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November 15, 2024
The Surge of Illegal E-cigarettes: How Can We Respond?
State health departments play a critical role in combating the rise of illegal e-cigarettes on the market, starting with enhancing enforcement of existing regulations.
November 06, 2024
Cancer Control News & Research – November 2024
Each month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based cancer control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.
November 06, 2024
Tobacco Control News & Research – November 2024
Each month, GHEA aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based tobacco control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.
November 06, 2024
National Network Resources for Special Populations November 2024
Every month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates upcoming webinars, events and other resources hosted by the CDC-funded National Networks.
October 16, 2024
Clearing the Air Part 2: Steps to Going Smokefree
CADCA’s Geographic Health Equity Alliance recently partnered with American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation to host “Clearing the Air: Steps to Going Smokefree”. This webinar offered coalitions practical advice on the steps to pursuing a local clean indoor air ordinance. The webinar slides and recording are now available.
October 16, 2024
National Network Resources for Special Populations October 2024
Every month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates upcoming webinars, events and other resources hosted by the CDC-funded National Networks.
October 16, 2024
Tobacco Control News & Research – October 2024
Each month, GHEA aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based tobacco control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.
October 16, 2024
Cancer Control News & Research – October 2024
Each month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based cancer control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.
October 02, 2024
GHEA Trains at Kentucky Youth Summit
The GHEA team had the pleasure of training at Casey County Coalition’s Kentucky Youth Summit in August. This training aimed to educate youth on the importance of comprehensive, holistic k-12 commercial tobacco-free school policies and empower youth to advocate for healthier school environments.
October 02, 2024
Helpful Tips for Protecting Youth from the Harms of Vaping from the CDC
As the new school year begins, it’s crucial to address the growing concern of youth vaping. In a recent article from the CDC, Helpful Tips for Protecting Youth from the Harms of Vaping, the CDC provides information on the harms of e-cigarettes and nicotine, shows the role parents, educators and healthcare providers can play help youth reject or quit commercial tobacco use and provides resources help youth reject or quit commercial tobacco use.
September 06, 2024
Tobacco Control News & Research – September 2024
Each month, GHEA aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based tobacco control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.
September 06, 2024
Cancer Control News & Research – September 2024
Each month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based cancer control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.
August 23, 2024
Clearing the Air Part 1: The Science of Secondhand Smoke
CADCA’s Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) partnered with American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation to host “Clearing the Air: Science of Secondhand Smoke”. In the webinar, Traci Kennedy showed the progress that we as a nation have made in passing local and state comprehensive smokefree policies, and where we still have gaps today. The webinar recording and slides are now available.
August 12, 2024
Cancer Control News & Research – August 2024
Each month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based cancer control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.
August 12, 2024
Tobacco Control News & Research – August 2024
Each month, GHEA aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based tobacco control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.
August 12, 2024
National Network Resources for Special Populations August 2024
Every month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates upcoming webinars, events and other resources hosted by the CDC-funded National Networks.
July 23, 2024
Webinar Series: Clearing the Air
CADCA’s Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) is partnering with American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation to host a 2-part webinar series focused on helping communities prevent and reduce commercial tobacco use.
May 16, 2024
Policy Tools for Rural Equity & Prosperity Webinar Series Recordings Available
June 2024, ChangeLab Solutions and the Geographic Health Equity Alliance facilitated a two-part webinar series, Policy Tools for Rural Equity & Prosperity, to explore rural policy solutions — and the policy process itself — as tools for addressing systemic barriers to health and prosperity. The recordings are now available.
July 11, 2024
Webinar Recording Available: “E-Cigarettes and Point-of-Sale Policies”
The Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) partnered with the National Coalition Institute and Counter Tools to host a webinar titled “E-Cigarettes and Point-of-Sale Policies”. In this webinar, Jacob Delbridge showed how the retail environment impacts nicotine use and dependence among youth and young adults. Jacob also provided evidence of how a local tobacco retail license with point-of-sale policies can prevent youth access and use.
July 03, 2024
Tobacco Control News & Research – July 2024
Each month, GHEA aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based tobacco control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.
July 03, 2024
Cancer Control News & Research – July 2024
Each month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based cancer control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.
July 03, 2024
National Network Resources for Special Populations July 2024
Every month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates upcoming webinars, events and other resources hosted by the CDC-funded National Networks.
June 21, 2024
Commercial Tobacco Control and Health Equity Sessions at CADCA’s Upcoming Mid-Year Training Institute
CADCA’s 23rd Annual Mid-Year Training Institute will take place in Chicago, IL from July 14-18, and will offer a large variety of sophisticated training sessions and workshops related to substance use and misuse prevention and more. GHEA has worked closely with experts in the field to curate workshops that are relevant for commercial tobacco-prevention and control professionals.
June 10, 2024
Webinar Recording now Available: “Introduction to Built Environment Approaches for Addressing Health”
On May 7th Taylor March from the Missourians for Responsible Transportation (MRT) hosted part 4 of this series with a webinar titled: “Introduction to Built Environment Approaches for Addressing Health”. The webinar recording and slides are now available.
June 06, 2024
Tobacco Control News & Research – June 2024
Each month, GHEA aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based tobacco control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.
June 06, 2024
Cancer Control News & Research – June 2024
Each month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based cancer control and geographic health disparities. This page is updated regularly throughout the month.
June 06, 2024
National Network Resources for Special Populations June 2024
Every month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates upcoming webinars, events and other resources hosted by the CDC-funded National Networks.
The Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) is one of nine CDC funded National Networks dedicated to reducing health disparities related to tobacco and cancer. Our focus is on reducing geographic health disparities, which we define as the differences in health behaviors, outcomes, and policies related to where people live, work, and play.
We are supported by CADCA, and jointly funded by the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) and Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC) through CDC-RFA-DP-23-0015: CDC’s National Network’s Driving Action: Preventing Tobacco- and Cancer-Related Health Disparities by Building Equitable Communities.