Assessment of Action Plans as a Guide for Equity-Focused Coalition Work

2021 ◽  
pp. 152483992110591
Author(s):  
Shelby C. Lautner ◽  
Kristen Garcia ◽  
Whitney R. Garney ◽  
Idethia Shevon Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Tobacco Prevention ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
And Control

Collaborative capacity within coalitions is required to promote healthy communities and create systemic change. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of three Tobacco Prevention and Control Coalitions’ action plans for their likely ability to address health equity through tobacco cessation efforts. To do this, the Butterfoss State Plan Index was adapted for relevance to community-oriented coalitions, with a focus on health disparities and tobacco control. This study compares three tobacco control coalitions in Texas to quantify their efforts on addressing health disparities through a standardized measurement process. The results of this assessment indicate that there are gaps in existing coalition assessment tools, and action plan norms and requirements, specifically as it pertains to addressing health disparities in a systematic way. Through a systematic analysis of coalition action plans and supporting documents, it is clear that there is a need for more standard inclusion of disparities-focused work within action plans. Community health researchers, coalition members, and coalition funders should consider action plans to be living, iterative documents that are subject to adjustments. Systems-thinking perspective should be used to develop action plans adapted to environmental, community, policy, and other changes. Lessons learned from this study can provide an example of how to incorporate strategies for reducing health disparities within coalition action planning.

scholarly journals Ending preventable child deaths from pneumonia and diarrhoea by 2025. Development of the integrated Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea

2015 ◽  
Vol 100 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. S23-S28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamim Qazi ◽  
Samira Aboubaker ◽  
Rachel MacLean ◽  
Olivier Fontaine ◽  
Carsten Mantel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Mortality ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Child Survival ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Child Deaths ◽  
Global Action ◽  
And Control ◽  
Global Action Plan

Despite the existence of low-cost and effective interventions for childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea, these conditions remain two of the leading killers of young children. Based on feedback from health professionals in countries with high child mortality, in 2009, WHO and Unicef began conceptualising an integrated approach for pneumonia and diarrhoea control. As part of this initiative, WHO and Unicef, with support from other partners, conducted a series of five workshops to facilitate the inclusion of coordinated actions for pneumonia and diarrhoea into the national health plans of 36 countries with high child mortality. This paper presents the findings from workshop and postworkshop follow-up activities and discusses the contribution of these findings to the development of the integrated Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea, which outlines the necessary actions for elimination of preventable child deaths from pneumonia and diarrhoea by 2025. Though this goal is ambitious, it is attainable through concerted efforts. By applying the lessons learned thus far and continuing to build upon them, and by leveraging existing political will and momentum for child survival, national governments and their supporting partners can ensure that preventable child deaths from pneumonia and diarrhoea are eventually eliminated.

Boosting the Tobacco Control Vaccine: recognizing the role of the retail environment in addressing tobacco use and disparities

2020 ◽  
pp. tobaccocontrol-2020-055722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Y. Kong ◽  
Brian A. King
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Tobacco Prevention ◽  
Retail Environment ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
And Control ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Tobacco Endgame

Much of the progress in reducing cigarette smoking and tobacco-related morbidity and mortality among youth and adults is attributable to population-level strategies previously described in the context of the Tobacco Control Vaccine. The retail environment is used heavily by the tobacco industry to promote and advertise its products, and variations in exposure to and characteristics of the retail environment exist across demographic groups. It is therefore also an essential environment for further reducing smoking, as well as ameliorating racial, ethnic and socioeconomic tobacco-related disparities. This commentary provides an overview of the importance of incorporating strategies focused on the tobacco retailer environment (availability; pricing and promotion; advertising and display; age of sale; and retail licensure) as part of a comprehensive approach to tobacco prevention and control. To reach tobacco endgame targets, such innovative strategies are a complement to, but not a replacement for, long-standing evidence-based components of the Tobacco Control Vaccine.

Theme 4. Effective Models for Medical and Health Response Coordination: Summary and Action Plan

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric K. Noji ◽  
SWA Gunn ◽  
A. Abdul Aziz ◽  
Huan-Teng Chi ◽  
Wayne Dauphinee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Preceding Paper ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
Disaster Situation ◽  
Effective Models ◽  
The Chairs

AbstractIntroduction:To effectively respond to this relatively new, complex mandate it is essential to find effective models of coordination to ensure that medical and health services can meet the standards now expected in a disaster situation. This theme explored various models, noting both the strengths that can be built on and the weaknesses that still need to be overcome.Methods:Details of the methods used are provided in the preceding paper. The chairs moderated all presentations and produced a summary that was presented to an assembly of all of the delegates. Since the findings from the Theme 1 and Theme 4 groups were similar, the chairs of both groups presided over one workshop that resulted in the generation of a set of Action Plans that then were reported to the collective group of all delegates.Results:The main points developed during the presentations and discussion included: (1) preplanning (predisaster goals), (2) information collection (assessment), (3) communication (materials and methods); and (4) response centres and personnel. There exists a need for institutionalization of processes for learning from experiences obtained from disasters.Discussion:Action plans presented include: (1) creation of an information and data clearinghouse on disaster management, (2) identification of incentives and disincentives for readiness and develop strategies and interventions, and (3) action on lessons learned from evidence-based research and practical experience.Conclusions:There is an urgent need to proactively establish coordination and management procedures in advance of any crisis. A number of important insights for improvement in coordination and management during disasters emerged.

Can Persuasive Messages Encourage Individuals to Create Action Plans for Physical Activity?

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane N. Sweet ◽  
Lawrence R. Brawley ◽  
Alexandra Hatchell ◽  
Heather L. Gainforth ◽  
Amy E. Latimer-Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Persuasive Messages ◽  
Gain And Loss ◽  
Planning Group

Given the positive influence of action planning on physical activity, persuasive messages could be designed to promote action planning. The purpose of this paper was to test action planning messages in two studies. Participants were allocated to one of two message groups, reading either a physical activity only or physical activity plus action planning message (Study 1) and either a gain-framed or loss-framed action planning message (Study 2). The percent of individuals who created an action plan and the quality of the plans were evaluated. In Study 1, individuals in the physical activity plus action planning group created as many action plans as the physical activity only group, but their plans were higher quality. In Study 2, Week 2 differences between the gain- and loss-framed message groups were found for action planning. To our knowledge, these studies were the first to investigate message-induced action planning as a behavior. More research is needed to optimize these messages.

Projecting the future impact of past accomplishments in tobacco control

2020 ◽  
pp. tobaccocontrol-2019-055487
Author(s):  
Michael V Maciosek ◽  
Ann W St Claire ◽  
Paula A Keller ◽  
Amy B LaFrance ◽  
Zack Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Smoking Prevalence ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Tobacco Prevention ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Control Programmes ◽  
And Control ◽  
Productivity Gains ◽  
Population Effects

BackgroundThe benefits to adults who quit smoking increase over time as former smokers live longer, healthier lives. Youth who never smoke will benefit for decades. Thus, the long-term population effects of tobacco prevention and control policies may be substantial. Yet they are rarely quantified in evaluations of state tobacco control programmes.MethodsUsing a microsimulation model, we predicted the benefits to Minnesotans from 2018 to 2037 of having reduced cigarette smoking prevalence from 1998 to 2017. We first simulated the health and economic harms of tobacco that would have occurred had smoking prevalence stayed at 1997 levels. The harms produced by that scenario were then compared with harms in scenarios with smoking declining at observed rates from 1998 to 2017 and either expected declines from 2018 to 2037 or a greater decline to 5% prevalence in 2037.ResultsWith expected smoking prevalence decreases from 2018 to 2037, Minnesotans will experience 12 298 fewer cancers, 72 208 fewer hospitalisations for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, 31 913 fewer respiratory disease hospitalisations, 14 063 fewer smoking-attributable deaths, $10.2 billion less in smoking-attributable medical expenditures and $9.4 billion in productivity gains than if prevalence had stayed at 1997 levels. These gains are two to four times greater than for the previous 20 years, and would be about 15% higher if Minnesota achieves a 5% adult prevalence rate by 2037.ConclusionsThe tobacco control measures implemented from 1998 to 2017 will produce accelerated benefits during 2018–2037 if modest progress in tobacco prevalence rates is maintained.

scholarly journals Retrospective Policy Analysis of Tobacco Prevention and Control in Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teshome Tesfaye Habebo ◽  
Amirhossein Takian
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Tobacco Prevention ◽  
Prevention Policy ◽  
Hand Search ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
And Control

BACKGROUND: The trend of non-communicable diseases is alarmingly increasing and tobacco consumption and exposure to its smoke have been playing the leading role. Thirty-seven Ethiopians deaths per day are attributable to tobacco. Unless appropriately mitigated, this has social, economic and political impacts. Implementation of the appropriate policy is a good remedy; however, the policy process has never been straight forward and always successful. The involvement of different actors makes policy process complex hence agenda setting, policy formulation, implementation, and evaluations have been full of chaos and even may fail at any of these levels. Thus the aim of this review was retrospectively analyzing tobacco-related policies in Ethiopia that are relevant to control tobacco use and mitigate its impacts.METHODS: Systematically, we searched in pub-med, Scopus, Web of Science and Embase. Additionally, we did hand search on Google scholar and national websites. The terms "tobacco","cigar", "cigarette", "control", "prevention", "policy" and"Ethiopia" were used. Eleven of 128 records met the inclusion criteria and then included. For data analysis, we applied the health policy analysis framework developed by Walt and Gilson.RESULT: Lately, Ethiopia enacted and started to implement tobacco control policies and programs, but its implementation is problematic and consumption rate is increasing.CONCLUSION: Despite the early involvement in tobacco control initiatives and enactment of legal frameworks, Ethiopia's journey and current stand to prevent and control the devastating consequences of tobacco is very limited and unsatisfactory. Therefore, we strongly call for further action, strong involvement of private sector and non-governmental organizations.

scholarly journals Utilizing a Global Cancer Center Network for Tobacco Control: Baseline Survey of MD Anderson´s Global Academic Program´s Sister Institution

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. 138s-138s
Author(s):  
L. Foxhall ◽  
I. Tami-Maury ◽  
M. Galindez ◽  
R. Bello ◽  
K. Francis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Tobacco Prevention ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Tobacco Control Policies ◽  
Md Anderson ◽  
And Control

Background: Globally, tobacco can be attributed to more than 7 million deaths each year. To address this potentially avoidable mortality, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has engaged its Global Academic Program´s (GAP) sister institutions (SI) by conducting an inaugural tobacco control assessment survey. A similar survey was done with our University of Texas academic and health science center affiliates that led to improved adoption of tobacco control policies as well as prevention and cessation services on all campuses. The baseline data collected will serve as a mechanism to develop a tobacco prevention and control strategy within a global cancer center network. Aim: To assess SI laws and policies regarding tobacco use, existing screening and cessation services. Strategy/Tactics: Qualtrics was used to administer a 27-item survey to our GAP SI from April-October 2017. Survey questions focused on key areas of tobacco prevention and control: policy, tobacco use screening, and cessation services. A survey link was emailed to 34 institutions in 23 countries. Program/Policy process: Survey GAP SI to determine current tobacco prevention and control measures being implemented. Convene GAP SI in May 2018 to share tobacco control best practices across the network and identify resources and supports to strengthen tobacco control efforts at each institution. Build collaborations aimed at progressive actions in tobacco control policies, educational programs and cessation services culturally appropriate to the needs and resources of the GAP network. Outcomes: Of the 34 GAP SI, 26 responded to the survey (76% response rate). Key findings among the 26 responding institutions: policy - 96% are located in cities with laws regulating the sale and/or use of tobacco products by minors and 77% of the cities have laws regulating the use of tobacco in the workplace; 42% of the campuses have designated smoking areas; tobacco use screening - 65% screen for and document patients´ tobacco status, however only 27% screen “all the time”; cessation services - 19% offer telephone counseling as a cessation service; 38% offer cessation services to the community; 46% offer cessation services to employees. What was learned: The baseline assessment identified areas of institutional needs: cessation services and campus policies. Further discussion with the SI will help engage them in further efforts to address gaps in tobacco control. Collectively, we aim to develop action steps to collaborate and enhance existing services by creating a global platform in which tobacco control best practices and resources can be shared.

scholarly journals First joint meeting of three European tuberculosis networks

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (37) ◽  
Author(s):  
M J van der Werf ◽  
C Erkens ◽  
A Gebhard ◽  
F Voitzwinkler ◽  
M Dara
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
World Health ◽  
European Region ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
And Control ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Eu

On 29 May 2013 three European tuberculosis (TB) networks met for the first time to discuss TB prevention, control and care in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region including the European Union (EU). This meeting, which took place in The Hague, the Netherlands, provided a unique opportunity to discuss progress with the implementation of the Berlin Declaration on TB [1], the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Framework Action Plan to fight tuberculosis in the EU [2,3], and the Consolidated Action Plan to prevent and combat multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB) in the WHO European Region [4]. Surveillance focal points, laboratory experts, and National TB Programme Managers (NTPs) exchanged lessons learned and discussed next steps to reach the targets defined in the plans.

Engaging People in Tobacco Prevention and Cessation: Reflecting Back Over 20 Years Since the Master Settlement Agreement

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 932-941
Author(s):  
Amanda L Graham
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Tobacco Product ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Tobacco Prevention ◽  
The Past ◽  
Widespread Adoption ◽  
Settlement Agreement ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Abstract Over the past 20 years, tobacco prevention and cessation efforts have evolved to keep pace with the changing tobacco product landscape and the widespread adoption of digital technologies. In 2019, Truth Initiative was awarded the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s Jessie Gruman Award for Health Engagement in recognition of the major role it has played on both fronts since its inception in 1999. This manuscript reviews the challenges and opportunities that have emerged over the past two decades, the evolving tactics deployed by Truth Initiative to engage people in tobacco prevention and cessation efforts, the approaches used to evaluate those efforts, and key achievements. It concludes with a summary of lessons learned and considerations for tobacco control researchers and practitioners to accelerate their impact on public health.

scholarly journals Implementation of the National Action Plan Health Literacy in Germany—Lessons Learned

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 4403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doris Schaeffer ◽  
Svea Gille ◽  
Klaus Hurrelmann
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Implementation Strategy ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Dissemination And Implementation ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
National Action Plan ◽  
Science And Research

The promotion of health literacy (HL) has become an important task in public health. In response, in many countries, strategies and action plans to strengthen HL have been developed. Systematic discussion of implementation strategies of action plans on HL is scarce. This paper presents the implementation strategy and the methodical process of its realization of the National Action Plan HL in Germany which was published in 2018. The implementation strategy was based on considerations of implementation science and research. A process consisting of a continuum of various overlapping methodical and strategic steps of diffusion, dissemination and implementation based on collaboration and co-production was chosen. According to this, the Action Plan was widely diffused via various channels, disseminated through numerous publications and presentations, and implemented in several settings by holding workshops with stakeholders from politics, science and practice, as well as by cooperating with the Alliance for Health Literacy. This three-part collaborative and co-productive implementation strategy has helped to place HL and the National Action Plan on the health policy agenda in Germany. Experience demonstrates that implementation should be also considered, systematically planned, and addressed when developing strategies to strengthen HL.

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