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The
webinar will feature Maggie
Mahoney, J.D., Deputy Director at the Tobacco Control Legal
Consortium, and Maija
Yasui, Prevention Coordinator for the Hood River County
Commission on Children and Families.
The
purpose of this webinar is learn about the available resources for coalitions
from the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium to assist with local policy
development or modification. The Tobacco Control Legal Consortium has been
helping advocates use the law to advance public health outcomes in local
communities for thirteen years. The webinar will review how the Tobacco Control
Legal Consortium assists local coalitions develop legislation and policies in
core areas to preserve, protect and promote public health. The Hood River
County Drug Prevention Coalition will share strategies, activities and outcomes
that were key to reducing tobacco use rates in their community. The coalition
will also share how they established tobacco –free schools, hospital, housing,
parks and other outdoor policies in order to inspire other coalitions working
on these similar strategies. Much of Hood River’s success comes from the
engagement of youth in environmental assessments, media production and
community activism. In the last five years additional reductions in
tobacco use by youth and adults has come through strong engagement of the faith
and Hispanic communities. This webinar will take participants through the first
steps, lessons learned, challenges and strategies/policies implemented.
Participants are highly encouraged to ask questions and provide personal
feedback at the end of the speaking segment of the webinar.
At
the end of the webinar, participants should be able to:
- Identify at least one policy
implementation area recommended by the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium or
the Hood River County Drug Prevention Coalition
- Understand the benefits and resources
offered by the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium
- Describe some of the challenges to
implement tobacco prevention policies and how to overcome those challenges
- Understand the importance of youth
engagement in reducing the burden of tobacco use
- Understand the importance of local media
influence in reducing the burden of tobacco use
- Implement strategies to use the influence
of creating new social norms to reduce tobacco use prevalence and
acceptance
- Implement collaborative strategies that
encourage sustainable partnership building
(Registration form is in a survey format)
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