DIMENSIONS: Tobacco Free and Well Body Toolkits for Healthcare Providers

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The Behavioral Health and Wellness Program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine is proud to announce the completion of the DIMENSIONS: Tobacco Free and Well Body Toolkits for Healthcare Providers. Through partnership with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the toolkits are designed for direct healthcare providers as well as administrators and healthcare organizations. The toolkits can be accessed at the links below:

The DIMENSIONS: Tobacco Free Toolkit for Healthcare Providers is designed for a broad range of healthcare providers, including direct providers, administrators, and healthcare organizations. The toolkit provides a variety of information on education about tobacco use, skills for engaging in tobacco cessation discussions, efficient methods for assessing an individual’s readiness to quit, and information and research on treatments.

• The DIMENSIONS: Tobacco Free Toolkit for Health Care Providers Supplement for Priority Populations – Behavioral Health provides education on why this population has significantly higher rates of tobacco use as well as addresses the challenges associated with tobacco cessation treatment for persons with behavioral health conditions.
• The Tobacco Free Toolkit for Community Health Facilities is a resource for healthcare organizations to assist them in creating tobacco free policies on their grounds. The toolkit provides strategies and instructions on assessing organizational readiness to go tobacco-free, implementing tobacco-free policies, and providing tobacco cessation services and referrals as policies take effect.
• The DIMENSIONS: Well Body Toolkit for Healthcare Providers is designed for a broad range of healthcare providers including direct providers, administrators, and healthcare organizations. The toolkit contains a variety of information on education about the importance of maintaining a healthy weight, developing skills for engaging individuals in weight management conversations, low burden means of assessing change related to increasing healthy behaviors, and evidence-based treatment options.
• The DIMENSIONS: Well Body Toolkit for Healthcare Providers Supplement for Priority Populations – Behavioral Health provides education on the contributing factors to increased rates of obesity in this population as well as strategies for interventions and targeted programming to address the unique needs of persons with behavioral health conditions.

Craving Change: Implementing Tobacco Free Policies in Behavioral Health

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The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) and Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) are pleased to invite you to a free webinar, “Craving Change: Implementing Tobacco Free Policies in Behavioral Health,” on August 21, 2013 at 2:30pm Eastern Time (90 minutes).

We are honored to have the following experts presenting on this topic:

·         Alicia D. Smith, MPH, Project Manager, Tobacco Prevention Programs, CADCA

·         Mohini Venkatesh, MPH, Senior Director, Public Policy, National Council for Behavioral Health

·         Sherry McCabe, Project Manager, King County Mental Health, Chemical Abuse and Dependency Services Division

·         Paul Zemann, Health Educator, Public Health – Seattle & King County, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Division

·         Jim Vollendroff, , MPA, NCAC II, Assistant Division Director/Drug & Alcohol Coordinator,  King County Mental Health, Chemical Abuse and Dependency Services Division

·         Sara Gotheridge, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.

·         Mary Colleran, MSW, Chief Operations Officer, Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.

There will be a special introduction by Steven A. Schroeder, MD, SCLC Director, to frame the discussion and SCLC Deputy Director, Catherine Saucedo, will moderate the webinar.

Webinar objectives: 

·         Provide an overview of tobacco use among behavioral health populations and the case for tobacco cessation

·         Compare and contrast two examples of policy implementation strategies from King County, Washington and Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare, Illinois

·         Identify available resources to help behavioral health consumers quit tobacco

 
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Accreditation: The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians and allied health professionals.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Participants who join the LIVE session, on August 21, 2013, are eligible to earn up to 1.5 CME/CEU credits for a fee of $25* per certificate.  Physicians and allied health professionals should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the webinar activity.  Nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and other allied health professionals may also claim CE credits.

*Through September 30, 2013, you are eligible to receive FREE CME/CEU credit thanks to the support of SAMHSA.  First come, first serve.  Please contact Jennifer Matekuare at jmatekuare@medicine.ucsf.edu , after the webinar, to obtain credit.

Don’t need to claim CME/CEUs?  SCLC issues free certificates of attendance for those who want contact hours only.

Please feel free to forward this announcement to your colleagues.  For questions, contact Jennifer Matekuare, SCLC Operations Manager, at jmatekuare@medicine.ucsf.edu, or call toll-free (877) 509-3786.  This webinar will be recorded and may be viewed online on the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center’s website after the presentation. 

Seeking Tobacco / behavioral health campaign materials

Dear Tobacco Control Network members:
Please see below for a Help Your Peers request we are distributing on behalf of one of our national partners.

Tobacco / behavioral health campaign materials

Deadline: June 13, 2013
Abt Associates is working on behalf of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the federal agency focused to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities, to identify and examine existing media campaigns for youth and young adults on tobacco prevention and cessation and behavioral health (mental health- such as depression, anxiety, ADHD or substance use disorders).  From initial reviews, there are limited campaigns/messaging for tobacco and behavioral health (mental health/substance use disorders) and youth, so we are welcoming tobacco prevention and cessation materials that we can test with a behavioral health youth audience.   

Please tell us about any state or local campaigns or educational materials of any type with messages on tobacco prevention/cessation and behavioral health targeting 12-25 year olds that you are aware of. If available, please provide sample materials that can be reviewed in support of formative research for future media campaign planning. Messages that have been tested that tested well with this youth target audience are appreciated; if the materials or messages have not been formally tested, that is ok also. If we use your organization’s materials, we will let you know ahead of testing that we’re using their messages/products and share the results of the formative testing we do with them.

Also, please tell us about any messages or campaigns that target parents of youth ages 12-17 for tobacco prevention and cessation. Whether or not the messages focus on behavioral health, these examples may be useful to inform development of messages tailored for behavioral health.

Thank you,
The Tobacco Control Network (TCN)
tcn@sph.emory.edu • www.ttac.org/TCN

**Please note that all responses sent to the TCN will be provided to the respective question submitter. With permission, responses will be posted in the Help Your Peers Archives on the TCN website.**

About Help Your Peers:
Although every tobacco prevention and control program is unique, states and territories share many of the same challenges and opportunities. The Help Your Peers listserv is a resource available to Tobacco Control Network participants that enables them to ask each other questions and to share information based on their knowledge and experience. Visit www.ttac.org/tcn/peers to view responses to past inquiries and learn more about this TCN service. Submit a question by e-mailing your inquiry to the TCN staff at tcn@sph.emory.edu.
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