2005
Agenda:
Day 1
Wednesday, February 2
Set up displays from sponsor agencies and state
groups.
|
| 8:00 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| 8:45 – 9:15 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:15 – 9:45 a.m. |
Summary Overview
What is Happening in State Tobacco Cessation Programs
– State of the “Movement”
Wendy Bjornson, M.P.H., Pacific Center on Health and Tobacco |
| 9:45 – 10:15 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
| 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
Highlights of Best and Emerging Practices
and Policy Initiatives:
HAWAII
Building on Community Resources: “What’s
in the Field?” Survey
NEW
JERSEY
Comprehensive Approach to Treatment:
Quitline + Quit Centers + QuitNet
NEW MEXICO
Rx for Change: Innovative
Pharmacy Program in New Mexico NEW YORK
Cessation Centers: Strategy for Getting Health Care
to Deliver Cessation Services |
| 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:15 – 2:30 p.m. |
Highlights of Best and Emerging Practices and Policy
Initiatives from State Programs:
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma’s Tobacco-Free Campus
Initiative OHIO
Don’t Take No for an Answer - Making a Deal
With Health Insurers
PENNSYLVANIA
Grassroots Partnership Approach for Changing Medicaid
Policies
WISCONSIN
Bringing Everyone Along: Applying “Fax to
Quit” for Disparate Populations
|
| 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. |
Panel Commentary: What Do These Highlights Tell Us About
Where We Are and Where We Need to Go?
Commentators:
Matt Barry, Campaign
for Tobacco Free Kids
Abby Rosenthal, M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control
Caroline Joyce, American Legacy Foundation |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. |
Medicaid Programs: Status, Trends, and Strategies
Presenters:
Sara
Hutchinson, Center for Tobacco Cessation
Abby Rosenthal, M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control |
| 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. |
Tobacco Cessation at the National Level: Policy Landscape
in 2005 and Discussion of National Program Trends
National Policy Landscape:
Matt Barry, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
National Program Initiatives:
Carolyn Joyce, American Legacy Foundation
Marjorie Paloma, M.P.H., The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Pam Redmon, M.P.H., Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium
Abby Rosenthal, M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center:
Health Professionals Helping Smokers Quit
Connie Revell, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Group Dinner (meet in hotel lobby at 6:30 p.m.)
Harvest Restaurant
853 N. Highland Avenue. NE
Phone: 404-876-8244 |
Day
2
Thursday, February 3
|
| 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. |
Breakfast and Individual State Meetings to Review Plans
and Set Goals |
| 9:00 – 9:15 a.m. |
Comments and Questions from Yesterday |
| 9:15 – 10:45 a.m. |
Breakout Discussion Groups: The purpose
of the discussion groups is to provide an opportunity
for information and knowledge exchange on challenging
issues for tobacco cessation programs. The discussion
groups will be in a “round table” format with
speakers providing a brief description or story on their
topic followed by in depth discussion and exchange among
participants. Please bring your questions to these discussions.
|
| Breakout I: Salons IV &
V |
Increasing Treatment Access Through Policy Change
What are the key approaches for increasing access by changing
benefits policies? What do we need to know from employers?
How do we design and launch effective policy change campaigns?
Speakers:
Increasing Treatment Access Through Policy Change:
National Perspective
Matt Barry, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
Increasing Treatment Access Through Policy
Change
Kirsten Hansen, California Tobacco Control Alliance
Make It Your Business: Insure a Tobacco-Free
Workforce
Dawn Robbins, Tobacco-Free Coalition of Oregon
Connie Revell, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center
Summary of How PEBB Reached its Decision
to Cover Tobacco Cessation
Diana Jones, PEBB (by phone)
Facilitator: Sara Hutchinson,
Center for Tobacco Cessation
Recorder: Pam Redmon, M.P.H. Tobacco
Technical Assistance Consortium |
| Breakout II: Basswood Room |
Outreach to Multicultural Populations
How do we get information about the needs of multicultural
groups? What do we know about the unique requirements
of cessation programs serving tobacco users from multi-cultural
groups? What are some successful case examples?
Using Quitlines to Reach out to Diverse
Populations, the California Experience
Christopher Anderson, California’s Smokers’
Helpline
American Legacy Foundation Projects
Caroline Joyce, American Legacy Foundation
Facilitator: David Gonzales, Ph.D.,
Pacific Center on Health and Tobacco
Recorder: Karen Siener, M.P.H., Centers
for Disease Control |
| 10:45a.m. – 11:15 p.m. |
Break |
| 11:15 – 12:45 p.m. |
Breakout Discussion Groups: The purpose
of the discussion groups is to provide an opportunity
for information and knowledge exchange on challenging
issues for tobacco cessation programs. The discussion
groups will be in a “round table” format with
speakers providing a brief description or story on their
topic followed by in depth discussion and exchange among
participants. Please bring your questions to these discussions.
|
Breakout III:
Salons IV & V |
Partnerships with Health Care Including
Integrating Quitline Services
What are some of the key lessons learned about establishing
these partnerships? What are some successful examples?
How can quitlines help facilitate these partnerships?
Speakers:
CTRI Wisconsin “Fax to Quit” Program
Rob Adsit, UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
Update and Overview: North American Quitline
Consortium
Linda Bailey, J.D., M.H.S. and Tamatha Thomas-Haase,
M.P.A., North American Quitline Consortium (by phone)
Integrating Quit Line Services with Health
Care Systems: Building Sustainable Public-Private Partnerships
Rachael Grossman: Free & Clear, Inc.
Integrating Quit Line Services in Minnesota’s
Health Care Systems using Public-Private Partnerships
Mary K. Hartman, M.S.N., M.B.A., Blue Cross/ Blue Shield
of Minnesota (by phone)
Facilitator: Abby Rosenthal, M.P.H.,
Centers for Disease Control
Recorder: Karen Siener, M.P.H., Centers
for Disease Control |
| Breakout IV: Basswood Room |
Training and Certification
What are the different approaches and how do program managers
make decisions about which approach to use? What is an
integrated approach to training and certification?
National “Snapshot” of Training
Approaches
Abby Rosenthal, M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control
ATTUD’s Competency Standard for Tobacco
Treatment Specialists
Jonathan Foulds, Ph.D., UMDNJ-School of Public Health,
Tobacco Dependence Program
Facilitator: Laura Hanasaka, American
Legacy Foundation
Recorder: Pam Redmon, Tobacco Technical
Assistance Consortium |
| 12:45 – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. |
Addressing Challenges: Collaborating on Strategy
Development and Defining Topics for Further Discussion
Questions: What are your goals for 2005?
What challenges do you face? What knowledge, information,
and tools would help?
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
New Mexico
New Jersey
Hawaii
Requests from Sponsor Agencies and Speakers
|
| 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. |
Summary and Evaluation |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
