OpportunityTitle: FY11 Sustainable Comprehensive Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Clinical Program for Low Socio-economic Status Women of Childbearing Age
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Any public or private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b) is eligible to apply for this Federal funding.  Faith-based and community-based organizations are also eligible to apply.  Federal government entities cannot be a direct recipient of this Cooperative Agreement.  Awardees must implement the tobacco cessation and prevention program through partnerships with Federally-funded HRSA or IHS health clinics and/or Medicaid-reimbursed providers.     (HRSA federally-funded clinics currently receiving funding under Section 330 are eligible to participate as partners for this funding opportunity).
Description: The purpose of this project is to implement and to evaluate the success of tobacco cessation and prevention programs in selected Federal Clinical Partners to address tobacco use among LSES women of childbearing age. The Federal Clinical Partners are: the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and/or Indian Health Service (IHS) federally-funded healthcare clinics, and/or Medicaid-reimbursed providers. Successful applicants will design tobacco cessation and prevention programs to be implemented in the Federal Clinical Partners? organizations that:1. Are based on ?Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, Clinical Practice Guideline, 2008 Update? (Public Health Service Guideline);2. Employ implementation process steps that will ensure project sustainability after the grant period ends for the Federal Clinical Partners;3. Ensure that a certified tobacco specialist uses the 5As (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange; see the Public Health Service Guideline for detailed information) with every patient; 4. Ensure LSES women of childbearing age identified as tobacco users are offered brief intervention, counseling, follow-up, and other cessation services listed in the Public Health Service Guideline; and,5. Demonstrate increased quit attempts, abstinence, and/or cessation for LSES women of childbearing age using the services of the Federal Clinical Partners.
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