Alaska Native Tobacco Prevention Community Toolkit

The Alaska Native Tobacco Prevention Toolkit is for community grantees of the State of Alaska, Tobacco Prevention and Control Program and anyone who seeks to work with tribes in their journey to become tobacco-free. This toolkit shares resources and ideas for working within a variety of settings in tribal communities, such as health clinics and […]

AASTEC Tobacco Mini Grant RFA FY 2017

Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center request for applications.  Comprehensive approaches to American Indian Health & Wellness:  Commercial Tobacco Control Program FY 2017 Tribal Mini-Grants Promoting policy, health system, and environmental improvements to address commercial tobacco use by providing competitive grant funding for tribal-based projects. DEADLINE:  September 23, 2016

National Native Network Newsletter – August 2016

This issue’s highlights include: 2016 CDC Cancer Summit Report GPTCHB Online Cancer Education Modules NNN Podcast Series Premiere Episode with Richard Mousseau MMWR Report – Some Racial, Ethnic Groups Continue Smoking Cigarettes at Higher Rates Patient Navigation Barriers and Outcomes Tool How Mortality Data Fails Native Americans New Publications and Reports Infographics If you have […]

How Mortality Data Fails Native Americans

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Kate Wheeling of Pacific Standard HERE It’s no secret that the Indian Health Service, the federal agency tasked with providing health-care services to American Indians and Alaska Natives, is underfunded and overburdened; Native Americans are more likely to die from liver disease, diabetes, homicide, suicide, and respiratory diseases than the general population […]

Smoking Rates are Dropping for Racial and Ethnic Groups – Except One

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Kimbriell Kelly of The Washington Post HERE Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults continues to slide among almost all racial and ethnic groups, but big disparities remain, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among whites and blacks, a quarter still light up.  By contrast, barely one […]

Low cost, desire to quit smoking play into youth e-cigarette use

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Amanda Cuba of CT Post HERE Teens and adolescents who used e-cigarettes for more than six months cited low cost and the desire to quit smoking as two of the biggest reasons for their habit, according to a study by Yale University researchers. The researchers’ goal was to gain insight into the […]

Publication: Characteristics of American Indian/Alaskan Native Quitline Callers Across 14 States

CLICK HERE FOR PUBLICATION Nicotine & Tobacco Research (June 17, 2016).  These findings stress the critical need for tailored efforts to better reach AI/AN commercial tobacco users who are considering treatment, in order to make meaningful gains in commercial tobacco cessation for this vulnerable population. CLICK HERE FOR PUBLICATION

CDC 2016 Cancer Summit Report – Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Collaborating to Advance Cancer Control in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT The Planning Committee is proud to release a report on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2016 Cancer Summit, Looking Back and Looking Ahead: The State of Cancer Control in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities. The summit convened current and former Division of Cancer Prevention and Control […]

Online Cancer Education Modules

We have eight interactive, online cancer education modules with helpful resources and activities free of charge for CHA/Ps, community health workers, and anyone interested in learning more about cancer.  The modules are approved for 2 hours of CHA/P continuing education. Each module was created with input from Alaska Community Health Aides/Practitioners (CHA/Ps), and content experts. […]

Making small changes for healthier families

Mallory Black / Native Health News Alliance SAN DIEGO — It’s summertime across Indian Country. That means sunflowers, tomatoes, sweet grass and squash are popping up all over the Lower Sioux Indian Community garden. “We have some really nice tomato plants, and the strawberries came in good,” describes Beth O’Keefe, a member of the Lower Sioux Indian […]
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NIHB presents National Tribal Health Conference | Sheraton Grand at Wildhorse Pass in Chandler, Arizona | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

75 Years Later:  The Impact of the 1950 Papers on Smoking and Lung Cancer | This symposium will celebrate the achievements that have occurred over the past 75 years in the fields of tobacco control, lung cancer epidemiology and causal inference.  Two seminal papers on lung cancer and smoking initiated these three areas of scholarship in 1950.  Since then, significant public health, policy, and research contributions have been made by scholars around the world.  In this symposium, speakers will highlight such accomplishments and present their current research in these fields. | DOWNLOAD FLIER | REGISTER HERE

Association of American Indian Physicians 53rd Annual Meeting | Hyatt Regency Seattle in Seattle, Washington | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

National Lung Cancer Screening Day | Now in its fourth year, this initiative is kpowered by a dynamic collaboration among the American Cancer Society's National Lung Cancer Roundtable, GO2 for Lung Cancer, the Radiology Health Equity Coalition, and the American College of Radiology. | LEARN MORE