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Smoking
Cessation Leadership Center
Organizational Summary
What is the mission of your organization with respect
to tobacco cessation?
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at the University
of California, San Francisco, is a national program office
of the Robert Wood John son Foundation. Under the direction
of Dr. Steven A. Schroeder, SCLC works with leaders of various
health professions and organizations to promote and support
effective treatment and policies to help people quit tobacco
use.
What types of products or services do you offer presently?
We can assist with small grants, free consulting, and technical
assistance. Our work with organizations has included:
- Facilitation of summits and national task force meetings
- Convening leaders and experts on smoking cessation
- Marketing and public relations consulting
- Funding for national projects
- Speeches, presentations and panels at annual meetings
- Web site assessment
- Articles and research materials
Learn more at our website: http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu
What are any current initiatives underway in your
organization regarding tobacco cessation? What projects are
you undertaking this year? What are you funding?
Current initiatives underway in SCLC include:
- Dentist cessation intervention project with the American
Dental Association
- National business case project for cessation coverage
with Tobacco-Free Coalition of Oregon (TOFCO)
- Nurses leadership and advocacy project with UCLA School
of Nursing, Tobacco Free Nurses, and Dana Farber Cancer
Institute
- Organized labor project with Harvard University
- Pharmacists cessation project with Yale University and
the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
- Family physicians’ cessation project with the American
Academy of Family Physicians
- Setting a new benchmark for prevalence levels with Kaiser
Permanente Northern California Tobacco Dependence Program
- Dental hygienists’ smoking cessation initiative
with the American Dental Hygienists’ Association
- Study of best and worst performing hospitals regarding
tobacco interventions and 3 conditions with the Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
- Task force on smoking cessation in hospital emergency
rooms with the American College of Emergency Physicians
What projects/initiatives are you considering for
next year?
We will continue to broaden our reach to various health professional
organizations and institutions willing to work with us. We
will create more partnerships and provide technical assistance
to groups. We will continue to fund worthy projects.
Who are the people in your organization that are
actively working on tobacco cessation?
Steven A. Schroeder, MD, Director
Connie C. Revell, Deputy Director
Catherine Saucedo, Director of Strategic Marketing
Elissa Keszler, Project Coordinator
Brian Eule, Analyst
Lucia Marqués, Executive Assistant to Dr. Schroeder
Reason Reyes, Administrative Assistant
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