Learning Objectives: Use APPEAL's adapted Stage of Readiness Model as a framework for addressing tobacco control within diverse communities. Describe community-based activities in the areas of research and data, infrastructure, policy, and programs currently happening within AAPI communities within 5 regions (California, Hawaii, New York, Ohio, and Washington). List common issues relevant to tobacco control capacity within AAPI communities on a national level.
Abstract: In 2000, Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment and Leadership (APPEAL) developed a Stages of Readiness Model to assist diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in addressing tobacco in four broad areas: policy, programs, research and data, and infrastructure. This model serves as a framework for community-relevant assessment, program planning, and evaluation in tobacco control. The APPEAL Model, adapted from Prochaska and DiClemente’s Transtheoretical Model used to assess individual change in tobacco use behavior, can be used to assess and work with communities’ stages of readiness.
We will begin the session by providing an overview of our model and how it can be used by diverse communities for assessment, program planning, and evaluation purposes. Then, presenters from five regions of varying stages of readiness will present case studies to demonstrate how the model applies to practical community-based tobacco control efforts in California, Hawaii, New York, Ohio, and Washington. Presenters will describe both successes and challenges in building the capacity and readiness of AAPI communities to work on tobacco control. The final speaker will summarize common capacity issues and recommendations that are important for workshop participants to be aware of when trying to identify and eliminate disparities in diverse communities.
The presentation will be followed by a group discussion of how the APPEAL Model and regional case studies presented can be applied to tobacco work being done by members of the audience.
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