Community Commons According to the Missouri Health Equity Collaboration (MOHEC) site, “Transgender is an umbrella term used to describe people whose gender identity (sense of themselves as male or female) or gender expression differs from that usually associated with...
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Racial Equity Resources
National Collaborative for Health Equity The mission of the National Collaborative is to promote health equity by catalyzing collaboration among racial equity advocates, grassroots and community-based organizations, researchers, public health professionals, and other...
CASAT Workforce Development for Substance Abuse Professionals
Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies The Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT) in the Division of Health Sciences (DHS) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) initiated a project with the goal of creating a resource...
Public Health Implications of Raising the Minimum Age of Legal Access to Tobacco Products
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2015 Smoking rates in the United States have declined substantially since the release of Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service in 1964, when the...
Rhode Island 2015-2020 PK-12 Strategic Plan for Education
The Rhode Island Board of Education and the Rhode Island Department of Education are launching Rhode Island’s PK-12 strategic planning process, which will result in a statewide vision for education through 2020. To see how you can participate in the planning process...
Parent Power
Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services As a parent, you have a huge influence on your child’s decisions. It’s a fact—children whose parents talk to them about the risks of alcohol and other drugs are much less likely to use them. Your kids may...
RI Prescription Monitoring Program Infographic
RI Prescription Monitoring Program, 2014 This infographic summarizes findings from the RI Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.
RI Prescription Monitoring Program Factsheet
RI Prescription Monitoring Program, 2014 This factsheet summarizes findings from the RI Prescription Monitoring Program.
Guilt, Fear, Stigma, and Knowledge Gaps: Ethical Issues in Public Health Communication Interventions
Bioethics, 2004 Public health communication campaigns have been credited with helping raise awareness of risk from chronic illness and new infectious diseases and with helping promote the adoption of recommended treatment regimens. Yet many aspects of public health...
Parents Toll-Free Helpline from The Partnership at DrugFree.org
1-855-DRUGFREE (1-855-378-4373); Monday to Friday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm ET.