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Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children: Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACF, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, OS, OSG
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NHLBI, NCMHD, NIAID, NICHD, NIEHS, NINR
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The Action Plan to Reduce Asthma Disparities promotes collaboration and coordination among Federal agencies to leverage existing resources to address the multi-leveled causes of asthma disparities. The Action Plan outlines four key strategies to improve the quality of care for children who have asthma and promote community programs and resources to support clinicians, children, and their families in following best practices for asthma management.
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TB Therapeutics Research Coordination Forum
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC
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NIAID
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The purpose of the TB (Tuberculosis) Therapeutics Research Coordination Forum (“the Forum”) is to support and sustain discussion, information sharing, and decision making to coordinate clinical trials of new TB drug combinations. The overall goal is to advance new therapies rapidly and cost-effectively while maintaining the highest standards of scientific rigor. The Forum will work to coordinate planning among the major non-commercial sponsors and their research groups to ensure rapid and efficient Phase II evaluations of drug combinations.
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Technical and Clinical Consultation to Indian Health Service in Kidney Disease
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Public Education Campaign
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IHS
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NIDDK
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A National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases senior staff member serves as Chief Clinical Consultant for Nephrology for the Indian Health Service.
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Technical Consultation on Viral Hepatitis (HCV) Infection in Young Injection Drug Users
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Meeting/ Workshop
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CDC, OS, SAMHSA
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NIDA, NIAID, NIDDK
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This collaboration brings Federal and non-Federal clinician/researchers from academia, state public health departments and community together to present and discuss current research and other information on an emerging epidemic of viral hepatitis (HCV) infection in the 15-30 year group of Injection Drug Users (IDUs).
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Technical Resources Assistance Center and Information Exchange (TRACIE)
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Resource Development
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OS
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NLM
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This activity is to develop the Technical Resources Assistance Center and Information Exchange (TRACIE), a resource center, database, and methodology for healthcare facilities and coalitions to obtain information and assistance in emergency preparedness and response.
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Teen Dating Violence Workgroup
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACF, CDC, HRSA, OS, SAMHSA
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NICHD, NIAAA, NIDA, NIMH
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The idea for the group developed out of a workshop on teen dating violence that the National Institute of Justice, an agency in the Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice, hosted in July 2006. In addition to researchers and practitioners in the field, representatives from several Federal agencies were invited to the workshop. The Federal representatives who attended the workshop decided that it would be mutually beneficial to continue meeting and eventually formed a working group of all Federal agencies with an interest in understanding and preventing teen dating violence. The group is intended to be a forum for information sharing, cooperation, and collaboration. The Violence Against Women Act of 2005 includes a new emphasis on addressing teen dating violence. Recognizing that adolescents experience high rates of sexual assault and intimate partner violence, the Act provides for the provision of education and services to children and youth. The Workgroup is attentive to the congressional mandate to address teen dating violence. The first meeting of the Workgroup was held in September 2006 and meetings are quarterly. One goal of the group is to keep each other informed about teen dating violence efforts and initiatives in each of our agencies. Another goal is to develop collaborative projects that encourage the pooling of resources to combat relationship abuse and violence among adolescents. The Workgroup currently has 30 active participants, representing 19 Federal agencies. The members of the Workgroup hope that we can count on our agencies to support our collaborative efforts, including the ongoing sharing of information, continued attendance at meetings, and consideration of support for proposed ideas that come out of the Workgroup.
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Text4baby
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Public Education Campaign
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ACF, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, HRSA, IHS, SAMHSA
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NIDCR, NICHD, NIDA, NIDDK
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Free health text messaging service for pregnant women and new mothers. Those who text "BABY" (or “BEBE” for Spanish) to 511411 receive weekly text messages, timed to their due date or their baby''s birth date through the baby’s first year. Messages, which have been vetted by both government and non-profit health experts, deal with topics such as nutrition, immunization, birth defect prevention, and oral health.
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The Agricultural Health Study
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Research Initiative
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CDC, SAMHSA
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NIEHS, NCI
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"The Agricultural Health Study (AHS) is a prospective study of cancer and other health outcomes (e.g. Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, thyroid disease, respiratory diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune disorders, and reproductive health) in a cohort of licensed pesticide applicators and their spouses from Iowa and North Carolina. The AHS began in 1993 with the goal of answering important questions about how agricultural, lifestyle and genetic factors affect the health of farming populations. The study is a collaborative effort involving investigators from National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
More than 89,000 pesticide applicators and spouses in Iowa and North Carolina have participated in the study. Their participation has provided, and continues to provide, the data that researchers need to help the current and future generations of farmers and their families live healthier lives. Between 1993 and 1997, 52,394 licensed private pesticide applicators (mostly farmers) from Iowa and North Carolina enrolled, as did 32,345 of their spouses. The study also included 4,916 commercial pesticide applicators in Iowa in its first two phases. The average ages at enrollment were 47.1 years, 38.0 years, and 46.9 years for private applicators, commercial applicators and spouses. The study began by collecting baseline information from participants when they enrolled (1993-1997). Follow-up telephone interviews were conducted in the second (1999-2003), third phase (2005-2010), and fourth phases (2013-2015) of the study. At Phase 2, participants provided updated information on farming practices, lifestyle, and health and were asked to complete a dietary questionnaire and provide a sample of cheek cells as a source of DNA. The Phase 3 interview also updated information on farming practices, lifestyle, and health while Phase 4 focused on changes in health status. The cohort continues to be followed via linkages with cancer registries and vital statistics. Participants periodically participate in comprehensive sub-studies, including an investigation of genetic and environmental risk factors for asthma and other respiratory diseases and studies of Parkinson’s disease, neurobehavioral function and cognitive decline. Biological and environmental samples are being collected from a subset of the cohort to facilitate mechanistic studies that might explain links between pesticide and other exposures and increased risk for cancer and other conditions.
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The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee for Healthcare for Underserved Women
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC
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NICHD
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The purpose of this committee is to identify and address barriers to care, and monitor access to specific women’s health care services.
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The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee on Gynecologic Practice
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC
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NICHD
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This committee addresses gynecologic practice issues.
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