This webinar will provide an overview of youth e-cigarette /vaping and how dental providers can play a role in combating the vaping epidemic. While national and state-level commercial tobacco use among youth and young adults are at all-time low prevalence rates, the use of e-cigarettes or vaping products among this age group continues to rise. Dental professionals are uniquely positioned to screen patients for vaping (Ask) and provide advice at every patient encounter (Advise) to connect patients to evidence-based cessation resources (Refer), including the state quitline.
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:
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:
Dipanwita Das, Senior Instructional Designer
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:
Dipanwita Das, Senior Instructional Designer
This series of courses is accessible to Arizona DEA Prescribers by establishing an account through the link below.
The price for a CME certificate is now $25.00 per credit.
(CDC funding for AZ prescribers has expired. Gratis CME certificates are NOT available, as they were between 2015 and 2020.)
Looking for “Live CE”? Maricopa County Department of Public Health offers Early Childhood Oral Health continuing education for individuals and groups.
"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:
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:
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