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Friday August 27, 2004
In this edition:
1) Depression, Substance
Abuse Linger after Pregnancy
2) Alcohol/Nicotine Connection
3) Smoking is an Occupational Hazard
4) Webcast: U.S. Census Bureau Release of Updated
Uninsured Numbers for 2003
5) New RWJF Call for
Proposals
6) Upcoming
Events
1) Depression, Substance Abuse Linger
after Pregnancy
Source: HealthDay [HealthScout], 2004-08-16
Author: Kathleen Doheny
HealthDay Reporter
Women who binge drink, get depressed or smoke during their
pregnancy boost their risk for depression and alcohol use after they give birth
as well, a new study shows.
"Binge drinking, tobacco use and depression symptoms at
any point during pregnancy predicted problems later," said Gregory Homish,
a research associate at the Research Institute on Addictions at the University
at Buffalo and first author of the study, published in the August issue of
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
What's novel about the study, he said, is that his team was
looking at the conditions as a whole, and during pregnancy. Alcohol abuse and
depression are known to occur together, but often are not studied together,
especially in women and pregnant women.
2) Alcohol/Nicotine Connection
Source: WSOC-TV Channel 9 (Charlotte, NC), 2004-08-06
Author: Source: Medstar
Smokers who drink have a high rate of smoking relapse.
Health experts say social situations associated with smoking (such as drinking
at a bar) can trigger a strong desire to smoke. However, there may be more
physical reason for the relapse. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have discovered a strong chemical
connection between smoking and alcohol. Studies show when a smoker drinks even
a tiny amount of alcohol, the pleasure of cigarettes is amplified.
Investigators theorize alcohol may actually prime the brain to be more
receptive to the effects of nicotine. In addition, the stimulating effects of
nicotine may offset some of the sedative effects of alcohol.
3) Smoking is an Occupational Hazard
Howard J.
Am J Ind Med. 2004 Aug;46(2):161-9.
BACKGROUND: Even though the prevalence of tobacco smoking
has declined in the general population and among white-collar workers, the
prevalence of tobacco smoking among blue-collar workers remains unacceptably
high. Blue-collar workers experience greater exposure to workplace toxins which
can add to, or even multiply, their risk of adverse health effects from tobacco
smoking. Among blue-collar workers, workers in the restaurant, bar, and gaming
industries are exposed to much higher levels of environmental tobacco smoke
(ETS) than are office workers, and are at increased risk of cancer and
cardiovascular diseases even if they are non-smokers themselves. METHODS: The
literature on health risks and the disparity between white and blue collar
workers in smoking prevalence, and the literature on various tobacco control
strategies provide the sources on which this review is based. CONCLUSIONS: Over
the past 20 years, the accumulating scientific evidence about smoking as an
occupational hazard has prompted the implementation of various educational,
economic, and legal tobacco control strategies.
4) Webcast: U.S.
Census Bureau Release of Updated Uninsured Numbers for 2003
The U.S. Census Bureau released its annual update on health
insurance coverage and the number of uninsured Americans on Thursday, August
26.
A Kaiser Network webcast of the briefing is available at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/healthcast/census/26aug04
..
Additionally, the Foundation produces several information
resources that analyze America's health insurance coverage, as
well as policy issues and public opinion regarding the uninsured. Links to some of our key recent resources on
health insurance coverage and the uninsured are available at http://www.kff.org/uninsured/resources.cfm
5) New RWJF Call for Proposals
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the nation's
largest private foundation devoted to improving health and health care, has an upcoming
grant opportunity in support of community and state tobacco policy
advocacy. The call for proposals has
just been released at <http://www.rwjf.org/tobaccopolicychange>
www.rwjf.org/tobaccopolicychange. There will be no printed version of the
CFP. Electronic applications will be
accepted through 3:00 p.m. E.D.T. on September
1, 2004 at www.rwjf.org/tobaccopolicychange.
Approximately $12 million will be available to support
professional staff and other infrastructure, public education, advocacy,
outreach, and technical assistance for tobacco policy change initiatives at
either the regional, state or community level. The program seeks to support
diverse partnerships in communities and states, with a particular emphasis on
the populations most affected by tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure. Applicant organizations are required to have
significant experience in policy advocacy; however, prior experience in tobacco
prevention and cessation is not required to be eligible for RWJF funding.
It is anticipated that there will be 3 competitive grant application
cycles -- 1 per year for 3 years -- under this program. Applicants that request more than $50,000
will need to demonstrate other funding sources for each dollar requested above
$50,000. Grants will be 12 months in
duration.
6) Upcoming Events
Centerforce 5th Annual Inside/Out Summit
“Models for Change – Delivering Services to
Those Affected by Incarceration”
San Francisco Airport Marriott, Burlingame, CA
September 11-15,
2004
Pre-summit course for Clinicians: September 11-12,
2004
Proven Strategies to Reduce Smoking among Youth:
Putting Research into Action in Rural Schools and Communities
Morgantown, West Virginia
Sept. 13 and 14, 2004
http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/odais/conference.htm
LCAT (National
Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention 3rd Annual National
Conference
“Tobacco Prevention:
Reducing the Impact of Chronic Diseases”
Sheraton Old Town, Albuquerque, NM
September 23 & 24, 2004
Ending Health Disparities Conference
Winston-Salem, NC
September 27-29,
2004
-Speaker proposals are due June 11,
2004
For more information please contact Ruth Cole Burcaw at
(336) 945-9288 or hdconference@quantumevents..com
132nd
American Public Health Association Conference
November 6-10, 2004 - Washington, DC
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