Learning Objectives: Identify common barriers in their community/county/state that can impede their progress in accomplishing their tobacco control objectives. Recognize the importance of a systems approach to tobacco control, by developing partnerships with groups/agencies/organizations outside of the public health arena. Describe how they can impact their communities utilizing a systems approach to tobacco control. The presenter and the participants will discuss barriers that challenge the tobacco prevention and control initiatives in rural and remote communities and ways to overcome the barriers to develop an effective tobacco prevention and control program. The barriers will include the lack of people resources, lack of communication resources, lack of cessation resources, lack of community readiness, and others identified by participants. In addition, the presenter and participants will discuss the benefit of incorporating a "systems" approach to tobacco control in rural and remote communities, and necessity of collaborating with the state and/or territorial level tobacco prevention and control program staff and how program managers at the state and/territorial levels decide how to devote resources to rural and remote areas and the effectiveness of these approaches.
Abstract: The presenter and the participants will discuss barriers that challenge the tobacco prevention and control initiatives in rural and remote communities and ways to overcome the barriers to develop an effective tobacco prevention and control program. The barriers will include the lack of people resources, lack of communication resources, lack of cessation resources, lack of community readiness, and others identified by participants. In addition, the presenter and participants will discuss the benefit of incorporating a "systems" approach to tobacco control in rural and remote communities, and necessity of collaborating with the state and/or territorial level tobacco prevention and control program staff and how program managers at the state and/territorial levels decide how to devote resources to rural and remote areas and the effectiveness of these approaches.
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