Found too late: Cancer preys on rural Americans

Rural Americans and those Natives that live in rural America struggle to have access to health care.  Below is an article from USAToday.com on what Rural Americans face when it comes to getting the proper access to proper health care and cancer screenings. Found too late: Cancer preys on rural Americans

No Shave November!

courtesy of: No Shave November www.no-shave.org   What is No-Shave November? No-Shave November is a month-long journey during which participants forgo shaving and grooming in order to evoke conversation and raise cancer awareness.  Learn more about how you can get involved and start getting hairy! Mission: No-Shave November is a web-based, non-profit organization devoted to […]

TRIBAL YOUTH FLASH MOB!

Michigan tribal youth organized a flash mob for tobacco education and awareness at the 2015 Michigan Indian Family Olympics.  There were over 1,015 in attendance.  The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe recorded the flash mob which can be seen here:  https://youtu.be/kpxl1nHG2Iw The youth organizers had participated in a Tribal Youth Tobacco Leadership Program in the spring […]

COMMUNITY PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES

  The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends early childhood education programs based on strong evidence of effectiveness in improving educational outcomes that are associated with long-term health and sufficient evidence of effectiveness in improving social- and health-related outcomes. When provided to low-income or racial and ethnic minority communities, early childhood education programs are likely to […]
Chris Cooper

American Indian Imagery and Cigarette Branding

As I rode home on the train today, I observed one person bumming a cigarette off of another person.  As the man pulled the pack of cigarettes out of his pocket, I saw the familiar silhouette of an American Indian man wearing a head dress and a sacred pipe.  And as he pulled out the […]

October/November 2015 National Native Newsletter Available

The new National Native Network Newsletter is now available to be read and shared. Topics covered in this newsletter include: Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis National Cacner Survivorship Resource Center’s new CRC Curvivorship Care Guidelines Success Story on Northern Valley Indian Health’s Mammogram Screening Program and more. October National Natiive Network Newsletter

Smoke-Free Policies in Multiunit Housing: Smoking Behavior and Reactions to Messaging Strategies

Berg CJ, Haardörfer R, Windle M, Solomon M, Kegler MC. (2015). Smoke-free policies in multiunit housing: smoking behavior and reactions to messaging strategies in support or in opposition. Prev Chronic Dis. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.140479 A significant number of U.S. adults live in multi-unit housing (MUH). In the absence of smoke-free MUH policies, residents in these establishments are […]

Reactions to Cigarette Taxes and Related Messaging: Is the South Different?

Study published on tobacco control in the South

FDA Proposes Rule on Products Made or Derived from Tobacco

FDA proposed a rule on the circumstances in which a product made or derived from tobacco, intended for human consumption, will be subject to regulation as a drug, device, or a combination product under the FD&C Act

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Investigational Tobacco Products

Today, FDA issued the “Use of Investigational Tobacco Products Draft Guidance.” When finalized, this guidance will reflect FDA’s detailed recommendations on the use of investigational tobacco products. For the purpose of the draft guidance, an “investigational tobacco product” is a tobacco product that is: (1)  a new or modified risk tobacco product that is not […]
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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