Technical Assistance and Tobacco Control

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (6_suppl_2) ◽  
pp. 114S-117S
Author(s):  
Kabi Pokhrel ◽  
Julie Caine
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Tobacco Control Program ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Prevention And Health Promotion ◽  
Control And Prevention

Ursula Bauer, PhD, MPH, currently directs the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She has also worked in the New York Department of Health as Director of the Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention and as Director of the Tobacco Control Program. In this interview, she shares her perspectives on the importance of technical assistance in tobacco control.

The public health system in France and the structural developments during the last ten years

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Arwidson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health System ◽  
National Health ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Tobacco Control Program ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
National Public Health ◽  
Prevention And Health Promotion

Abstract In 2009, the hospitals, health and territories act has entrusted the responsibility for care and public health to the regional health agencies. This decentralisation aims to adapt strategies to local situations. These regional agencies have a very strong autonomy. In 2013, it was stated in the national health strategy that it was necessary to develop a scientifically based prevention. Two tracks are to be followed: either by importing and adapting validated or promising programs by identifying effective programs in the international literature; or from existing French initiatives (tobacco, alcohol, psychoactive substances, physical activity). The high prevalence of smoking motivated the establishment of a National tobacco reduction program in 2014, which was then relayed by a national tobacco control program. In 2016, the Health System Improvement Act created a major national public health agency combining surveillance, prevention, health promotion and emergency response. The motivation was to achieve greater synergy and collaboration between the different functions in public health. A report from the Inspectorate General of Social Affairs has recommended that this agency should establish a national portal with evidence-based prevention and health promotion programmes. Established in 2018, the Priority Prevention Plan is a major interdepartmental project to improve the health of the population, and is part of the National Health Strategy. This interdepartmental approach reflects the Government’s desire that all ministries should be able to contribute to prevention and health promotion. The increased investment in prevention and health promotion is starting to bear fruit with 1.6 million fewer smokers between 2016 and 2018. Immunisation coverage has also been improved. NutriScore, a nutritional information on the front of food containers, very easy to understand, has been put in place with partnership with 100 companies.

NEW YORK SMOKERS: REASONS TO QUIT REFLECT STATE DOH TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM (DOH-TCP) INITIATIVES

CHEST Journal ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. 54S
Author(s):  
Virginia C. Reichert ◽  
Pat Folan ◽  
Diane Bartscherer ◽  
Dan Jacobsen ◽  
Christine Fardellone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Tobacco Control Program

The Use of Training and Technical Assistance to Drive and Improve Performance of California’s Tobacco Control Program

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (6_suppl_2) ◽  
pp. 130S-143S ◽  
Author(s):  
April Roeseler ◽  
Tonia Hagaman ◽  
Caroline Kurtz
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Community Level ◽  
California Department ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Tobacco Control Program ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Tobacco Control Policies ◽  
Advocacy Campaigns

The California Department of Public Health, California Tobacco Control Program uses a social norm–change strategy to reduce the uptake and continued use of tobacco products. The statewide media campaign frames the message, community-level projects implement advocacy campaigns, and statewide-funded projects build the capacity of community-level projects. The California Tobacco Control Program’s technical assistance (TA) system has evolved over time because of changing needs, evaluation findings, and budget considerations. However, TA services continue to strategically align with four statewide policy priorities: to eliminate secondhand smoke exposure, to counter protobacco influences, to reduce the availability of tobacco, and to promote cessation services. TA is the engine powering social change across California by playing a key role in the uptake of a single policy to facilitating the adoption of hundreds of tobacco control policies statewide. The inclusion of expert and peer-to-peer TA models broadly disseminates both evidence-based and tacit community-based knowledge. Comprehensive TA also levels the playing field for organizations and communities to effectively implement policy interventions. Together these approaches accelerate change throughout California communities.

scholarly journals Decline in Smoking during Pregnancy in New York City, 1995–2005

2009 ◽  
Vol 124 (6) ◽  
pp. 841-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl R. Stein ◽  
Jennifer A. Ellis ◽  
David A. Savitz ◽  
Laura Vichinsky ◽  
Sarah B. Perl
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
White Women ◽  
Birth Certificate ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Prenatal Smoking ◽  
Smoking During Pregnancy ◽  
Puerto Rican Women ◽  
Tobacco Control Program ◽  
Hispanic White

Objectives. The 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between 46 states and four major tobacco companies increased tobacco control funding and restricted tobacco marketing. In 2002, New York City (NYC) began a comprehensive tobacco control program that raised the price of cigarettes, banned indoor workplace smoking, and increased access to cessation treatment. We examined the temporal pattern of smoking during pregnancy, including ethnic variation in smoking prevalence, relative to the implementation of the MSA and NYC's comprehensive tobacco control program using birth certificate data. Methods. Using multiple logistic regression, we analyzed NYC birth certificate data to examine prenatal smoking during three time periods: 1995–1998 (pre-MSA), 1999–2002 (post-MSA, pre-NYC tobacco control), and 2003–2005 (post-MSA, post-tobacco control). Results. Overall, 3.0% of 1,136,437 births included were to smoking mothers. The proportion of smoking mothers declined from 4.5% in 1995–1998 to 1.7% in 2003–2005. Compared with non-Hispanic white women, African American women had 2.46 increased odds (95% confidence interval [CI] 2.36, 2.55) of smoking during 1995–1998, and 3.63 increased odds (95% CI 3.39, 3.88) of smoking during 2003–2005, despite an absolute reduction in smoking from 10.4% to 5.0%. Puerto Rican women also smoked considerably more than non-Hispanic white women. Conclusions. These findings document a striking temporal decline in prenatal smoking in NYC concurrent with changing tobacco control policies. Targeted efforts may be required to address the increasing disparity in prenatal smoking between non-Hispanic white and African American and Puerto Rican women.

Building the Evaluation Capacity of California’s Local Tobacco Control Programs

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (6_suppl_2) ◽  
pp. 118S-124S ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanette Treiber ◽  
Diana Cassady ◽  
Robin Kipke ◽  
Nicole Kwon ◽  
Travis Satterlund
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Research University ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Dynamic Balance ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Evaluation Capacity ◽  
Local Staff ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
Tobacco Control Program

Successful evaluation capacity building requires a dynamic balance between responding to local agency needs and ensuring that local staff have appropriate skills to conduct rigorous evaluations. In 2004, the California Tobacco Control Program established the Tobacco Control Evaluation Center (TCEC), based at a public research university, to provide evaluation technical assistance to approximately 100 local agencies implementing tobacco control programs. TCEC has been responsive to local needs, for instance, by answering 512 technical assistance requests in the first 5 years of operation and by tailoring training according to needs assessment results. About 50% of the technical assistance requests were for new data collection instruments ( n = 255). TCEC has sought proactively to improve local evaluation skills, most recently in a data analysis and report writing skill building campaign that included a webinar, newsletter, and seven regional training meetings. Preliminary analysis suggests a 20% improvement in scores for the local final evaluation reports as a result of this campaign. It is concluded that evaluation technical assistance can be provided effectively by a university as long as the local context is kept in mind, and a balance of responsive and proactive technical assistance is provided.

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