Supporting Latina Breast Health with Community-based Navigation.

Latina women continue to face disproportionate breast cancer risk and well-documented breast health care barriers in Philadelphia. In response to breast health needs among Latinas in Philadelphia, a health-focused community-based organization, in partnership with a network of social and health service providers, began offering community-based navigation in 2005. Later, through funding from a federal agency, the organization launched the Naveguemos con Salud (NCS) Breast Health Partnership Project from 2010 to 2013.

Tobacco User Characteristics and Outcomes Related to Intensity of Quitline Program Use: Results From Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

Context: Tobacco users in all 50 states have access to quitline telephone counseling and cessation medications. While studies show multiple calls relate to quit success, most participants do not complete a full call series. To date, quitline program use studies have analyzed single factors-such as number of calls or counseling minutes.

Economic impact of a noncomprehensive smoke-free air law.

Background: Many stakeholders were interested in the potential economic impact of Pennsylvania's 2008 Clean Indoor Air Act (CIAA). This study focused on the examination of economic change subsequent to CIAA and, because CIAA allows certain venue exemptions among eating and drinking establishments, if the allowance of exemptions influenced that impact. Policy analysis.