Tobacco Prevention and Control
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NACCHO's Tobacco Prevention and Control Project increases the capacity of local health departments (LHDs) to address tobacco use. New Issue Brief: Overview of Comprehensive Tobacco Control Strategies
NACCHO has recently released an issue brief, which discusses the five components of a comprehensive tobacco control program and provides examples of how LHDs have practiced effective tobacco control strategies. The brief describes each of the five components in detail (community interventions; health communication interventions; cessation interventions; program administration and management; and surveillance and evaluation) and illustrates them with an LHD success story. NACCHO is pleased to announce the debut of a new web-based interactive training on the 2010 Program and Funding Guidelines for Comprehensive Local Tobacco Control Programs (Guidelines). The web-based Guidelines training describes an integrated programmatic tobacco control structure and provides information on determining the recommended level of investment to end the epidemic of tobacco use. In addition to information about the five components of a comprehensive tobacco control program, the training discusses budgeting recommendations and provides users questions to confirm their knowledge at the end of the presentation on each component. The Guidelines are a valuable tool for local health departments, state tobacco control program managers, community and state partners. The tool is also a helpful resource for funders, national organizations and federal agencies that work with and provide funding to local tobacco control and prevention programs, and this web-based training will make the information more accessible to all. With support from the CDC Office on Smoking and Health, NACCHO and the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) provide training, technical assistance, and funding to LHDs and their tobacco control and prevention coalitions. This support serves to improve the ability of local public health professionals, leaders, and tobacco control advocates to plan and implement activities that are evidence-based and sustainable. In working with these LHDs and their tobacco coalitions, NACCHO has created a number of tools to support their work. These include an action plan template, resource list, document outlining the basics of logic models, and more. Throughout the funding period, the LHDs that have been working with NACCHO and NALBOH have also produced tools that will be useful for other tobacco coalitions. These new tools are now available. Share Successful Tools with Others NACCHO is looking for tobacco control and prevention tools for our Toolbox, a free, online collection of local public health resources produced by members of the public health community. Examples of tools include presentations, fact sheets, drills, evaluations, protocols, templates, reports, case examples, or training materials. To submit a tool, please contact Jessica Carda-Auten. |
