Job Posting – Program Manager – Health Education – Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan – CLOSES 2/14/2018

Job Title:  Program Manager (full-time permanent) Department:  Health Education Location:  ITC Central Office, Sault Ste. Marie, MI The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc. (ITC) is a state chartered 501 C3 non-profit organizationg consisting of twelve federally recognized Indian Tribes in Michigan.  We offer a variety of services such as Child and Family, Educational, Employment and […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY – HHS Office of Adolescent Health

The HHS Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) announced the anticipated availability of funds to states and tribes to develop and implement programs for expectant and parenting teens, women, fathers, and their families to improve health and related educational, social, and economic outcomes. OAH anticipates funding up to 23 grants with an additional budget of $250,000 […]

NNN & IHS HP/DP Webinar – Nicotine Cessation Services Access Workgroup Introduction and Update

The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan’s National Native Network with Indian Health Service Health Promotion & Disease Prevention and the Indian Health Services Clinical Support Center (Accredited Provider) present a webinar series:  Cancer Risk Reduction in Indian Country. Title:  Nicotine Cessation Services Access Workgroup Introduction and Update Date:  Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Presenter: Commander Michael Verdugo, Pharm.D., […]

National Native Network Newsletter — January 2018

In this issue: Tobacco Companies to Run Court-Ordered Ads Telling the Truth About Their Deadly Products Welcome Monica Martin to CRIHB and National Native Network NNN & IHS HP/DP Webinar Archive — Traditional Tobacco Cervical Health Awareness Resources GPTCHB Sacred Willow Book In a Good Way:  Indigenous Commercial Tobacco Control Practice “Every Try Counts” Introduces […]

Employment Opportunity – Prevention & Policy Coordinator – AICAF

The American Indian Cancer Foundation is seeking a PREVENTION & POLICY COORDINATOR to work across cancer prevention and policy projects to support sustainable strategies that will strengthen American Indian community systems and improve health outcomes. This individual must have interest and experience in the areas of tobacco, physical activity, and/or healthy eating for cancer prevention […]

Promising Practices to Build Healthy Active Native Communities

VISIT HEALTHY ACTIVE NATIVE COMMUNITIES RESOURCES HERE The Association of American Indian Physicians’ (AAIP) Healthy Active Native Communities project is working toward increasing access to and impact of obesity prevention projects in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. Through evidence-based research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Winnable Battles to prevent obesity […]

Monica Martin joins CRIHB and NNN Team

The National Native Network welcomes Monica Martin to our team.  Monica Martin has recently joined our team with the California Rural Indian Health Board as a Health Education Specialist.  Monica will be helping with NNN work along with other CDC grant duties.  Monica comes armed with public health and community level experience and hopes to […]

Need some #MondayMotivation? Join a Running Club for Smokers Who Are Quitting!

FOR FULL COMPLETE BLOG FROM iquitmonday.org CLICK HERE There are two popular resolutions people make for themselves eery New Year:  quit smoking and get in shape.  If you have decided to quit smoking, you’re already on your way to a healthier life.  If you decided you also want to try getting in shape while you […]

Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults, by Household Income and Education — United States, 2011-2014

COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE Summary What is already known about this topic? Studies have suggested that obesity prevalence varies by income or education, although patterns might differ in high and low income countries. What is added by this report? Analysis of data from the 2011-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) examining the association between […]

Cervical Health Awareness Resources

January is Cervical Health and Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.  Great Plains Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (GP-BCCEDP) has created multiple resources to share in order to increase cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination awareness.  Below you will find two HPV information sheets, a social media guide tailored to American Indian/Alaska Native individuals, and […]
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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