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Tobacco Free Northeast PA

Tobacco Free Northeast PA at Burn Prevention Network is funded by a grant from the PA Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. Our Mission is to improve the quality of life in our communities by reducing tobacco use –

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Tobacco Free Northeast PA

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  1. Tobacco Free Northeast PA at Burn Prevention Network is funded by a grant from the PA Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. Our Mission is to improve the quality of life in our communities by reducing tobacco use – serving the counties of Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming.

  2. Tobacco Free Northeast PA Primary Contractor Executive Director Business Manager Office Coordinator Policy & Research Coordinator Tobacco Treatment Coordinator Youth & Disparate Populations Coordinator Burn Prevention Foundation Executive Director/CEO Staff Accountant District Subcontractors Eastcentral AHEC Klunk & Millan Advertising Olszak Management Subcontractors CMP D&A Commission Drug & Alcohol Services Latinos for HealthyCommunities Lehigh Valley Hospital Northeast Regional Cancer Institute PA RCPSI Pike County Cooperative Extension Rural Health Corporation Serento Gardens St. Luke’s Hospital Susquehanna County DA TREHAB Treatment Trends/Veterans Sanctuary Valley Youth House Wyoming Valley D&A Services Youth Infusion

  3. PA Statewide Goals • Prevent the Initiation of Tobacco Use • Promote Quitting Among Adults and Youth • Eliminate Exposure to Secondhand Smoke • Identify and Eliminate Tobacco-Related Disparities

  4. Northeast Health District Strategies • District Strategic Workplan • Program Evaluation • Data Collection from Providers • District Coalition and Local Workgroups • Partner with Statewide Contractors/Other PCs

  5. Northeast Health District Strategies • Evidence-based programs with competent • personnel • - Core Competencies for Tobacco Treatment Providers ATTUD (Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence) • -Training and skill-building for providers • Standardized Program Evaluation - Qualitative/Quantitative

  6. Subcontractors • Negotiate Annual Contracts • Specified Workplans • Data Entry into Web-based System • Invoice Protocol - Budget Tracking Expenditures • Program and Provider Monitoring - Cessation

  7. Mission Our mission is to improve the quality of life in our communities by reducing tobacco use.

  8. Tobacco Free Northeast PA Staff Executive Director Alice Dalla Palu Business Manager Della Steward Office Coordinator Yvonne Kuhenbeaker Policy & Research Coordinator Jeanne Fignar Tobacco Treatment Coordinator Merry Casey Youth & Disparate Populations Coordinator Lilia Santiago

  9. Tobacco Free Northeast PA Programs • Prevention Power of Ten – P10 Teen Advocacy PA 100% Tobacco Free Schools Toolkit Merchant Enforcement / FDA • Marketing Newsletters to Coalition Members Email Blasts to Smokers Text Messaging Support to Clients Completing Treatment

  10. Tobacco Free Northeast PA Programs • Cessation Service Providers – 12 in 10 counties Program Monitoring • Coalition District-wide Workgroups – 3 in local areas

  11. Tobacco Free Northeast PA Programs • Policy and Smoke-Free Air Worksites Housing Authorities Young Lungs at Play

  12. TOBACCO FREE NORTHEAST PAFY 2011 OUTCOMES Prevention • 60 School Toolkits distributed • 18 P10 groups 509 Teens 256 Activities 45,822 youth exposures • Synar, Enforcement (1760), FDA (650) completed

  13. TOBACCO FREE NORTHEAST PA FY 2011 OUTCOMES Cessation 1,040 in Treatment 1,031 Adults 9 Teens • 497 Quit • 695 used NRT • 449 Completed • 382 reached at 30-day Follow-up; 210 Quit • 201 reached at 6 month Follow-up; 85 Quit 44 Worksites

  14. TOBACCO FREE NORTHEAST PAFY 2011 SUCCESS • Patient with Diabetes, Peripheral Artery Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Hypertension progressed from a contemplative smoker to a non-smoker utilizing effective cognitive behavioral change, NRT and counseling.  He said, “I could not have succeeded without you.”   • Employee had a stroke and was encouraged to quit by his doctor.  His employer initiated on-site cessation for him and other employees.  

  15. TOBACCO FREE NORTHEAST PAFY 2011 SUCCESS • Every Smoker, Every time brief intervention training to 189 health care professionals • Tobacco Dependence Training to 24 professionals • St. Luke's Hospital mobile health van with brief assessments and cessation counseling for teens has expanded from Bethlehem District to include 3 schools in the Allentown District.

  16. TOBACCO FREE NORTHEAST PAFY 2011 SUCCESS • Youth Leadership Institute held in December 2010 with 35 teens from 8 counties. They were trained in peer leadership, advocacy and enforcement • 30 Representatives/Senators were visited by TFNE staff; P10 teens met with 4 of their legislators. Students from one high school sent letters to their legislators explaining their cause and accomplishments. • Two trainings in PA 100% Tobacco Free Schools Tool Kit reached 57 personnel from 35 schools.

  17. Alice Dalla Palu, MPA, CTTS-M, CAADC alice.dallapalu@lvh.com Meredith Casey, BSE, CTTS-M meredith.casey@lvh.com www.tobaccofreene.com 1-866-974-QUIT (7848)

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