Learning Objectives: Understand the structural elements that compose effective tobacco control and tobacco use prevention curricula. Identify strategies and components that make for culturally adaptable tobacco use prevention curricula. Assess the areas where further research in ethnic specific tobacco use prevention curricula is warranted.
Abstract: A major limitation of currently employed tobacco prevention and control programs is that most of the existing research has been conducted with predominantly white, middle class populations. As a result, most tobacco use prevention programs for ethnic populations are often times the result of translations or adaptations of existing programs designed for a homogenous white population. Panel presentations and discussion will focus on a review of current tobacco use prevention and control programs utilized with African American, Asian Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino, and American Indian populations by examining approaches and components that make for culturally adaptable tobacco prevention curricula. Information will be presented and discussed on common strategies of culturally effective programs that address the implications of culture on tobacco use. The discussion will also provide specific examples of curricula infused with theoretical framework proven effective in reaching and controlling tobacco use in ethnic populations.
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