Legacy is committed to building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit. As the largest non-profit public health charity in the nation devoted specifically to tobacco control, they have a history of producing game-changing public health interventions that have been proven to reduce tobacco use among young people and adults. Their website includes resources for tobacco control in LGBT communities.
Tags: smoking, health, tobacco, lgbt
LOLA – A Health & Fitness Project
- Date: Spring/Summer 2014
- Location: St. Louis & Columbia
Missouri Association for Social Welfare
The Missouri Association for Social Welfare works to provide leadership, research, education, and advocacy to improve public policies and programs impacting the health and welfare of all people in Missouri. They envision a Missouri that is more just, equitable and democratic and that assures every person’s health, safety, security, independence, human rights, dignity, and opportunity to reach full potential.
Tags: advocacy, education, research, leadership, organizing, health, human rights, welfare, public policy
Missouri LGBT Health Access Training Network
The Missouri LGBT Health Access Training Network provides cultural competency trainings geared toward creating safe and welcoming health/social service settings for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community members.
Network Trainers have successfully completed a train-the-trainer program provided by the National LGBT Cancer Network. Trainings will be customized to meet the needs of your organization.
By the end of the training, your staff will:
- Understand LGBT identities and unique health needs
- Explore barriers and challenges that LGBT patients/clients face in accessing health/social services
- Discuss new federal policies which increase access to care for LGBT patients/clients
- Identify steps to remove barriers to care for LGBT patients/clients
To schedule a training, contact: SAGE Metro St. Louis
E-mail: ewebb@sagemetrostl.org
Phone: 314-772-5887
Tags: health, training, education, healthcare, providers, ally
MU Nutrition for Families
MU Nutrition for Families is supported through the MU Extension Family Nutrition Program (FNEP). MU Nutrition for Families is a great source for recipes, fitness tips and ideas, and more.
Tags: nutrition, health, get moving, campus, MU, university, college, families, recipes
My Last Dip
My Last Dip is a Web-based research project website funded by a grant from the National Cancer Institute to evaluate ways to help people quit using smokeless tobacco.
Tags: tobacco, health, smokeless, dip, chew
National Coalition for LGBT Health
The Coalition is committed to improving the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals through federal advocacy that is focused on research, policy, education, and training.
Tags: health, lgbt, national, working for equality, advocacy, education, policy, research
National LGBT Cancer Network
The National LGBT Cancer Network is the only program in the country addressing the needs of all LGBT people with cancer and those at risk. Our work focuses on education, advocacy, and training.
Tags: health, cancer, national, LGBT, advocacy, education, training, outreach
National LGBT Health Education Center
The National LGBT Health Education Center provides educational programming and consultation for health care organizations throughout the nation and the world with the goal of eliminating health disparities among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
The Education Center is a part of The Fenway Institute, the research, training, and health policy division of Fenway Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center, and one of the world’s largest LGBT-focused health centers.
Tags: lgbt, education, health