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Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this presentation attendees will be able to:
- Describe the benefits of working with state agencies such as Addictions and Mental Health agencies to reduce tobacco use disparities.
Tobacco control program staff working to reduce disparities in tobacco use among low-income populations and looking for innovative methods to reach low-SES groups.
Key Points:
- State agencies serving people with lower incomes, disabilities, mental health issues and addictions are essential partners and provide both access to and understanding of populations with the highest tobacco use disparities.
- Since 2008, Oregon’s Tobacco Control Integration Project (TCIP) has been working with agencies providing benefits and services to Oregonians. Agency representatives on workgroups provide invaluable insight into their clients and their agencies and which changes would be most effective.
- TCIP has facilitated workgroups in five state social and health services agencies and has seen policy or procedural changes in all of them.
- With the TCIP model, tobacco-free campus policies for residential treatment facilities for people with mental health or addictions issues are possible.
- Oregon’s Addictions and Mental Health Division, in collaboration with TCIP, will be taking all residential treatment campuses funded and licensed by the state tobacco-free.
Educational Experience:
Participants will be presented with a brief process outline that shows the steps Oregon has taken to establish working relationships with agencies. Participants will learn about achievements and future plans with particular emphasis on the tobacco-free campus policy for residential treatment facilities. Questions from the audience will be encouraged.
Benefits:
The TCIP model provides an innovative, policy-based and sustainable approach to reducing the tobacco use disparity among people with lower incomes.