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Topic: Implementing Statewide Tobacco Dependence Treatment Programs for Persons with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

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April 30th:  Implementation Case Studies from Colorado and Indiana

  • Agenda
     
  • Colorado STEPP Mental Health Disparities Project
     
    • Chad Morris, PhD
      Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Department of Psychiatry
       
    • Debbie Osborne, MPH, RD
      Director, Tobacco Cessation Initiatives, State Tobacco Education & Prevention Partnership (STEPP) at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
       
    • Jason Vahling, MPH
      Director, State Tobacco Education & Prevention Partnership (STEPP) at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment 
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April 16: Implementation Case Studies from New York and Wisconsin

  • Agenda
     
  • The Evolution of the NYS Tobacco-Free Initiative – How We Got There and What Happened After July 24, 2008
     
    • Steven S. Kipnis, MD, FACP, FASAM
      Medical Director, NYS Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services
    • Annie Beigel
      Manager of Cessation Programs, New York State Department of Health, Tobacco Control Program
       
  • The Wisconsin WiNTiP Story
     
    • Rob Adsit, MEd
      Education & Outreach Programs Supervisor, University of Wisconsin, Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
    • Randall Glysch, MS
      Research Scientist, Wisconsin Tobacco Control Program, Division of Public Health
    • Eric Heiligenstein, MD
      Clinical Director, Psychiatry, University Health Services, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • David Macmaster, CSAC, PTTS
      Project Consultant, Creative Representation, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
       
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April 3: The problem of tobacco use and MI/SUD: Barriers and challenges for treating these populations, spectrum of illness that people seeking treatment are likely to have and how it affects their treatment, why attention to treatment for these populations is so urgent, what the BEA project has found about treatment for people with MI/SUD.
 
Presenters: Chad Morris, PhD, University of Colorado
                    Wendy Bjornson MPH, Oregon Health and Science University

Conference Call Materials:
     • Agenda
     • Presentations: "The Problem of Tobacco Use MI/SUD" & "Key Findings and         Recommendations from the BEA Project"
     • BEA Resource Guide Summary
 

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April 16 & 17:  Clinical Solution in Providing Tobacco Dependence Treatment for People with MI/SUD.   Importance of the initial assessment, assessing stability and functionality for treatment planning, addressing medication issues, importance of clinic monitoring and referral.
 
Presenters: Eric Heiligenstein MD, University of Wisconsin
                    Gary Tedeschi, PhD, California Smokers' Helpline

Conference Call Materials:
     • Agenda
     • Presentations: "Clinical Solutions for Providing Tobacco Dependence Treatment for         People with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders" & "Treating Persons with         MI/SUD on Quitlines"
 

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May 1 & 19: Tobacco Free Policy Issues and Adapting Tobacco Treatment Programs.  The importance of tobacco free policies for promoting cessation, addressing resistance in mental health and substance use facilities, how programs can be adapted to better serve people with MI/SUD.
 
Presenters: Douglas Ziedonis, MD, MPH
                    Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry
                    U Mass Memorial Medical Center
 
                    Janet Smeltz, M.Ed.,LADC-I, M-CTTS
                    Director, Tobacco, Addictions, Policy and Education (TAPE) Project
                    Institute for Health and Recovery

Conference Call Materials:
     • Agenda
     • Presentations:

"Barriers and Solutions to Addressing Tobacco Use in Addiction and Mental Health Treatment Settings"

"Tobacco Dependence Treatment Programs and Specialist Training"

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May 23, 2007 - Innovative Programs for Reaching Multicultural Populations
 
Agenda

Engaging the Hispanic Community in Tobacco Cessation

Reaching Multicultural Populations through the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline

Examples of Radio Ads used to Reach Multicultural Audiences in Oklahoma:
Native American (30 seconds)

Native American (60 seconds)

Hispanic (30 seconds)

Hispanic (60 seconds)

African-American (30 seconds)

African-American (60 seconds)

Tobacco Treatment Interventions & Outcomes in a Low-Income Asian Pacific Islander Community

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April 17, 2007 – Advocating for Medicaid Benefits
 
Agenda

Introductions and Overview

Advocating for a Medicaid Benefit in Massachusetts

Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Cessation in Kentucky
Information Sheet for Healthcare Providers: Medicaid and Smoking Cessation (KY)

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March 20, 2007 - New Initiatives for Reaching Smokers with Mental Illness
 
Agenda

Facts about Smoking and Mental Disorders

New Initiatives in Colorado

Ohio Tobacco Dependence Project

Initiatives in New Jersey

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January 16, 2007 - Increasing Medical Benefits: Strategies for States
 
Agenda

You Can Afford to Quit: Medicaid Covers It
A Campaign to Promote Medicaid Tobacco Dependence Treatment Benefits in Wisconsin

To view and download Wisconsin’s promotional materials go to www.ctri.wisc.edu and click on "Medicaid covers tobacco cessation" under "Latest News" (on the left of the screen) or go directly to http://www.ctri.wisc.edu/HC.Providers/healthcare_medicaid.htm.

Massachusetts Medicaid Smoking Cessation Program
To view and download Massachusetts’ Medicaid promotional materials go to www.trytostop.org and click on "See our ads" to see print and radio pieces.  Provider materials can be found on www.quitworks.org and are accessible with one click (featured on front page of website).  Click here to listen to one of the radio ads.

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October 24, 2006 - Results of the TCLN Survey of Statewide Implementation of Tobacco Cessation Services and a panel discussion of "Where We Are" in state cessation programs.

  1. Agenda
  2. Quitline Practice in North America
  3. TCLN Survey of Statewide Implementation of Tobacco Cessation Services

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November 21, 2006 - Topic: An update on the Role Health Plans in Tobacco Cessation

  1. Agenda
  2. Trends in Health Care Benefits
  3. The Role Health Plans in NYS
  4. Model Cessation Benefits