing the health promoting behaviors of racial and ethnic minority males and their subpopulations across the life cycle, and encourages applications focusing on the development and testing of culturally and linguistically appropriate health-promoting interventions designed to reduce health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse males and their subpopulations age 21 and older.
Due September 7, 2016.
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery
Funding Opportunity: The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This funding opportunity announcement seeks project grant applications that propose to 1) improve the measurement of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems; 2) enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery; and 3) reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic disparities through the development of interventions.
Due date May 8, 2014.
ECDC annual national conference
Event: ECDC’s Annual National Conference and National Resettlement Affiliate Network Training
African Refugees and Immigrants: Pathways to Security, Integration and Empowerment
April 30 – May 3, 2014, Arlington, Virginia
Seroprevalence of varicella-zoster virus in five US-bound refugee populations
In the Literature: Seroprevalence of varicella-zoster virus in five US-bound refugee populations. Leung J, Lopez A, Mitchell T, Weinberg M, Lee D, Thieme M, Schmid DS, Bialek SR. J Immgr Minor Health. 2013 Nov 23.
Persistent latent tuberculosis reactivation risk in United States immigrants
In the Literature: Persistent latent tuberculosis reactivation risk in United States immigrants. Walter ND, Painter J, Parker M, Lowenthal P, Flood J, Asis R, Reves R, Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Consortium. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Jan 1;89(1):88-95.
Epidemiology and genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in East Africa
In the Literature: Epidemiology and genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in East Africa. Kidenya BR, Webster LE, Behan S, Kabangila R, Peck RN, Mshana SE, Ocheretina O, Fitzgerald DW. Tuberculosis. 2014 Jan;94(1):1-7.
Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Certificate Program
Training: Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Certificate Program
On-site learning: November 9-21, 2014, Orvieto, Italy
Web-based learning: December 2014-May 2015
Disease surveillance among newly arriving refugees and immigrants – Electronic Disease Notification System, United States, 2009
In the Literature: Disease surveillance among newly arriving refugees and immigrants – Electronic Disease Notification System, United States, 2009. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2013 Nov 15;62(7):1-20.