EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY – HEALTH EDUCATION SPECIALIST II – CRIHB

ORIGINAL JOB POSTING HERE  CLICK HERE FOR MOST RECENT INFORMATION Reports to: Research & Public Health Deputy Director/Nutritionist Supervises: None Salary Grade: CCS 10 FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt Position Summary: The Health Educations Specialist II will provide leadership and coordination in outreaching to target communities under various grant-funded health education programs. Also will develop and implement […]

Alleviate Cancer Survivor Distress: Screening and Psychosocial Care

ORIGINAL ARTICLE from Medscape.com HERE Hello. I’m Dr Natasha Buchanan, a behavioral scientist with the Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch in CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. Over the next few minutes I will share information about cancer survivorship in the United States, the prevalence of psychosocial distress among survivors, and what medical professionals […]

Joint Jurisdiction Courts: A Manual for Developing Tribal, Local, State & Federal Justice Collaborations

The Bureau Justice Assistance (BJA) is pleased to share with you the Joint Jurisdictional Courts:  A Manual for Developing Tribal, Local, State & Federal Justice Collaborations.  Please Share with your Indian Country contacts. Joint Jurisdiction Courts: A Manual for Developing Tribal, Local, State & Federal Justice Collaborations BJA, through the Center for Evidence-based Policy of […]

DDW Poster on 80% by 2018

NCCRT Evaluation and Measurement Subgroup co-chair Ann G. Zauber, PhD, presented a poster describing 80% by 2018 progress to date at the 2016 Digestive Disease Week Conference in San Diego last month.  The poster illustrates the progress of the 80% by 2018 initiative by comparing the number needed to screen to reach 80% by 2018 […]

Well-timed exercise might improve learning

ORIGINAL ARTICLE from Fox News HERE Aerobic exercise four hours after a memorization task, but not exercise right afterwards, was linked to improved recall in a series of Dutch experiments. Newly-learned information turns into long-term knowledge through a process of stabilization and integration of memories, the study team writes in Current Biology. This requires certain […]

Real Men Wear Gowns: New screening process for colon cancer

ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE from KREM by Mark Hanrahan SPOKANE, Wash. – There is a good chance you or someone you know has visited a CHAS clinic in Spokane. However, you may not know about the organization’s recent push to screen more patients for colon cancer. “We went from 8.5% screening rate up to 33% last […]

MSU to be a tobacco-free campus this fall

FOR ORIGINAL ARTICLE from The State News by Sasha Zidar CLICK HERE In August 2016, Michigan State University will officially be a tobacco-free campus. The MSU Board of Trustees approved for a tobacco-free campus in 2015 to help ensure that the Spartan community enjoys a healthy lifestyle on campus. In April 2013, the Office of […]

Wichita Falls Smoking Ban Grace Period Ends; All Bars and Restaurants Now Smoke-Free

ORIGINAL ARTICLE from NewsTalk 1290 HERE Friday, June 17 marks the end of the two-year grace period of the Wichita Falls smoking ban and all bars and restaurants in the city are now smoke-free. City councilors voted the approval of the smoking ban in 2014 with the amendment that would allow patrons of bars and […]

June National Native Network Newsletter

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD JUNE NATIONAL NATIVE NETWORK NEWSLETTER Featured in this issue: Traditional Foods Toolkit American Indian Commercial Tobacco Program Information Chris Cooper Blog Tammi Meissner Blog Infographics
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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