SLED Opportunity · MISSISSIPPI · MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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The Mississippi Department of Health seeks applications for a community-based tobacco cessation outreach program targeting African American males in the MS Delta River Region. The program focuses on partnerships, education, and culturally relevant strategies to reduce tobacco use disparities and empower local organizations.
This project aims to reduce tobacco-related disparities among African American males, ages twelve and older, in the Mississippi Delta River Region. By using a community-based participatory approach, the program seeks to build trust and engage local stakeholders as equal partners in prevention, cessation, and advocacy efforts. Through partnerships, community-based organizations, and other key leaders, the initiative will deliver consistent outreach, educational sessions, and tailored cessation resources like the MS Quitline.
Vendors will play an essential role in helping bring this vision to life by supporting culturally relevant outreach strategies, events, and materials that resonate with the community. The project’s success will be measured not only by participation and resource distribution but also by its ability to empower local organizations, raise awareness, and create lasting change in how tobacco use is addressed in the Delta.
Cessation/Tobacco Community Outreach (MS Delta River Region)
Specific Aim: To reduce tobacco inequities among African American males (ages twelve and older) in the MS Delta River Region (MS Delta) by using community-based participatory approaches to join the community as full and equal partners in all process phases.
Strategy 16 Community-Based Requirement: Decrease disparities in the use of cessation treatment among populations experiencing tobacco-related disparities.
Objective 1: To build strategic partnerships with key community stakeholders in the most effective and meaningful ways to address tobacco cessation and reduce prevalence among black males.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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