Promoting CDC TIPS® Campaign Materials to Public Housing Residents March 2019 View Publication Currently, around 34% of public housing residents smoke compared to 22% of the general adult population. Given the new smoke–free requirement at all public housing developments, NCHPH anticipates that many public housing residents will attempt to quit smoking and/or seek smoking cessation […]
Category: Behavioral Health
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 […]
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 […]