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2021 Board President’s Challenge Calls on States to Advance Racial Equity in Chronic Disease Programs

From ChronicDisease.org CONTACT: Paige Rohe, 404-924-8295 ATLANTA (Jan. 28, 2021) – Today Dr. Susan Kansagra, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors Board President, announced her 2021 Board President’s Challenge, calling upon state chronic disease programs to redouble their efforts to dismantle structural racism through a greater focus on racial equity in chronic disease programs. Dr. Kansagra, a […]

CDC: Tribal Program Increases Breast Cancer Screening Despite Pandemic

From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) “I recently lost a relative to cancer. I think it’s important to get these screenings done,” said a member of the tribal council of the Hannahville Indian Community in northern Michigan. But women who live on Indian reservations […]

Effective Strategies to Reach Patients for Colorectal Cancer Screening During COVID-19 Part II – CRC Screening Awareness Month – Implementation Strategies at the Grass Roots Level

American Indian Cancer Foundation’s Colorectal Cancer Toolkit:https://4dmdemos.com/aicf/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AICAF_CRCToolkit_PRINT-1.pdf Date: January 28, 2021Time: 3 – 4 p.m. ET PRESENTED BY: Melissa BuffaloDeputy DirectorAmerican Indian Cancer Foundation Beth Sieloff, MPHProgram ManagerCancer Prevention and Control ProgramsInter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc. DESCRIPTION: American Indian Cancer Foundation’s Colorectal Cancer Toolkit:https://4dmdemos.com/aicf/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AICAF_CRCToolkit_PRINT-1.pdf This webinar takes the strategies discussed in the January 20th webinar […]

Cigarette Smoking – United States, 2006 – 2008 and 2009-2010

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report From Social Determinants of American Indian Nutritional Health Abstract: Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, resulting in approximately 443,000 deaths and $193 billion in direct health-care expenditures and productivity losses each year. Declines in smoking prevalence would significantly impact the health-care […]

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month 2021

January marks Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign that raises for those affected by cervical cancer. In the U.S., American Indian women are 2 times more likely to develop cervical cancer than white women. Nationwide, the cervical cancer death rate dropped significantly with the increased use of the Pap test. This month we ask […]

Nuestras Voces Network: Towards Ending the Confusion About Breast Cancer Screening

Nuestras Voces (Our Voices) Network & WISDOM Study Join Webinar Towards Ending the Confusion About Breast Cancer Screening January 14, 2021 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT REGISTER NOW There is a lot of confusion about when and how often a woman should get a mammogram. Breast cancer experts don’t all agree. The WISDOM Study hopes […]

Effective Strategies to Reach Patients for Colorectal Cancer Screening During COVID-19

Part one of a two part series. Click here to register for part two. The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan’s National Native Network with Indian Health Service Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and the Indian Health Service Clinical Support Center (Accredited Provider)present a webinar. Title: Effective Strategies to Reach Patients for Colorectal Cancer Screening During COVID-19Date: […]

CDC MMWR: Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students, United States, 2020

CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the following tobacco-related article in the CDC journal, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students, United States, 2020 Current tobacco product use declined among U.S. middle and high school students […]

PODCAST: Reducing Cancer through Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment

The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan’s National Native Network with Three Fires Comprehensive Cancer Control Program and the Indian Health Service Clinical Support Center (Accredited Provider) present a podcast. Type of Activity: Enduring Material/PodcastRelease Date: December 18, 2020Expiration Date: December 17, 2023Estimated Time to Complete Activity: 60 minutes Presenters:Cathy Edgerly, Master of Health ScienceCommunity Health Comprehensive Cancer ConsortiumInter-Tribal Council […]

CDC OSH | E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI): Looking Back, Moving Forward

From Nicotine & Tobacco Research: https://academic.oup.com/ntr/article/22/Supplement_1/S96/6035090 In August 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Food and Drug Administration, state and local health departments, and other clinical and public health partners began investigating a multistate outbreak of severe lung injuries that were first identified in July 2019 in Wisconsin and Illinois among […]

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