Understanding the clinical pharmacology of nicotine provides a basis for improved nicotine dependency prevention and treatment. This course will help tobacco cessation coaches and specialists, nurses, medical and behavioral health practitioners gain profound knowledge of the addiction process and tools to support clients to quit smoking. The content of the course is applicable to e-cigarettes or vapes as well as conventional tobacco products. 

Learning Objectives: 

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

1. Define the process of nicotine dependency
2. Describe the biological, psychological, and socio-cultural chain of addiction
3. Identify patients' level of nicotine dependency.
4. Understand the “Stages of Change” model to assess patients' readiness to reduce tobacco use
5. Utilize tools to help motivate a patient to reduce nicotine dependency

Target Audience: Tobacco cessation coaches and specialists, nurses, medical and behavioral health practitioners

Duration: 90 minutes

Continuing Education Information: 1.5 Continuing Competency Credits for CHES 

CHES Provider number:  99036

Format:  Web-based Training, Self-Study. 

Created/Updated: June 2021

Author(s): 

Mark Boldt, Director, Tobacco Cessation Training Institute.

Judith S Gordon, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Research Member of the Graduate Faculty. Professor, BIO5 Institute. Professor, Family and Community Medicine. Professor, Nursing.

Arranged by: Dipanwita Das, Senior Instructional Designer. 

Disclosures: The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest 

Electronic (e-) cigarettes are evolving rapidly, providing consumers with various products to choose from: e-cig-a-likes, mini-cartridge devices, and tank systems filled with liquid nicotine. These devices are legally available to adults (21 years and older) and have grown in popularity among youth (14-19 years old). E-cigarette use poses a significant and avoidable health risk to young people in the United States. There is much unknown about these products and their adverse effects on public health. In this short training, we will define and classify the types of e-cigarette. We will then compare the impact of e-cigarettes on health to combustible cigarettes, followed by health consequences.

The Western Region Public Health Training Center (WRPHTC) developed a series of courses (six) in collaboration with the Arizona Center for Tobacco Cessation (ACTC) to provide public health professionals with an understanding of tobacco dependency and evidence-based treatment that supports quitting. 

Note: For these modules, the term tobacco will refer specifically to commercial tobacco, a legal and regulated substance, and does not refer to the traditional tobacco grown and harvested by American Indians and Alaska Natives used for ceremonial or medicinal purposes.

Learning Objectives: 

Target Audience: Health and human service providers, medical and allied health professionals and students, community health influencers, administrators, policymakers, and those in specialty areas of health and human service professions: Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, Pharmacists, Health Educators, Wellness Coaches, Dental Hygienists, Addiction Counselors, Respiratory Therapists, etc.

Duration:  35 minutes

Continuing Education Information: 0.5 CECH for CHES

Format:  Web-based Training, Self-Study

Disclosures:  The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest

Created/Updated: January 2021

Authors: 

Tobacco was first discovered and used by indigenous people in the American continent and was later introduced to Europe and the rest of the world. Today, indigenous people worldwide continue to utilize the tobacco plant for medicinal and ceremonial purposes and is often referred to as traditional or sacred tobacco.

This training focuses specifically on commercial tobacco*, which contains many additional substances and chemicals. It is a legal substance that is regulated and marketed to consumers through various products that can be burned, heated, or chewed. Throughout this training, we will define and classify tobacco, present the prevalence of tobacco use among diverse populations, describe the adverse health effects caused by tobacco use, and then share the positive health effects of quitting. 

The Western Region Public Health Training Center (WRPHTC) developed a series of courses (six) in collaboration with the Arizona Center for Tobacco Cessation (ACTC) to provide public health professionals with an understanding of tobacco dependency and evidence-based treatment that supports quitting.

*For these modules, the term tobacco will refer specifically to commercial tobacco, a legal and regulated substance, and does not refer to the traditional tobacco grown and harvested by American Indians and Alaska Natives used for ceremonial or medicinal purposes.

Learning Objectives: 

Target Audience: Health and human service providers, medical and allied health professionals and students, community health influencers, administrators, policymakers, and those in specialty areas of health and human service professions: Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, Pharmacists, Health Educators, Wellness Coaches, Dental Hygienists, Addiction Counselors, Respiratory Therapists, etc.

Duration:  45 minutes

Continuing Education Information: 0.75 Continuing Competency Credits for CHES

Format:  Web-based Training, Self-Study

Disclosures:  The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest

Created/Updated: January 2021

Authors: 

"Building Community Leaders" is designed to get people comfortable advocating for change in various settings and to empower community members to make healthy changes in their communities. This training was adapted from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health Community Leaders Training for this online format by the Western Region Public Health Training Center.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe public health and community health. 
• Define advocacy.
• List the steps to advocate for an issue.
• Utilize a SWOT analysis to identify strengths and weaknesses within a community. 
• Practice communicating effectively in various settings (meetings, communicating with the right people, limited time).
• Identify the benefits of storytelling when advocating for an issue.

Target Audience: 

Duration: 60 minutes

Continuing Education Information:  1.0 Continuing Competency Credits for CHES, 1.0 CPEU for Registered Dietitians

CHES Provider number:  99036; CPEU Provider number: 21216

Format:  Web-based Training, Self-Study

Created: 2/2022

Author(s): Maricopa County Department of Public Health and the Western Region Public Health Training Center

Arranged by:  Allison Root, DrPH, MS, RDN

Disclosures:  The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest 

"Construyendo líderes comunitarios" está diseñado para que las personas se sientan cómodas abogando por el cambio en varios entornos y para empoderar a los miembros de la comunidad para que realicen cambios saludables en sus comunidades. Esta capacitación es una versión en línea de la Capacitación de líderes comunitarios de Maricopa County Department of Public Health, adaptado por el Western Region Public Health Training Center. 

Objetivos de aprendizaje: 

• Describir la salud pública y la salud comunitaria. 
• Definir abogacía. 
• Enumerar los pasos para abogar por un problema. 
• Utilizar un análisis FODA para identificar las fortalezas y debilidades dentro de una comunidad. 
• Practicar en cómo comunicarse de manera efectiva en diferentes situaciones (juntas, comunicarse con las personas adecuadas, tiempo limitado).
• Identificar los beneficios de narración al abogar un problema.

Audiencia objetiva: Profesionales de la salud pública que trabajan con grupos comunitarios, grupos escolares y otras personas interesadas en la abogacía

Duración: 60 minutos

Información de educación continua: 1.0 Créditos de competencia continua para CHES, 1.0 CPEU para dietistas registrados

Número de proveedor de CHES: 99036; Número de proveedor de CPEU: 21216

Formato: Formación basada en web, Autoaprendizaje

Creado: 9/2022

Autor(es): Maricopa County Department of Public Health y el Western Region Public Health Training Center

Organizado por: Allison Root, DrPH, MS, RDN

Traducido por: Dulce Rodríguez, BS, Western Region Public Health Training Center

Divulgaciones: Los planificadores, revisores y autores no tienen conflictos de intereses declarados