Putting CDC's Best Practices into Practice

Audience:

The audience includes those working in tobacco control evaluation, research, or program implementation and individuals who support and plan tobacco control programs and policies.

Key Points:

In collaboration with CDC-OSH, the Center for Tobacco Policy Research at Washington University in St. Louis is developing a series of implementation User Guides that accompany the State and Community Interventions category of the 2007 Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs. The purpose of the User Guide series is to provide guidance about which interventions states and communities should focus on when planning comprehensive tobacco control programs.

The panel presentation will:

• Explain the framework for the series and introduce the seven guide topics;
• Introduce the published User Guides and provide feedback from users; and
• Present a firsthand state perspective on how the guides are being used and how future guides could inform strategic planning.

Educational Experience:

The audience will hear from the CDC-OSH Project Director, the Washington University CTPR Project Director, and a state tobacco control program representative about the guide development process, use of published guides, and future guide topics.

Benefits:

State tobacco control managers have requested more guidance on how to effectively plan and conduct policy interventions that fall within the 2007 Best Practices State and Community Interventions category. The User Guide series translates Best Practices guidelines (i.e., broad recommendations showing how much funding programs need) into topic-specific, evidence-based strategies and practical guidance (i.e., how funding should be spent) for states and communities working to decrease tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure.