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NAWHO’s campaign sought to curb tobacco use among Asian Americans with a three-pronged approach: to build a corps of Asian American tobacco control advocates; to develop linkages with national, state, and local tobacco control organizations serving Asian American communities; and to increase culturally appropriate tobacco control policies and programs targeting Asian Americans. This campaign built an active, powerful, and informed Asian American presence at all levels of tobacco control and prevention efforts.
NAWHO developed a tobacco control policy statement to guide the development of action plans and educational/networking efforts on tobacco control in Asian American communities. A Tobacco and Asian American Information Packet—including NAWHO’s tobacco control policy statement, along with Asian American tobacco fact sheets and an information resource list – was created and disseminated. NAWHO also partnered with two community-based organizations to implement a series of youth-oriented tobacco control activities. These included a youth anti-smoking poster contest that generated 54 entries and a survey of 708 Southeast Asian youth gauging their smoking habits and attitudes toward tobacco.
Tobacco Control Links
American Legacy Foundation
The American Legacy Foundation is dedicated to building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit. As a national, independent public health foundation located in Washington, D.C., the foundation develops national programs that address the health effects of tobacco use through grants, technical training and assistance, youth activism, strategic partnerships, counter-marketing and grass roots marketing campaigns, public relations, and community outreach to populations disproportionately affected by the toll of tobacco.
CDC’s Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS)
Provides information and tobacco links, copies of the Surgeon General’s reports on smoking, CDC reports, and educational materials and publications.
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids is the country's largest non-governmental initiative ever launched to protect children from tobacco addiction and exposure to second-hand smoke.
HIV Planning Coalition – (2003)
Through a grant from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at SAMHSA, NAWHO conducted a needs assessment on HIV and Asian American women in the Central Valley of California. NAWHO convened a series of strategic planning roundtables comprising experts and leaders from community based organizations, county health agencies, health care providers and educational institutions to establish best practices and models which can be used in HIV and substance abuse education, outreach and treatment services. Through the collective Planning Coalition, NAWHO produced a strategic plan outlining recommendations in areas for improving HIV and substance abuse services for Asian American women.
Additional Health Resources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Serving as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
LANtern (Lupus Asian Network)
A bi-lingual peer health education program with trained volunteers - people who have lupus or are family members- who can offer telephone support and education.
National Women’s Health Resource Center
Since the late 1980s, the NWHRC has helped millions of women educate themselves about the health topics that concern them the most.
Christopher Reeve - Communities of Color Network
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) is a program of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation. Their toll-free number (800-539-7309) is open for people with questions about paralysis, care giving, and other issues, and is equipped to respond to queries in more than 50 languages.
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