Learning Objectives: Understand the unique work of collaboratives and learn about the leadership skills necessary to build partnerships to provide tobacco cessation service delivery. Create a state or community-wide network of interconnected cessation delivery sites integrating the work and resources of private and public health organizations. Identify potential barriers or obstacles in developing public-private partnerships as well as identify potential solutions to these obstacles.
Abstract: Audience: Individuals working in community settings, hospitals, clinics, or state organizations seeking effective ways to collaborate, combine resources, and streamline tobacco cessation service delivery.
Key Points:
1. Public-private partnerships may prove to be effective ways of reaching individuals needing tobacco cessation services. Vermont has built a statewide tobacco cessation network of services as part of its comprehensive tobacco control program. An integral part of this network is the partnership between the Department of Health and the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems that provides cessation services (group classes and one-on-one counseling) throughout the state. In the first year, over 2000 individuals have accessed cessation services.
2. Public-private partnerships can reduce duplication of services and ensure consistency in quality of training and data collection. Vermont anticipates finding that the result of this public-private partnership is an effective cessation delivery service system of research based care, maintained at a high standard of quality. Services will not be confusing or duplicated, allowing for streamlined data collection. Everyone who accesses tobacco cessation services are accounted for through the statewide database system, which is accessible to both the Department of Health and the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems.
Educational Experience: Lecture, discussion, small group exercises will be used. Exercises will be personalized, making it meaningful to participant’s work.
Benefits: The audience will learn about an innovative way to use public-private partnerships to deliver cessation services. The workshop will give them tools to establish key partnerships and reduce duplication of services.
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