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HRSA Awards $495,770 for New Cancer and Tobacco Control Initiative in Health Centers HRSA Administrator Betty Duke today announced a new grant program totaling $495,770 to support the implementation of cancer and tobacco control programs in HRSA-funded health centers. Grants averaging close to $50,000 each for up to three years will go to 10 state-based Primary Care Associations (PCAs) to provide training and technical assistance to help health centers in these efforts. Under the grants, PCAs will work with state Primary Care Offices – which are usually part of the state health department – to take an active role in the state’s cancer and tobacco control coalitions. PCAs will ensure that the work of the state coalitions are shared with and integrated into health center operations, leading to better health outcomes for patients. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States and
tobacco use is the greatest single cause of cancer incidence and mortality.
Since 1994, some 12 million premature deaths have been attributed to
smoking in the United States. The FY 2006 Initiative to Implement Cancer and Tobacco Control Programs in health centers grantees are listed below.
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