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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Exhibit Hall (Kansas City Convention Center)
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this presentation attendees will be able to:
- Highlight tobacco-related disparities facing rural America and rural West Virginia
- Present promising approaches to tobacco cessation interventions in rural areas
- Discuss tobacco control strategies and share lessons learned from tobacco control projects implemented by Southern Coalfields Tobacco Prevention Network in rural Counties of West Virginia.
Audience: Health Educators in rural, low SES populations.
Key Points:
- Tobacco use is a critical public health issue in rural America
- Unique challenges and opportunities in rural areas for effective tobacco control
- Importance of place-based, culturally-tailored approaches to address tobacco-related disparities in rural areas
Educational Experience:
- Identify and adapt to specific rural factors or conditions of a community
- Foster broad-based collaboration to engage multiple stakeholders
- Enact and enforce comprehensive smoke-free policies
- Implement public awareness campaigns targeting smokeless tobacco
- Create alternative ways to provide affordable, accessible tobacco treatment and counseling to reach the populations that are most vulnerable to the impact of tobacco use
Benefits:
- Highlight tobacco-related disparities facing rural America
- Present promising approaches to tobacco control interventions in rural areas
- Discuss tobacco control strategies and share lessons learned from tobacco control projects implemented by Southern Coalfields Tobacco Prevention Network in rural Counties of West Virginia.