This $204,248 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program aims to integrate climate change data into a regional community health assessment and engage local stakeholders in the rural Appalachian region. The overarching goals are to: Incorporate climate change impacts into the regional community health assessment process to identify climate-sensitive health priorities. Co-design visual storytelling...
The Arizona Community Health Workers Association, Inc. (Azchow) received a $533,333.34 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137). The 4-year "Salud en Accion" (Health in Action) project will partner with Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Cochise County Health and Social Services, and the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension to address social...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $717,769 to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to enhance climate change resilience in Indigenous communities in New Mexico and Oklahoma. The project will establish partnerships between UNM, tribal organizations, and the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center to braid Western and Indigenous climate science approaches. Key activities include: Identifying...
The federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR, CFDA 93.361 Nursing Research) provides $3,833,036 to the University of New Mexico (UNM) for the "UNM CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH FOR THE ALLIANCE AND NOVELTY OF GEOSPATIAL AND EXPOSURE SCIENCE (CHANGES) CENTER" project. This 3-year project (Sep 2024 - Aug 2027) aims to synergize expertise in geographic information science, health data science, epidemiology, and biomedical research to identify and...
The University of Arizona received a $3,814,815 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113) to establish the Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health (SCORCH). The three-year grant, awarded on September 22, 2023, will fund transdisciplinary research projects addressing the health impacts of climate change in arid regions of the Southwestern United States and globally. Key focus areas include the...
This $2,987,385 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will support the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship and its partners in New Mexico. The funding will enable the New Mexico Partnership for Equitable Climate Planning and Policy to engage residents of the Eight Northern Pueblos around climate and environmental justice issues. Key activities include hosting over...
The Project Grant award of $623,052 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Program (CFDA 93.307), supports research exploring how minority youth engage with climate activism on social media and its impact on their mental health and climate-related behaviors. The key objectives are to: 1) use social network and content analysis to understand influential climate activism social media accounts and...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $3,690,905 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program to Ochin, Inc., a nonprofit health information technology collaborative in Portland, Oregon. The funding will support the CATALYST (Community Climate Health Equity Research Center) project, which aims to investigate how extreme climate events impact health outcomes like hypertension and asthma in populations served by community...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), aims to establish a climate change research network to help the Lakota Tribe, Navajo Tribe, and Vermont farming communities manage water quality and quantity issues caused by climate change. The $236,472 award to New Mexico State University, awarded on August 1, 2024, will support the creation of an integrated data science framework, a network of affordable water...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $1,147,169 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program to the Centro Comprensivo De Cancer De La Universidad De Puerto Rico to establish the Caribbean Climate Change Adaptation, Cancer, and Health Disparities Research Center (CCCARIB-CARES). The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) form a regional knowledge-action network to evaluate needs, provide expertise, and build capacity on the...
CLIMATE CHANGE HEALTH IMPACTS & COMMUNITY ACTION (CCHICA) - CLIMATE CHANGE AND DROUGHT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS RURAL AREAS AND RACIAL POPULATIONS WITHIN NEW MEXICO. HIGH EXPOSURE TO POOR AIR QUALITY, POOR WATER QUALITY AND EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS, AS WELL AS THE DEMOGRAPHIC, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL CONTEXT (E.G. HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS, AGE, DISABILITY) MAKE POPULATIONS OF COLOR MORE VULNERABLE TO THE SHORT AND LONG TERM HEALTH EFFECTS OF DROUGHT. THIS PROJECT WILL STUDY POLICIES ENACTED AT STATE, REGIONAL AND SIX LOCAL AND TRIBAL JURISDICTIONS TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF DROUGHT. THE NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH NETWORK WILL WORK WITH SIX MULTI-SECTOR COUNTY AND TRIBAL HEALTH COUNCILS TO ANALYZE HOW DROUGHT RELATED POLICIES MAY PERPETUATE STRUCTURAL RACISM. POPULATIONS OF FOCUS: SIX MULTI-SECTOR HEALTH COUNCILS WILL BE SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IDENTIFIED AS BEING AT HIGH RISK FOR HEALTH RELATED IMPACTS OF DROUGHT: THE COUNTIES OF SAN JUAN, MCKINLEY, SANDOVAL, LUNA, DONA ANA, OTERO, CIBOLA, AND SIERRA; OR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES OF NAVAJO NATION, JEMEZ, SAN FELIPE, SANTO DOMINGO, COCHITI, MESCALERO, AND LAGUNA. GOAL: TO IDENTIFY CONTENT OF DROUGHT-RELATED PUBLIC POLICY AND/OR VARIATIONS IN PRACTICES ACROSS JURISDICTIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OR PERPETUATE RACIAL HEALTH INEQUITIES AND TO REVISE OR DEVELOP NEW POLICIES TO DECREASE HEALTH INEQUITIES AND REDUCE THEIR IMPACT ON STRUCTURAL RACISM. OBJECTIVES: 1. BY JANUARY 2023, 6 COUNTY AND TRIBAL HEALTH COUNCILS WILL BE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT AND WILL COMPLETE THE INITIAL ORIENTATION TRAINING. 2. BY JULY 2023, HEALTH COUNCILS AND MEMBERS OF THE EVALUATION AND ADVISORY TEAMS WILL COMPLETE THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL POLICIES USING THE LEGAL EPIDEMIOLOGY FRAMEWORK. 3. BY SEPTEMBER 2023, HEALTH COUNCILS WILL DEVELOP A DISPARITY IMPACT STATEMENT (DIS) USING LOCAL DATA TO IDENTIFY POPULATIONS AT HIGHEST RISK FOR HEALTH DISPARITIES AND LOW HEALTH LITERACY. 4. BY SEPTEMBER 2025, HEALTH COUNCILS WILL HAVE IMPLEMENTED THEIR DIS ACTION PLANS AND COMPLETED AN ASSESSMENT OF HOW THE NEW/REVISED POLICY STRATEGIES REDUCED OR REMOVED STRUCTURAL RACISM AND IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES. 5. BY SEPTEMBER 2025, HEALTH COUNCILS WILL DEMONSTRATE INCREASED CAPACITY TO ENHANCE COMMUNITIES' ABILITY TO IMPROVE HEALTH CONDITIONS RELATED TO DROUGHT. 6. BY SEPTEMBER 2025, A FINAL REPORT DESCRIBING POLICY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEW OR REVISED POLICY STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES WILL BE COMPLETED AND DISSEMINATED. OUTCOMES: - NEW/REVISED POLICIES AND PRACTICES TO REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES DUE TO DROUGHT - INCREASED CAPACITY OF HEALTH COUNCILS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO IMPLEMENT AND ASSESS THE IMPACT OF POLICY AND PRACTICES. - INCREASED CAPACITY OF COMMUNITIES TO MAKE EQUITABLE DATA-DRIVEN POLICY AND PRACTICE DECISIONS AND EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS STRUCTURAL BARRIERS CONTRIBUTING TO HEALTH DISPARITIES, ESPECIALLY AMONG RACIAL AND ETHNIC POPULATIONS. - IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS OF FOCUS. - IMPROVED ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT MITIGATE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO STRUCTURAL RACISM.