Learning Objectives: Recognize the high incidence of smoking rates among Native American teens.Describe appropriate techniques to implement a culturally specific teen cessation program.
Abstract: Native American youth have the highest tobacco use prevalence rates of any other group in Oklahoma, with 50% of Native American high school and 26% of middle school students reporting current tobacco use. Native American teens in Oklahoma report that they are addicted to tobacco, and a significant proportion (53%) report that they want to completely stop smoking. Few cessation programs exist for youth, and to our knowledge no programs exist specifically for Native American youth.
The goal of this project was to take an existing program developed for all youth, implement it as written, conduct process evaluation after each session with the youth, and made recommendations for a culturally specific, Native American teen smoking cessation program.
The purpose of this presentation will be to discuss some of the lessons learned from working with the first community in which the smoking cessation program was unsuccessful. Several modifications were made in our protocol and details will be shared about working within the second community. We will discuss the importance of culturally specific smoking cessation programs and techniques learned in order to ensure success of these programs for Native American teens.
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