The Smoking Ban in Public Housing November 1, 2017 Slides In this presentation, NCHPH lead a discussion on how health centers and public housing authorities are collaborating to stop smoking in public housing communities. An overview was presented on HUD’s final rule on banning smoking and the smoking restrictions that it entails. Barriers for PHAs […]
Category: Behavioral Health
Smoke-free Public Housing September 25 – 26, 2017 Slides Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) Program Directors and Tobacco Control Program Managers were invited to participate in a Smoke-free Public Housing Workshop on September 25 and 26, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. This activity was sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Cancer […]
Opioid Crisis: Problem, Treatment and Prevention September 21, 2017 Document Opioid misuse, including the non-medical use of prescription opioids, e.g., OxyContin, Vicodin and Percocet and the use of non-pharmaceutical or illicit opioids, e.g. heroin and fentanyl, is a fast growing public health problem and primary cause of unintentional deaths nationwide. According to the Centers for […]
Comprehensive Tobacco Cessation in Public Housing Community Health Centers: Beyond Policy Adoption and Implementation July 20, 2017 Recording | Slides On December 5, 2016, HUD published a final rule requiring all Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) administering low-income, conventional public housing to initiate a smoke-free policy. The Rule was effective on February 3, 2017 with an […]
Smoke-Free Public Housing: Reducing Tobacco Use among Public Housing Residents June 21, 2017 American Lung Association Slides | CDC Slides | HUD Slides | Webinar Recording | On December 5, 2016, HUD published a final rule requiring all Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) administering low-income, conventional public housing to initiate a smoke-free policy. The Rule was effective […]