Webinars
A Plan for Ensuring Adequate Access to Quitlines: Feedback from our Members
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The North American Quitline Consortium offers a webinar dedicated to preparing the quitline community for graphic health warning labels, titled “A Plan for Ensuring Adequate Access to Quitlines: Feedback from our Members.” You can view the webinar slides, materials, and summary by visiting the event calendar page. A summary of the webinar’s content and the full Q&A log include questions that came in after the webinar.
Establishing Smoking Cessation Initiatives in Health Centers
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Center for Integrated Health Solutions developed a webinar titled “Establishing Smoking Cessation Initiatives in Health Centers.” It covers tobacco cessation policy and strategy for community health centers. Watch the webinar on the PrimaryCareForAll website.
NIH Videos on the Peer Review Process
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The NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) has produced a series of videos to give the public an inside look at how scientists from across the country review NIH grant applications for scientific and technical merit. CSR notes that new and established applicants will find insights and understanding that can empower them to improve the applications and increase their chances for receiving a more positive review. Watch the videos and find links to other related resources here.
Preventing Chronic Disease: The New Public Health
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The Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation presented a panel at a briefing which discussed policy and budget considerations surrounding efforts being made by local communities to support healthier lifestyles and help people make long-lasting and sustainable changes to reduce their risk for chronic diseases. Questions addressed included: Can this focus on the new public health be sustained in light of budget constraints on the federal, state, and local levels? How does the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) relate to public health and prevention activities? How are resources in the $15 billion Public Health and Prevention Fund, set up under the ACA, being deployed? Watch the webcast on the Kaiser Family Foundation website.
Making Rural Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Primary Care Integration Work
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Mental Health program has created four webinars to discuss today’s crucial rural behavioral health issues for families and children. In “Making Rural Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Primary Care Integration Work” participants will learn the clinical and operational logistics involved in integrating behavioral health interventions into primary care practice.
