Twitter GW Cancer Center Releases Updated Lung Cancer Awareness Month Social Media Toolkit
November is lung cancer awareness month, an opportunity to raise awareness about the disease; combat stigma around a lung cancer diagnosis; and support patients, survivors and caregivers affected by lung cancer. Are you looking for ways to promote lung cancer awareness but don’t know where to start? The GW Cancer Center is pleased to announce […]
nnn Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board Receives Funding for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
Visit Great Plains Tribal Chairmans Health Board Here (Rapid City, SD) The Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board received a cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnostic, and treatment referral services within the 17 tribes and one service unit in a four state […]
Sexual and Gender Minority Populations Funding Opportunity – “The Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Populations”
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is committed to supporting research that will increase scientific understanding of the health status of diverse population groups thus improving the effectiveness of health interventions and services for individuals within those groups. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) focuses on sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, […]
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The GW Cancer Center is pleased to announce the release of Implementing the Commission on Cancer Standard 3.1: Patient Navigation Process: A Road Map for Comprehensive Cancer Control Professionals and Cancer Program Administrators. This CDC-funded resource was developed in response to technical assistance requests by comprehensive cancer control stakeholders to help build capacity to meet […]
Wellness One e-cigarette with nicotine leads to adrenaline changes in nonsmokers’ hearts
ORIGINAL ARTICLE FROM ScienceDaily.com HERE A new UCLA study found that healthy nonsmokers experienced increased adrenaline levels in their heart after one electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) with nicotine but there were no increased adrenaline levels when the study subjects used an a nicotine-free or empty e-cig. The findings are published in Journal of the American Heart Association, […]
Tribal Home Visiting Home visits help strengthen maternal, infant health in Native American communities
ORIGINAL ARTICLE BY Katie Pearce of John Hopkins University HERE A baby’s first laugh, in Navajo culture, is cause for formal celebration. Whoever provokes that milestone moment wins the privilege of hosting a “first laugh ceremony” to mark the infant’s full arrival into the earthly world. “That laugh sounds to the world, ‘This is me […]
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER In this month’s NNN Newsletter: Benefits of a Commercial Smoke Free Facility Funding Opportunity: 2017 Commercial Tobacco-Free College Program – from Truth Initiative Recent Webinar Archives AICTP Crushes Enrollment Goal with 193 for 2017 Tobacco: Honoring our Traditions and our Health Published Articles and Research Funding Opportunities Upcoming Events CLICK […]
Smoke Free Benefits of a Commercial Smoke Free Policy
Tribes have a sovereign right to determine the health of their own people. To adopt and implement a commercial smoke free policy to protect children and elders from the dangers of commercial secondhand smoke is an exercise of that sovereignty. A policy also helps state the Tribe’s position on commercial tobacco and commercial secondhand smoke […]
Truth Initiative 2017 Commercial Tobacco-Free College Program – Funding Available
In the fight to curb commercial tobacco use in the U.S., college campuses have emerged as a critical battleground. That’s because virtually all smokers — 99 percent — start smoking before turning 26 years old. Community colleges and minority-serving academic institutions, including trial colleges, are especially important because they tend to serve students who are […]
Truth Initiative Funding Opportunity: 2017 Tobacco-Free College Program for Community Colleges and Minority-Serving Institutions.
The Truth Initiative is launching its new Tobacco-Free College Program, which offers 17-month grants of up to $20,000 to community colleges and minority-serving institutions to adopt a 100 percent tobacco-free college policy. Register for one of two informational webinars on Aug. 16 and Sept. 14 at 3 p.m. ET. Participation is optional. The deadline for […]