World No Tobacco Day
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Application Closes: Truth Initiative Youth Activism Program
Truth Initiative’s Youth Activism Fellowship (YAF) is a multi-layered, interdisciplinary approach to equipping emerging tobacco control professionals with the knowledge, tools and resources to support comprehensive tobacco prevention in communities ...
Nominations Due: C. Everett Koop National Health Awards
The Health Project is seeking nominations for the C. Everett Koop National Health Awards in recognition of outstanding health promotion programs. It is dedicated to spotlighting private and public health ...
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting
Mcormick Place, Chicago Illinois 2301 S King Dr , Chicago, United StatesEach year, more than 30,000 health care professionals from around the world gather for the ASCO Annual Meeting at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, IL, to learn, share, ...
Webinar: Tobacco and the Emergence of E-Cigarettes: Addressing the Unmet Needs in Mental Health
Dear Colleagues, Tobacco remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, and disproportionately affects people with mental illness. E-cigarette use is increasing in the United States and ...
30 SmokeFree Days
Dear Friends, Thinking of quitting smoking? Want some extra help? Are you on Facebook? Join us for 30 Smokefree Days,a 30-day quit smoking event that provides a built-in community of ...
Webinar: Essential Elements for Integrating Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) Strategies into Clinical Practice for Behavioral Health Populations
Want to improve the quality of cancer care your organization provides? Join the National Behavioral Health Network this summer for a new webinar series on cancer control. Throughout the series, ...
Comprehensive Tobacco Cessation in Public Housing Community Health Centers : Beyond Policy Adoption and Implementation
FREE Webinar Tomorrow! The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC), in collaboration with the CDC Tips From Former Smokers™ Campaign, the National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH), and the National ...
Webinar: Comprehensive Tobacco Cessation in Public Housing Community Health Centers
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC), in collaboration with the CDC Tips From Former Smokers™ Campaign, the National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH), and the National Association of ...
Webinar: Exploring the Uses & Misuses of E-Cigarettes among those with Behavioral Health Conditions
Talking Through the Mist: Exploring the Uses and Misuses of E-Cigarettes amongst those with Behavioral Health Conditions Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2-3:30 p.m. ET Register Here Speaker: Jim Pavlik, MA, Program and ...
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Webinar: The Power of Peers for Tobacco and Cancer Control Practices
The Power of Peers for Tobacco and Cancer Control Practices Thursday, Aug. 3, 3-4:30 p.m. ET During this webinar, attendees will: Understand the role of peers as coaches in whole health ...
Call for Abstracts: Igniting Change and Innovation: the Impact of Health Education.
April 4-6, 2018, Columbus (OH), Society for Public Health Education Annual Conference. Plan your abstract submission now to be a part of this growing national conference reaching health educators, students, ...
WEBINAR: U.S. Tobacco Control Policies to Reduce Health Disparities
August 8, 2017, 2-3 p.m. ET, National Cancer Institute. This webinar will provide an overview of the R01 and R21 funding opportunity announcements (FOA), U.S. Tobacco Control Policies to Reduce ...
Webinar: Best Practices for Developing Survivorship Plans for Behavioral Health Populations
Date: Tuesday, August 8th, 2:00pm – 4:00 pm ET Description Many cancer patients experience psychological distress due to existing behavioral health concerns or concerns brought about by the cancer diagnosis. ...
Webinar: Partnering with Public Housing to Reduce Tobacco Use
Partnering with Public Housing to Reduce Tobacco Use Wed, Aug 16, 2017 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT Speakers: Marcella A. Maguire, Ph.D. Director, Health Systems Integration, CSH Stancil Tootle ...
Thinking Outside of the Box: Creative Approaches to Tobacco Cessation
Date: Wednesday, August 23rd 2-3:30pm EST Speakers: Carole Specktor, Senior Cessation Manager, ClearWay Minnesota Erica Sitton, OTR/L, Health and Wellness Manager, Mental Health Resources Sally Sales, MA, Program Director, Hennepin ...
Preview of New Documentary-Styled Campaign from Truth Initiative
Date: Thursday, August 24, 2017 2-3 PM (EDT) Join Truth Initiative as we discuss how the tobacco industry exploits specific populations and share a preview of the new documentary-styled campaign ...
Webinar: Health Information Data Sharing: HIPAA Facts and Fallacies
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 12:00 pm (CST) The password for this event is "health". Health care providers cite the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule to deny ...
Webinar: Rather wreck my gums than my lungs: Smokeless tobacco and California rural adolescent males
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is pleased to invite you to this free webinar: “Rather wreck my gums than my lungs: Smokeless tobacco and California rural adolescent males” on ...
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Webinar: Overcoming Implicit Bias in Tobacco Cessation for Behavioral Health Populations
Date: Thursday, August 31, 2017, 2-3:30pm EST Speakers: Nicole Mueller, Community Liaison at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program, the University of Colorado School of Medicine Mary Mancuso, MA, Clinical ...
Applications Due: TEAM Training and Patient Recruitment
The Together-Equitable-Accessible-Meaningful (TEAM) education program aims to improve the productivity of patient-provider interactions to promote equitable, accessible and patient-centered care that results in better health outcomes for those impacted by ...
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Promising Practices to Track, Monitor and Address the Needs Across the Cancer Continuum in Behavioral Health Populations
Description What do patients need for support on their cancer journey? Psychiatric care is one aspect of services for patients with cancer. The webinar will explore promising practices, (eTools, mHealth ...
Webinar: The Power of Partnerships: Behavioral health and public health working together to combat smoking in Kentucky
Learn about the benefits of hosting a state strategy session and how your state can get involved. Explore how to build successful statewide collaborative groups.
Webinar- The Power of Partnerships: Behavioral health & public health working together to combat smoking in KY
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC), the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco and Cancer Control (NBHN), and the American Lung Association (ALA) are pleased to invite you to register ...
Webinar: Creating & Sustaining Community-Clinical Linkages for Tobacco Cessation
Wednesday, September 20th, 2-3pm ET Click here to register. This webinar will discuss the benefits of creating and sustaining linkages between community-based organizations and healthcare professionals to advance LGBT wellness and ...
Webinar: Tobacco and Cancer-Related Health Insurance Benefits in Marketplace Plans Preparing for the 2018 Open Enrollment Period (Nov. 1 – Dec. 15, 2017)
Host: Nuestras Voces (Our Voices) National Hispanic Network to Reduce Tobacco-Related and Cancer Health Disparities When: Thursday, September 21, 2017 Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST Despite gains since the launch of the ...
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Effective Treatment Options for Co-Occurring Webinar: Nicotine Dependence, E-Cigarettes and Marijuana Use
Date: Monday, September 25, 2017, 2-3:30pm EST Speaker: Chad Morris, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program at the University of Colorado- School of ...
Diversity Dialogue: Unconscious Linguistic Bias
Unconscious Linguistic Bias: Innovative Psycholinguistic-Based Strategies to Dramatically Increase the Representation of Minority Executives in Leadership and Governance Positions Wednesday, September 27, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET // Noon - ...
Systems Serving Individuals with Mental Illnesses and Addictions: Recognizing Opportunities and Addressing “Pockets of Resistance”
This webinar is dedicated to an exploration of state and community-level systems essential to developing and implementing successful smoke free behavioral health facilities and cessation interventions targeted to smokers with ...
Reducing Breast Cancer Disparities at the State Level: Successes and Lessons Learned from the ASTHO Breast Cancer Learning Community
Dear Collegues, According to the CDC, black women in the U.S. are approximately 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women. In fall 2015, the Association of ...
13th National Reduce Tobacco Use Conference
The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth and Prevention Connections are pleased to invite you to the 13th National Reduce Tobacco Use Conference to be held April 8-11, 2018. The 13th ...
Apply: 2017 Tobacco-Free College Program for Community Colleges and Minority-Serving Institutions
Dear Colleagues, Please see below for a grant opportunity from Truth Initiative. In the fight to curb tobacco use in the U.S., college campuses have emerged as a critical battleground. That’s ...
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Finding New Financing for Tobacco Cessation & Cancer Prevention Efforts
Finding New Financing for Tobacco Cessation & Cancer Prevention Efforts Wed, Oct 11, 2017 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT Do you want to innovate or try ground-breaking programs to ...
Financing Cancer Control Practices for Behavioral Health Populations
Date: Wednesday, October 17th from 2-4pm Speakers: TBD Register here: https://goto.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1153667&tp_key=140655e1ea
Webinar: How to Think – Not Feel, About Tobacco Harm Reduction
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is pleased to invite you to register for this FREE webinar: “How to Think - Not Feel, About Tobacco Harm Reduction” on Wednesday, October ...
Webinar: Smokefree Multi-Unit Housing and Tobacco Cessation Policy
Join The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the American Lung Association for a webinar exploring the intersection of smokefree multi-unit housing and tobacco cessation policies. The webinar ...
Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training- 5-Day CTTS Training
Dear Colleagues, CTTS will be holding a 5 Day Training where participants can expect to leave the training competent to effectively treat patients for tobacco dependence and to provide other ...
A Quick Refresher: Passing Laws at the Federal, State, and Local Level
This webinar, hosted by the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium at the Public Health Law Center, is designed to give members of the tobacco control and public health community a short refresher on how laws ...
Smokefree Movies Webinar
How can your state join the national effort to stop tobacco imagery on screen from harming kids? A special presentation by New York State program managers can help you — ...
4th Symposium on Cancer Survivorship for Clinicians
WHEN: October 27-28 WHERE: Fred Hutch, Seattle, WA Registration Information Course Description With survivorship now recognized as a distinct phase of care in the cancer continuum, the focus turns to surveillance ...
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Treating Tobacco Dependence in Behavioral Health Settings
Manchester Grand Hyatt Sandiego, CaliforniaTreating Tobacco Dependence in Behavioral Health Settings is a two day training developed for psychiatrists, nurses, counselors and other mental health professionals, which prepares the practitioner to effectively deliver tobacco ...
Treating Tobacco Dependence in Behavioral Health Settings 2-day Training
REGISTER HERE https://njtobaccofree.rwjms.rutgers.edu/index.php Accreditation: The following professional contact hours are provided:* Physician: 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits Certified Counselors: 12 Clock Hours Nurse: 12.5 contact hours Psychologists: 12 CE ...
Eighth Annual Navigation & Survivorship Conference
Conference Overview AONN+ will be hosting the Eighth Annual Navigation & Survivorship Conference in Orlando, FL, November 16-19, 2017. More than 900 anticipated nurse and patient navigators will gather to ...
Webinar: Bambi Meets Godzilla: Addressing young adult tobacco use
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is pleased to invite you to register for this One Hour Power Break FREE webinar: “Bambi Meets Godzilla: Addressing young adult tobacco use” on ...
Smoking Cessation and Reduction in Pregnancy Treatment (SCRIPT®) Training Workshop
You're invited to join the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Monday, December 4 in Washington, D.C., for the Smoking Cessation and Reduction in Pregnancy Treatment (SCRIPT®) Training Workshop. SCRIPT® ...
Conversation and Cup of Joe: Implications of E-Cigarettes and Marijuana Use
This research-to-practice conversation with state health department and research perspectives will address challenges and successes of addressing e-cigarette use as it relates to legalization of marijuana, as well as research ...
Application Deadline: National Council Awards of Excellence
The National Council Awards of Excellence are our opportunity to elevate those at the forefront of innovation and dedication to exceptional quality and compassionate care. Recipients represent some of the ...
“Business or Exploitation?” Exposure of the tobacco industry’s exploitation of individuals with mental health conditions
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is excited to be hosting our 75th webinar with our partners, the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco and Cancer Control (NBHN), and the ...
Treating Tobacco Dependence: Co-occurring Behavioral Health & Substance Abuse Conditions
Hosted by: Center of Excellence for Health Systems Improvement Goal: Upon completing this webinar, participants will better understand the role co-occurring behavioral health and substance abuse conditions play in treating tobacco ...
LGBT Mental Health: A Community and Clinic-Based Perspective
Time: February 1, 2018 3:30-5pm EST Cost: $15 Join LGBT HealthLink and Suwannee River Area Health Education Center for this webinar on LGBT Mental Health. In this webinar experts will ...
4-Day Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training
Rutgers-Tobacco Dependence Program in collaboration with the Center for Tobacco Studies and the Division of Addiction Psychiatry Co Providing with Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care 4-Day Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training - New Brunswick, NJ ...
Community Strategies to Improve Population Wide Mental Health and Wellbeing
Date: Thursday, February 8, 2018 1pm EST Register here. Description Mental wellbeing has a tremendous impact on the lives of individuals, families, and communities. Now is the time to implement ...
Agents of Change Summit
The Agents of Change Summit unifies and expands the community of professionals using marketing and technology to change people’s health behaviors for social good. In 2018, the Agents of Change ...
Building Success: Adopting and Implementing an Effective Smoke-free Policy
Save the Date: Wednesday, February 14 from 2 – 3 p.m. ET. Please join a team from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston University School of Public ...
Changing our Language to Motivate People and Systems to Change
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 3:00-4:30 PM ET CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR Our first webinar in the 2018 series will introduce participants to a strategic framework (Context – ...
Leveraging ALA’s New Hospital Community Benefit Toolkit to Promote Tobacco Cessation Among Community Providers
Thursday, February 22, 2018 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET Register here to receive login information More than half of the hospitals in the United States are private, nonprofit organizations that ...
Treatment Planning for Tobacco Cessation in Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Settings
March 27,2018 from 1-2PM (EST) The goal of this webinar is to strengthen the capacity of substance abuse treatment and behavioral health providers to develop effective Tobacco Cessation Treatment Plans ...
Innovations in Tobacco Cessation Delivery: Digital Platforms
Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at 1:00pm EDT Erik M. Augustson, PhD, MPH, Program Director of the Behavioral Resources Program, in the Tobacco Control Research Branch, of the National Cancer Institute, ...