WEBINAR: Coronavirus Virtual Town Hall: Improving Health Within Our Communities with Questions and Answers

Indian Health Service and the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health present a webinar series Coronavirus Virtual Town Hall:  Improving Health Within Our Communities with Questions and Answers When:  April 22 & 29, at 2 – 3 pm EDT Via Zoom, register at: http://bit.ly/JHU-IHStownhall. Objectives: Understand the current state of COVID-19. Highlight community-based responses. […]

UIHI: Talking to Native Youth about COVID-19

Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) created an illustrated guide on talking to Native youth about COVID-19.  There is also a supplemental fact sheet that provides in-depth information to assist caregivers in having a trauma informed and resiliency based conversation.  Tribal, Urban, and rural clinics, may request these resources in print either as a poster, table […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Support for tribes to prevent, prepare, and respond to COVID-19 in Rural Communities

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy will announce and upcoming notice fo funding opportunity (NOFO) announcement that will be available to tribal organizations. Estimated Post Date:  April 21, 2020 Estimated Application Due Date:  May 12, 2020 The funding opportunity will be posted at the following link: Through the […]

Indian Affairs to Assist Tribes Eligible to Receive Funding from Treasury Under the Coronavirus Relief Fund

From:  Office of the Assistant Secretary Indian Affairs | U.S. Department of the Interior FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date:  April 14, 2020 Contact:  newsmedia@bia.gov WASHINGTON – Monday, April 13, 2020, the Department of the Treasury launched the web portal for state, local, and tribal governments to provide their information for the disbursement of the Coronavirus Relief […]

Now is the Time to Quit Smoking

1-855-372-0037 for Culturally Tailored Quit Resources 1-800-QUIT-NOW for Free Smoking Cessation Resources According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on preliminary U.S. data, persons with underlying health conditions such as diabetes, chronic lung disease, and cardiovascular disease, appear to be at higher risk for severe COVID-19 associated disease than persons without these […]

CDC: CDC’s Successful Tips from Former Smokers Campaign Returns in March

Credit:  CDC A new round of straightforward ads kicks off the ninth year of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tips from Former Smokers (Tips) Campaign.  Since 2012, the Tips campaign has profiled real people who are living with serious long-term health effects due to smoking cigarettes and secondhand smoke exposure. New ads […]

US Adults’ Perceptions About the Harms of Nicotine in Electronic Vapor Products on the Adolescent Brain, United States, 2016-2017

Credit:  CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health The CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health is releasing the following article in the journal, Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD). US Adults’ Perceptions About the Harms of Nicotine in Electronic Vapor Products on the Adolescent Brain, United States, 2016-2017 About two-thirds of adults in the United States agree that […]

Native Center for Behavioral Health (NCBH) Webinar: Overview of Programs and Services

From Native Center for Behavioral Health The National Indian Health Board (NIHB), in collaboration with the Native Center for Behavioral Health (NCBH), will present a one hour webinar on Thursday, March 26, 2020 beginning at 1 p.m. ET.  This webinar will go more in depth about the services offered by NCBH and will be presented […]

NIHB: Public Health Training

The National Indian Health Board is offering a Public Health Training. VIEW FULL TRAINING FROM NIHB HERE Public Health Training Course and project information The Public Health Training project and its resulting e-course are intended to educate Tribal leaders and Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) members on public health topics and provide information, including best practices, […]
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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