Promoting tobacco cessation and smoke-free workplaces through community outreach partnerships in Puerto Rico
| Autor: | Virmarie Correa-Fernández, Maria E. Fernandez, Carlos A. Mazas, Elba C. Díaz-Toro, Luz M. Mejía, William A. Calo, David W. Wetter, María del Carmen Santos-Ortiz, Ana P. Ortiz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Community-Based Participatory Research
Health (social science) Sociology and Political Science Universities media_common.quotation_subject medicine.medical_treatment Community-based participatory research Health Promotion Article Education Promotion (rank) Environmental health Hotlines Medicine Humans Cooperative Behavior Workplace Referral and Consultation Health policy media_common business.industry Health Policy Tobacco control Puerto Rico Community Participation General Medicine Community-Institutional Relations Outreach Health promotion Quitline Smoking cessation Smoking Cessation Tobacco Smoke Pollution business |
| Zdroj: | Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action. 8(2) |
| ISSN: | 1557-0541 |
| Popis: | Puerto Rico (PR) has a lower smoking prevalence than the United States (14.8% vs. 21.2%, respectively); nevertheless, the five leading causes of death are associated with smoking. There is a need to implement evidence-based tobacco control strategies in PR.The Outreach Pilot Program (OPP) was designed to engage communities, health professionals, and researchers in a network to advance health promotion activities and research to increase the use of the PR Quitline (PRQ) among smokers and promoting policies in support of smoke-free workplaces.Using community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods, the OPP mobilized a network of community and academic partners to implement smoking cessation activities including referrals to the PRQ, adoption of evidence-based smoking cessation programs, and promotion of smoke-free legislation.Eighty organizations participated in the OPP. Collaborators implemented activities that supported the promotion of the PRQ and smoke-free workplaces policy and sponsored yearly trainings, including tobacco control conferences. From 2005 to 2008, physician referrals to the PRQ increased from 2.6% to 7.2%. The number of annual smokers receiving cessation services through the PRQ also increased from 703 to 1,086. The OPP shepherded a rigorous smoke-free law through participation in the development, promotion, and implementation of the smoke-free workplaces legislation as well as the creation of the PR Tobacco Control Strategic Plan, launched in 2006.This project demonstrates the feasibility of developing a successful and sustainable community-based outreach program model that enlists the participation of academic researchers, community organizations, and health care providers as partners to promote tobacco control. |
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