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Recorded presentation

Nancy J. Kaufman, RN, MS, Aurora Health Care, 3000 West Montana Street, Milwaukee, WI 53215, 414-647-6479, nancy.kaufman@aurora.org

Although research exists to support tobacco control policies, such as increasing the price of tobacco products and creating smoke free work and community spaces, little is known about their specific impact on women and girls of low SES. This lack of research stimulated the National Cancer Institute and the American Legacy Foundation to sponsor the Tobacco Research network on Disparities and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Office on Women's Health to sponsor an invitational meeting to examine the effects of policies on low SES women and girls.

This session reviews the potential policy changes that may be necessary to reach this special population, with an emphasis on increasing their access to tobacco education, advice to quit, and treatment within the health care delivery system.

Recommendations from the papers and dialogue at the national meeting that are especially applicable to health care delivery settings will be shared. The tobacco care management/quality initiative at Aurora Health Care ( a large, integrated health care and preventive health delivery system in Wisconsin) will be described. Data from evaluation of the initiative will be presented, including process and patient outcomes.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to

• Identify two methods for systematically reaching women & girls about tobacco use within health care delivery systems.
• Articulate three methods for measuring the results of the system-wide intervention
• Describe a health sytem effort to increase tobacco use cessation.

Keywords: Tobacco Policy, Social Class

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Recorded presentation