Primary Care Tobacco Cessation Network

In 2006, HPCA was awarded a three-year grant from the Hawaii Community Foundation to help build sustainable tobacco cessation services in all of Hawaii’s Community Health Centers by:

• Providing technical assistance to CHCs in the production of :
  • Comprehensive cessation needs assessment
  • Action plan
  • Training schedule
  • Outcome evaluation

Goal

To ensure that sustainable evidence-based tobacco cessation programs are implemented in Hawaii’s health centers. 

Expectation

To serve as a bridge between the CHCs that have established evidence-based cessation programs, and CHCs that have no such program.  

Accomplishments:

• Established a Primary Care Tobacco Cessation network consisting of a contact person from each CHC.
• Supported training and mentorship activities between the CHCs that have existing cessation programs and those that do not. 
• Utilized the findings from the cessation needs assessments to guide the development of strategies to enhance cessation programs and success rates. 

For more information contact Napua Spock