Learning Objectives: List the steps that Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation (ITPC) went through to establish community tobacco control programs at the grassroots level. Define the systems set up for maintaining program accountability and integrity when entering program implementation. Draw upon and discuss the Indiana model for lessons learned for implementing community tobacco control programs.
Abstract: State and local tobacco control program individuals will gain knowledge on how diverse community and grassroots organizations with varied experience and capacity levels work together to systematically develop comprehensive programs.
Evidence-based programming shows that local community programs involving people where they work, play and worship have shown measurable progress toward statewide tobacco control objectives. This workshop will demonstrate a systematic way of enabling local organizations, with various skill and experience levels, to develop programs tailored to their community’s needs. Three types of community programs were set up in Indiana: Community-based partnerships representing each county; Minority-based partnerships in counties representing 95% of the State’s minority population; Statewide, Regional and Pilot partnerships to address additional statewide program needs and to explore new strategies that would work toward changing the norms of tobacco culture in Indiana. The impact these three types of programs is continually evaluated utilizing various levels of reporting and research, including assurance that the programs are fiscally sound making good use of State dollars.
Representatives from the Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, the State organization, will explain how to engage local partners and various stakeholders in these communities to work in tobacco control and describe methods these programs are being evaluated. Representatives from each of the Community Programs will discuss their experience with this program design. Audience will be engaged in a discussion on how to adapt this process to your community.
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