Complete List of Activities 2011

Title Collaboration Type HHS Participating Agencies NIH Participating Institutes, Centers, and Offices Description
HHS HIV/AIDS Management Team Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force ACF, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, OS, OSG, SAMHSA OD/DPCPSI/OAR, OD Leadership of HHS agencies coordinate HIV/AIDS activities across HHS.
HHS Incarceration and Reentry Meeting Meeting/ Workshop ACF, CDC, CMS, HRSA, OS, SAMHSA NIMH, NICHD, NIDA This meeting is sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, HHS. The recurring meeting is convened to increase effective and efficient communications across federal agencies on matters pertaining to the health and human service needs of incarcerated individuals and former prisoners who have re-entered local communities.
HHS Lyme and Tick Borne Diseases Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force CDC, FDA, OS NIAID This group involves members from CDC, FDA, NIH and HHS with the purpose of continued coordination and communication of activities, policy updates, events, agency highlights and other shared interests relating to Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases.
HHS Meeting on International and Domestic Adoption Meeting/ Workshop ACF, CDC, OS, SAMHSA NIDA, NIMH The HHS meeting on International and Domestic Adoption focuses on developing policy and research recommendations for this under-researched issue.
HHS National Promotores de Salud Initiative Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force AHRQ, CDC, CMS, HRSA, SAMHSA NHLBI Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Promotores de Salud are frontline public health workers who serve as a link between health/social services and communities to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery. The purpose of the collaborative activity was to establish the National Promotores de Salud Initiative in partnership with HHS agencies to: establish a steering committee, develop a national recognition for Promotores, and develop a HHS Portal for Promotores and a national database system to connect with the Promotores networks.
HHS Nutrition Policy Board Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force ACF, AoA, CDC, FDA, HRSA, IHS, OS, SAMHSA NIDDK This Board coordinates the Department''s nutrition policy development and program implementation and is the principle point of contact with USDA for nutrition policy.
HHS Outreach and Messaging Working Group, Part of the HHS Steering Committee for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force ACF, AoA, AHRQ, ATSDR, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, OS, OSG, SAMHSA CC, NIAID, OD The WG is developing and implementing several promotional activities to raise awareness and improve behaviors to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Activities include dissemination of HAI prevention information at nation-wide conferences/events during 2011, development of web-based training on HAI prevention.
HHS Violence Against Women Steering Committee Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force ACF, AHRQ, CDC, HRSA, IHS, OS, OSG, SAMHSA NIMH, OD NIMH staff have participated in the HHS Violence Against Women Steering Committee, under the leadership of the HHS/Office on Women''s Health, which coordinates the Department''s responses to research needs, program implementation, service provision, and crisis intervention. This committee has proposed and coordinated department-wide budget initiatives, hosted seminars, and proposed actions to address evolving needs in this area.
HHS Viral Hepatitis Interagency Working Group Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, OS, SAMHSA NIDDK, NCI, NIAID The HHS Viral Hepatitis Interagency Working Group was created by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health to address a recent report sponsored by the Institute of Medicine entitled Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C. The group meets to discuss collaborations and activities directed at achieving the goals for viral hepatitis research and control highlighted in the IOM report.
HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) Steering Committee Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force CDC OD/DPCPSI/OAR, FIC, NIAAA, NIAID, NICHD, NIDA, NIMH, NINR, OD Participate on the Steering Committee for the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), which is administered by NIAID.

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