Delivering Tobacco Cessation Through Community Health Workers

Curriculum and Training Considerations

Bibliographic Data

ID13853932
AuthorsShelby C Lautner (0000-0002-1856-0802, Texas A&M University, corresponding author), Shelby Lautner, Whitney R Garney (0000-0001-8215-3032, Texas A&M University), Whitney Garney, Katherine Nimmons (Texas A&M University), Blanca Macareno (Texas A&M University), Idethia S Harvey (0000-0002-6535-3910, Texas A&M University), Kristen Garcia (0000-0002-7071-811X, Texas A&M University)
Year2019
Volume42
Issue3
Pages197-202
Publication date2019-05-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFamily & Community Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0160-6379 • E-ISSN: 1550-5057
PublisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1097/fch.0000000000000227
PMID31107730
OpenAlexW2945154272
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

Texas faces unique barriers in health status and risk behaviors such as smoking. To address tobacco use, community health workers (CHWs) are a resource for disseminating education among a population. To promote smoking cessation in Texas, there is a need for the development of a smoking cessation training program for CHWs. The National Community Health Worker Training Center used an approach with CHWs to develop a curriculum. From the curriculum development and with feedback from CHWs, 4 training courses were produced: online and in person, and in English and Spanish. The curriculum meets a need that disseminates smoking cessation strategies through peer-led, culturally relevant messages

Community health · Community health workers · Culturally appropriate · Curriculum · Environmental health · Family medicine · Geography · Health services · Medical education · Pedagogy · Population · Public health · Smoking cessation · Tobacco use · Training (meteorology · Community Health and Development · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · School Health and Nursing Education · Smoking Behavior and Cessation