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 […]
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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 Multi-Unit Housing and Tobacco Cessation Policy June 21, 2017 American Lung Association Slides | CDC Slides | HUD Slides | Webinar Recording The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the American Lung Association (ALA) and the National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH) conducted a webinar exploring the intersection of smokefree multi-unit housing and tobacco cessation policies. Panelists […]
Federal Housing Policy and Lead Poisoning June 8, 2016 Slides 1| Slides 2 Panelists: • Tara J. Radosevich, Special Assistant, Office of the Principal Deputy Assistant for Public and Indian Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development • Benjamin Gramling, Director of Environmental Health, Sixteenth Street Community Health Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Protecting children from exposure […]