3087.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

The ASSIST Evaluation: Building a New Paradigm for Tobacco Control Evaluation Efforts

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Describe the effect ASSIST had on prevalence and consumption rates. Identify and discuss the tobacco control program factors associated with lowering consumption and prevalence rates. Identify and discuss the tobacco industry efforts to undermine ASSIST.
Moderator(s):Frances A. Stillman, EdD
2:30 PMSESSION ABSTRACT - The ASSIST Evaluation: Building a New Paradigm for Tobacco Control Evaluation Efforts
Frances A. Stillman, Anne Hartman, MS, Barry Graubard, Pamela Clark, PhD, William Trochim
2:40 PMAssessing the tobacco industry’s influence on ASSIST
William Trochim, PhD, Frances A. Stillman, EdD, Pamela I. Clark, PhD, Carol L. Schmitt, MA
2:55 PMStrength of Tobacco Control: Escaping the black box of program evaluation
Pamela I. Clark, PhD, Frances A. Stillman, EdD, Warren J. Strauss, ScM, William Trochim, Carol L. Schmitt, MA
3:10 PMAdditional evidence of the effectiveness of ASSIST media advocacy
Alec Ulasevich, PhD
3:25 PMMeeting the challenges of tobacco control evaluation: Initial findings from ASSIST
Anne Hartman, MS, Barry I. Graubard, PhD, Frances A. Stillman, EdD, Elizabeth Gilpin, MS, David M. Murray, PhD, James T. Gibson
3:40 PMDiscussion: Frances Stillman
Sponsor:Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA