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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Rachael Tracy, MPH, CHES, Family & Community Health Services Department, California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc., 4400 Auburn Blvd, 2nd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95841, Mark LeBeau, MS, Native American Policy Fellowship Program, Kaiser Family Foundation, 4400 Auburn Blvd, 2nd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95841, Joyce Shield, MPH, American Indian Tobacco Program Coordinator, California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc., 4400 Auburn Blvd., 2nd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95841, 202-777-2477, rachael.tracy@mail.ihs.gov, and Michelle Anderson, MPH, Health Education Specialist, California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc., 4400 Auburn Blvd., 2nd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95841.
The three tobacco programs (AITEN, TEPTS, & TUCPP) located at the California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc., have developed an ongoing collaborative relationship with the California State Department of Health Services Tobacco Control Program-California Smokers’ Helpline, Centers Disease Control & Prevention Native American Support Center and the American Legacy Foundation Community Voices Initiative, in an effort to build a comprehensive tobacco program. Collaboration with the California Smokers’ Helpline began in the year 2000, with AITEN conducting research in the area of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) use rates of the Helpline. Two major barriers were identified as to why AI/AN use rates were lower than any other minority population: lack of telephone access to the Helpline and lack of cultural sensitivity by Helpline counselors. Beginning in the year 2001, the TEPTS Center continued the collaborative relationship with the Helpline by conducting cultural competency training sessions for Helpline counselors and by developing a resource guide for use by counselors when dealing with the AI/AN caller. Also in the year 2001, the TUCPP began to address the barrier of access by initiating steps to include dedicated telephone lines with associated resources at each CRIHB Indian Health Clinic, of which there are eleven. The ultimate goal of this ongoing collaboration is to assist AI/AN smokers in their smoking cessation efforts. AI/AN use rates of the Helpline and increased cessation resources at the tribal level have proven positive since the initiation of this collaboration between tribal, state, and national partners.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: American Indians, Sustainability
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: California State Department of Health Services Tobacco Control Services, California Smokers' Helpline
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.