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WINDY CITY TIMES
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LGBT HealthLink grades states on LGBT tobacco integration
From a press release
2014-12-29
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL - December 10, 2014 - LGBT HealthLink today announced the first ever grades for state tobacco programs' LGBT inclusion practices. The grades, based on a survey of best practices originally conducted in 2013 and updated this fall, represent an assessment of the overall progress each state has made in addressing inclusion, including policies, training, data collection, and community engagement. Grades span from "A" to "F", with the average across states a "C+".
LGBT people smoke at rates that are over 50% higher than the general population and experience profound health disparities in both cancer and smoking-related disease. The survey was developed to bring transparency to how successful states are at integrating this disproportionately affected population into their overall tobacco control work.
According to Daniella Matthews-Trigg, Administrator of LGBT HealthLink, "The results of this survey not only illustrate the work that needs to be done, but highlights the impressive efforts by many states. Our hope is that creating a system for comparison will motivate states to adopt as many best practices as possible, thereby improving acceptance and wellness in LGBTQ communities around the country". LGBT HealthLink is offering resources to each state to improve their grades.
For several years, LGBT HealthLink ( formerly the Network for LGBT Health Equity ) has been circulating "Identifying and Eliminating LGBT Tobacco Disparities", a document outlining the best practices for state programs in LGBT tobacco control, and working closely with states to implement them. These report cards are intended to gauge adoption of those best practices at a state level and create a baseline for future work.
The release of the report cards comes just after the CDC's Office of Smoking and Health recently accepted applications from states for their next five years of tobacco funding. Dr. Scout, Director of LGBT HealthLink, noted that "In order to eliminate the LGBT smoking disparity, we need to make sure the tobacco control community targets us just like the tobacco industry already does."
Matthews-Trigg emphasized how closely HealthLink is working with states improve their grades, "We are the people providing technical assistance to these states to do this well, so this is really a report card of our work as much as theirs. We look forward to continuing our work with the many amazing state representatives to get these grades even higher."
View the report cards: www.lgbthealthlink.org/Report-Cards/2014 .
For more about the methodology and scoring:
www.lgbthealthlink.org/Report-Cards . |
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