Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #117016

Pamela R. Jones, MPH, RN, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, Room N505, PO Box 0608, San Francisco, CA 94143, 510-251-2325, pjones@itsa.ucsf.edu

Eliminating tobacco-related health disparities is a goal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) tobacco control framework. One key component of this framework is forming partnerships with community organizations to disseminate tobacco control messages. African American organizations have been conducting tobacco control efforts within their communities for at least ten years. However, to date, these efforts have not been systematically documented. The aim of this ethnographic pilot study was to examine how African American organizations conduct tobacco control activities in African American communities from the perspectives of the leaders of the organizations. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and the constant comparative grounded theory technique was used to analyze the interviews. Study findings illustrate the critical characteristics of organizations and their leaders that lead to effective tobacco control within African American communities. The results from this study will inform the development of a novel tobacco control framework that engages the collective action of African American community-based tobacco control organizations toward advocating for improving health, and ultimately, achieving the goal to eliminate tobacco-related health disparities for African Americans.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will
• identify organizational characteristics of effective African American tobacco control programs;
• be able to describe effective tobacco control strategies in African American communities.

Keywords: Health Disparities, Tobacco

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.