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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Embracing Equity: 7 Steps to Advance and Embed Race Equity and Inclusion Within Your Organization
Annie E. Casey Foundation, January 2015 Advancing race equity and inclusion can sometimes seem daunting and often leaves many wondering how and where to start. One way to achieve social change in an organization is to incorporate race equity and inclusion at every...
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...
Some Schools Categorize E-Cigarettes as Drug Devices
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E-Cigarette Education Products
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Marijuana Lit: Fact Based Information to Assist You in Providing SUD Services
Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network In today's climate messages abound regarding marijuana use, its harm, and legalization, making it difficult to determine fact from fiction. The ATTC Network Coordinating Office presents this user-friendly package with...
“Synthetic Marijuana” – Nothing Like Real Marijuana, Expert Explains
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Effects of minimum legal drinking age on alcohol and marijuana use: evidence from toxicological testing data for fatally injured drivers aged 16 to 25 years
Injury Epidemiology, 2015 Alcohol and marijuana are among the most commonly used drugs by adolescents and young adults. The question of whether these two drugs are substitutes or complements has important implications for public policy and prevention strategies,...