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Joining Forces to Reduce Tobacco and Cancer Among Behavioral

Health Populations

National Conference for Tobacco and Behavioral HealthMay 19, 2014

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Millions Served

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2147 National Council member organizations serve 8 million adults, children, and families with mental illnessand substance use disorders…

Members –Mental health, substance use,

hospitals, state and local governments, criminal and

juvenile justice, housing, child welfare, health centers

Community problem solvers…

Our Members

Tobacco

Control and

Prevention

Efforts

> Learning Collaborative and Communities – SUD, FQHC

> SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions

> NY State Geriatric Technical Assistance Center > Ohio Training & Technical Assistance Center

> CDC Capacity Building and National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco & Cancer Control

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Practice Improvement &

Workforce Development

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• Program period. September 2013 – September 2018

• Funded by. CDC’s Office of Smoking & Health (OSH) and the Division for Cancer Prevention & Control (DCPC)

• Program purpose . To improve overall health and wellness of people with mental health and substance use disorders

• Goal. To eliminate cancer and tobacco disparities among people with mental health and substance use disorders

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Our Partners

Behavioral Health and Wellness Program

University of Colorado Denver

University of California San Francisco

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Our Network Participants

YOU!

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Advisory CouncilRon Bialek, MPPPresident

Public Health Foundation (PHF)

Linelle Blais, PhD, CPFDirector

Emory Centers for Training and Technical Assistance

Frank Bright, MSSenior Public Health Advisor for Cancer

National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD)

Gwen DarienExecutive Vice President of Programs and Services

Cancer Support Community

Mary Elizabeth (Mel) ElliottVice President for Communications, Membership & IT

Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (CADCA)

Laura HamasakaAssociate Vice President, Priority Populations & Program Development

Legacy

Delmonte JeffersonExecutive Director

National African American Tobacco Prevention Network (NAATPN)

Vincent (Vinny) Lafronza, EdDPresident & CEO

National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI)

Scout, PhDDirector

The Network for LGBT Health Equity at CenterLink

Rebecca Selove, PhD, MPH Research Associate Professor, Center for Prevention Research/Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Tennessee State University Center for Prevention Research/Vanderbilt University SOM

Doug Tipperman, MSWLead Public Health AdvisorCenter for Substance Abuse Prevention

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Cancer and Behavioral Health

� More than 50% of patients with terminal cancer have at least onepsychiatric disorder.

� Individuals with a mental illness may develop cancer at a 2.6 timeshigher rate on account of late stage diagnosis and inadequatetreatment and screenings.

� Individuals with a mental illness have a higher rate of fatality due tocancer.

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Do you have any thoughts on how to prevent and reduce tobacco usage and cancer rates among people with mental illness and substance use disorders?

Shelina D. Foderingham, MSW, MPHDirector, Practice ImprovementShelinaF@thenationalcouncil.org

Laira Kolkin RothSenior Policy AssociateLairaR@thenationalcouncil.org