Scenes in Tobacco Use - Service Day 2012
The ATTAC-IT Program is a component of the overall UF AHEC Tobacco Training and Cessation (ATTAC) Program. UF AHEC is part of a statewide Network of AHECs funded to provide tobacco training and cessation throughout the State of Florida. The overall goal of the ATTAC Program is to strengthen the capacity of Florida #39;s healthcare system to deliver effective evidence-based tobacco use treatment, cessation, and prevention services throughout the state. This is done in keeping with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs. ATTAC-IT #39;s goal is to ensure that all health professions students receive tobacco education during the course of their program providing them with the skills necessary to work with patients and clients in tobacco cessation. Health professions students (HPS) are targeted because most health care providers traditionally receive insufficient education in tobacco to be able to effect patient behavior change in the treatment of tobacco dependence. Middle school students are the other target group. With 90% of tobacco initiation beginning prior to the age of 18, it is important to reach children early in life, preferably before they have been faced with the decision of whether or not to use tobacco. The appeal of HPS as role models for youth is a crucial component of the Program. Conversely, HPS placed as educators in middle school classrooms will be motivated to learn the material more ...From:Syraj SyedViews:47 0ratingsTime:12:16More inEducation

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