How SAMHSA Embraced Smoking Cessation

We’re excited to announce the publication of “From the Sidelines to the Frontline: How the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Embraced Smoking Cessation” in the current issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

Written by Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh, UCSF medical resident; Doug Tipperman, SAMHSA Public Health Advisor; Dr. Steve Schroeder, SCLC director; and several SCLC staff members, the article describes the unique academic-public partnership between SCLC and SAMHSA, and the implementation and results of the Leadership Academies.

Read the full article online .

Additional resources

·         Leadership Academies for Wellness and Smoking Cessation webpage

·         SCLC webinar, “8 and Counting: SAMHSA State Academies for Smoking Cessation Foster Change,” featuring representatives from each Leadership Academy state

·         http://nctobaccosummit.net – North Carolina’s Leadership Academy website

·         http://msleadership.org  – Mississippi’s Leadership Academy website

·         Article on the Performance Partnership Model used in the Leadership Academies

·         SAMHSA website

Gil Lorenzo
Marketing and Outreach Manager

Smoking Cessation Leadership Center

(415) 502-2148

glorenzo@medicine.ucsf.edu

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

 
REGISTER HERE: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/ehnt3bge5jgx&eom           

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. 

Smoking Cessation Leadership Center Ten Milestones

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To mark our 10 year anniversary, each week SCLC is sharing one of ten milestones from our work over the last decade along with ten emerging directions for your comments.  Click here to see the sixth write-ups from our director, Dr. Steve Schroeder.

 #6 Milestone:  Collaborative work with SAMHSA.

#6 Emerging Direction:  Include smoking cessation in AA and other 12-step programs.

Smoking Cessation Leadership Center Celebrates Milestones

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To celebrate our 10^th anniversary, the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, a national program office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will review ten milestones from our work over the last decade and ten emerging directions. 

Click here to see the first of ten write-ups from our director, Dr. Steve Schroeder.

 #1 Milestone:  Helping to incorporate smoking cessation into mainstream treatment of mental health disorders and addictions.

#1 Emerging Direction:  Continued work with behavioral health professional groups, including the military and Department of Defense (DoD). 

 

#3 Milestone: Ask, Advise, and Refer as an acceptable cessation strategy, including promoting the national quitline (1-800-QUIT-NOW).

#3 Emerging Direction: Extend the reach of quitlines.

 #3 Emerging Direction: Ban cigarette sales from chain pharmacies nationwide.

 #4 Milestone:  Marketing Rx for Change: Clinician-assisted tobacco cessation.

Posted by the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Medicine.
Box 1211
3333 California Street, Suite 430
San Francisco, CA  94118
Direct: (415) 476-0216
web: http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu/

 

 

SCLC 10 Years of Milestones Series

Published by SCLC, reposted by http://www.tobaccodeathray.blogspot.com

To celebrate our 10^th anniversary, the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, a national program office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will review ten milestones from our work over the last decade and ten emerging directions. 

 Click here to see the first of ten write-ups from our director, Dr. Steve Schroeder.

 
#1 Milestone:  Helping to incorporate smoking cessation into mainstream treatment of mental health disorders and addictions.

#1 Emerging Direction:  Continued work with behavioral health professional groups, including the military and Department of Defense (DoD).