Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program
The Tobacco prevention and cessation program
INTRO : Public health planners usually spend considerable
amounts of time on needs assessment and program development. Once the planning
phase is complete, just as careful a consideration should be given to how the
program will be implemented. For each phase of the implementation, all of the
specific tasks involved need to be identified. For instance If you don’t have
enough handouts for all the participants, what kind of message does this send?
Was the program publicized sufficiently to assure an adequate number of
clients? You will also need to determine the time frame for your
implementation, deciding, for example, whether to start everything at once or
have a gradual phasing in?
Consider the tobacco prevention and cessation program.
Review the steps of implementation as described in your Learning
Resources(Different phases in implementation; adoption of the program,
identifying and prioritizing of the tasks to be completed , establishing a
system of management, and finally putting the plans into action McKenzie,
Neiger, & Thackeray, 2009) and compare to the process conducted by those
involved in the tobacco prevention and cessation program . Reflect also on the
possible ethical or legal issues that might arise as a result of implementing
this program.
QUESTIONS
1. Has the Tobacco prevention and cessation been
implemented, was it implemented as planned? What steps were taken to make sure
the program implementation occurred as intended? Identify any tasks that should
have been taken to implement the program but were not and explain how these
would have helped.
2. If the program is still in the planning stages, have the
proper implementation strategies been identified? If yes, describe the stages
planned and whether you think these are appropriate. If not, describe what
strategies should be followed and why.
3. Regardless of whether or not the program has been
implemented yet, briefly discuss any ethical or legal issues that might arise
as a result of implementing this program.
References ;
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (2010).
M00F03.06 Cigarette restitution fund-Tobacco use and prevention and cessation
program- Family health administration.
www.dhmh.state.md.us/mfr/doc/2010/Tobacco.doc
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (2008).
Exploring cultural, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing tobacco
use among Asian American, Hispanics, African American and American Indians in
. http://www.crf.stae.md.us/html/stats.cfm
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (2007).
Local tobacco control initiatives.
http://fha..gov/ohpetup/tob_local_initiatives.cfm.
McKenzie, J. F., Neiger, L. B., & Thackeray, R. (2009).
Planning, Implementing, & Evaluating Health Promotion Programs (Fifth ed.).
San Francisco, CA: Pearson Education Inc.
