While smoking has declined overall among the United States population, rates are disproportionately higher among communities of color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT), and low socioeconomic status populations (Low ...
The Asian Smokers’ Quitline is a free nationwide Asian-language quit smoking service operated by the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego. The Quitline offers self-help materials, ...
App Helps You Assess and Counsel Patients About Nicotine The new ACU smartphone app that helps clinicians talk to patients about tobacco use is now available for your iPhone. The ...
MHealth provides vital tools to support the goals of health care reform to increase health care access, improve care delivery systems, engage in culturally competent outreach and education with technology ...
In California, 18.6 percent of individuals with low socio-economic status (SES) smoke – a rate more than three times higher than among more affluent populations. A new California-focused report, Smoking ...
Two new reports from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the National Healthcare Disparities Report and the companion National Healthcare Quality Report, show that during 2002 – 2008, health ...
