Tools for Implementing Cessation
African Americans and Smoking Cessation
Factsheet developed by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
African American Church Toolkit and Training
Purpose: To assist African American/Black churches in enacting and implementing tobacco-free policies.
Outline: A history of African Americans and tobacco; Tobacco advertising; Health risks; Secondhand smoke; The benefits of quitting; Why churches should get involved.
Format: 5 individual guides with messages and activities designed specifically for the church, preachers, men, women, and youth.
For information on this training contact:
NAATEN
3950 Industrial Blvd. Suite 600
West Sacramento, CA 95691
888.442.2836
Briefing Paper: Recommendations for Addressing Tobacco Use in Correctional Facilities through Policy and Cessation Programming
Policy recommendations developed by Break Free Alliance and a panel of experts. The goals of these recommendations are to improve the health of both inmates and staff.
Bringing Everyone Along (BEA) Resource Guide
This guide is developed to assist an array of health professionals to adapt tobacco cessation services to the unique needs of tobacco users with mental illness and substance use disorders.
Cessation Research Center
This site contains cessation-focused resources developed and tested by state tobacco control programs, CDC Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) partner organizations, and other federal agencies. These cessation resources are available to registered state and organizational tobacco cessation programs.
EX®
EX Quit Plan is a comprehensive approach, one that comes at this addiction from all sides: the physical, the behavioral, the psychological and the spiritual. All of these need to be addressed. EX offers a variety of tools that will help with your quit attempt – a step by step Online personalized quit plan, a free EX Quit Plan book that you can order and follow on your own, or a toll-free number that will connect to state tobacco quit lines for free cessation information. EX was created as a collborative effort between the American Legacy Foundation and the Mayo Clinic, specifically for people who are really ready to quit and are looking for a better way.
Get Out from Tobacco
Information on helping someone who smokes and strategies to help yourself quit smoking.
How to Run a Culturally Competent LGBT Smoking Treatment Group
This 20-page book distills lessons learned from over 20 LGBT treatment groups run across the country as part of an American Legacy Foundation research project. Information is given on how to set up staffing, do outreach, tailor a curriculum and find other resources. The last chapter of the book adds a bonus, a low-effort recipe to evaluate any tobacco treatment group complete with model evaluation forms. According to Dr. Scout, "It was really frustrating to us as evaluators to realize there were no turnkey evaluations for treatment groups available. So we decided to create one we hope anyone can use because we all deserve to know when we're succeeding."
LGBT Quitline Poster
LGBT specific poster to attract LGBT smokers to call the quitline and educate the community about the danger of tobacco and the disparate impact on the LGBT community.
LGBT Tobacco Cessation
Examples of LGBT cessation programs.
LGBT Tobacco Treatment
Information on Tobacco Treatment within the LGBT population.
Listening to the Frontline in Cessation: Voices of Legacy Grantees
This report highlights the how organizations funded by the American Legacy Foundation are helping to change the landscape of public health education through their cessation work.
Pathways to Freedom
Pathways to Freedom addresses issues specific to African Americans, such as targeted advertising campaigns and historical, cultural, and socioeconomic influences. It also offers proven strategies for anyone who wants to quit, information on how friends and family can help, and how the community and its leaders can promote the value of gaining freedom from tobacco
Pathways to Freedom was produced in partnership with key segments of the African-American community, including churches, service organizations, and educational institutions.
Position Statement on Cultural Competence in Quitlines
This brief one pager outlines the reasons for adding sexual orientation and gender identity questions to state tobacco quitlines.
Running a Culturally Competent LGBT Smoking Treatment Group
In 2005, an ambitious three-year multi-site research project exploring lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) smoking treatment was nearing its end. The project staff had lived through many challenges and successes throughout the course of the project, and as the final reports were being written, an idea emerged: Why not create a single document to summarize all the lessons learned about LGBT tobacco treatment groups? This document is the result of this idea, and is intended to be used by all.
Specialized Interventions Help Latinos Quit Smoking
Learn about a recent study released in the November/December 2010 issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion conducted by Monica Webb Hooper, PhD finding Latinos who live in the United States are more likely to quit smoking when they take part in an intervention program.
Tobacco Cessation Among Asian American and Pacific Islanders: A Community Approach
The purpose of this kit is to assist AAPI communities in implementing tobacco cessation programs and policies. While there are other general cessation kits available, this kit is designed to specifically address issues relevant to AAPIs and to provide examples of culturally competent strategies used within AAPI communities at varying stages of readiness. Please note that this kit will primarily focus on smoking cessation and adults; the issues of cessation and the approaches one takes in addressing it can vary when dealing with adults versus youth. Please contact APPEAL at appeal@appealforhealth.org to request hard or electronic copies of this publication.
Tobacco Cessation for African Americans
A Clinical Tool to assist medical and dental professionals to integrate tobacco cessation information into their clinical guidelines.
Outline: Introduction to cultural competence; Ask every patient, at every visit; Advise patients about tobacco's dangers; refer patients to cessation resources.
Format: 2-hour training
For information on this training, contact NAATEN at 888.442.2836
Tobacco Cessation for Community Work Force Development Settings
This tobacco cessation curriculum is specifically designed to be implemented in programs such as Job Corps and Conservation Corps to reach 18-26 year olds. The curriculum is composed of four modules. Modules One and Two are designed to educate individuals on the health effects of tobacco use. Modules Three and Four provide strategies on quitting. The curriculum incorporates images and activities designed to resonate with young adults and includes a participant workbook. The curriculum contains instructions for facilitators, reproducible handouts and a resource section. The curriculum packet includes a facilitator manual, CD-ROM (with PowerPoint presentations), handouts, pre/post tests, and overhead transparencies (for those who request them). For more information on how to order, call the Health Education Council at 916-556-3344.
Tobacco Cessation for Correctional Populations
This manual is one of the few tobacco education/cessation resources specifically developed for use in correctional facilities. The manual contains two curriculum Modules: Module One is designed to educate individuals on the health effects of tobacco use; Module Two is a guide for quitting. The Modules are in PowerPoint format. For facilities that do not have access to PowerPoint, colored overhead transparencies are available. The guide is designed to be taught by anyone with access to correctional populations. It is simple to follow and easy to use. Expertise in health or tobacco control is not required to facilitate the sessions.
Tobacco Cessation for the Gospel Rescue Mission - A Health Education Manual
This tobacco cessation curriculum is specifically designed for use in rescue mission or similar Christian-based community settings that provide services to individuals experiencing homelessness, substance abuse, unemployment, etc. Module One is designed to educate individuals on the health effects of tobacco use. Module Two is a guide for quitting. The curriculum contains instructions for facilitators, reproducible handouts, and a resource section. The curriculum packet includes the facilitator manual, CD-ROM (with PowerPoint presentations), handouts, pre/post tests, and overhead transparencies (for those who request them). For more information on how to order, call the Health Education Council at 916-556-3344.
Tobacco Cessation for Rural Alaskans - A Health Education Manual
This tobacco cessation curriculum is specifically designed to address the unique needs of rural Alaska populations. The guide contains two curriculum modules: Module One is designed to educate individuals on the health effects of tobacco use. Module Two is a guide for quitting. The curriculum contains instructions for facilitators, reproducible handouts, and a resource section. The curriculum packet includes the facilitator manual, CD-ROM (with PowerPoint presentations), handouts, pre/post tests, and overhead transparencies (for those who request them). For more information on how to order, call the Health Education Council at 916-556-3344.
Tobacco Cessation Leadership Network
The vision of the Network is to help increase the capacity in every state to establish effective, sustainable, and affordable services to help tobacco users quit and stay quit. Provides resources and tools on special/priority populations to build the capacity in states for tobacco cessation.
Tobacco Cessation Toolkit and Protocol for Homelessness Service Providers
The toolkit and protocol was developed by Public Health Seattle King County as part of the Community Tobacco Cessation Partnership. This resource is system change that integrates brief tobacco intervention into the daily work of community agencies. Ultimately, this will lead to change in the culture of treatment so that addressing nicotine addiction is part of overall client assessment and recovery. The Partnership addresses the lack of cessation resources among populations affected by poverty, mental illness and chemical dependency as a social justice and health disparities issue. For more information on how to order, call the Health Education Council at 916-556-3344.
Tobacco Policy, Cessation, and Education in Correctional Facilities
A case study developed by the NCCHC and NNTPP that examines strategies to promote tobacco use policy, education, and cessation within correctional facilities.
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