Integrating Tobacco in Healthcare—Multiple Perspectives on How it Works

Warner, Donna

Thursday, August 16, 2012: 10:30 AM

2504A (Kansas City Convention Center)

Ms. Donna Warner, MBA, MA , Multi-State Collaborative for Health Systems Change, Belmont, MA

Mr. Rob Adsit, MEd , University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI), Madison, WI

Sarah Moody-Thomas, PhD , Behavioral Health LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans School of Public Health

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this presentation attendees will be able to:

Define health systems change to address tobacco use and describe a model system
Explain why systems in healthcare are important to reduce tobacco use
Describe three different approaches used by tobacco control programs to partner successfully with healthcare

Cross Cutting Program Area(s): Evaluation and Surveillance and Tobacco Control Policies

Audience:

This session is intended for individuals with moderate experience from state, local and national tobacco control programs or networks.

Key Points:

Tobacco interventions in healthcare offer a powerful opportunity to reduce tobacco prevalence in every state in the US, beyond decreases expected from tax increases and smoke free policies. Recent federal legislation and activity the public and private healthcare sector are likely to lead to increased tobacco interventions. Tobacco control programs have an opportunity to support and accelerate changes in healthcare to address tobacco use, learning from models and approaches already adopted productively in several states.

Educational Experience:

This session will provide an overview of federal policies likely to increase tobacco interventions in healthcare and discuss why systems to support these interventions are important. Results will be presented of an analysis of encounter data from two large healthcare delivery organizations—one public and one private. Tobacco control program approaches to working successfully with healthcare will be showcased. These include a statewide training and technical assistance program, a multi-year initiative with 7 public hospitals serving a low income and minority patient population, and initiatives with community health centers.

Benefits:

Participants will learn the components of an effective system healthcare to reduce tobacco and practical approaches that can be used by state-level tobacco control programs and their partners to work with healthcare effectively. Participants will be engaged in a discussion of why work with healthcare is an important strategy for tobacco control programs.