Hispanics/Latinos and Tobacco Control Webinar

Summary:

Hispanics/Latinos and Tobacco Control

This webinar will provide a general overview of the history and current state of tobacco control in the U.S., Hispanic/Latinos and tobacco use, as well as evidence-based strategies that can reduce tobacco related disparities among Hispanic/Latino populations. 

When:
Thursday, September 25, 2014
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT


Presenter:
Yaneth Rodriguez
Ms. Rodriguez is a certified health education specialist and has experience working with diverse populations and communities. She has worked on several tobacco-related research projects since 2003, including as project manager for the Tobacco Education and Materials Lab (TEAM Lab); as a health educator on a tobacco prevention and cessation program with Southern California alternative high school students; as a research assistant for a study that addressed the effects of acculturation on tobacco and other drug use; and as a research assistant for a project that studied cultural risk and protective factors that affect commercial tobacco use among American Indian adolescents. 

Ms. Rodriguez was awarded the Tobacco Related Disease Research Project's Cornelius Hopper Diversity Award in 2004—a training grant to develop ideas and to study the student receptivity of a culturally tailored tobacco prevention program for Chicano/Latino youth that incorporated culturally relevant activities in an existing tobacco prevention and cessation program.

Ms. Rodriguez earned her B.S. in health promotion and disease prevention studies from the University of Southern California and her M.P.H. in the global health and leadership track from USC.

To Join:
https://hispanichealth.webex.com/hispanichealth/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=296483263