Building a tobacco intervention system in managed care
Tobacco cessation program implementation
from plans
to reality: skill building workshopnetwork
model
Risé Krejci
PacifiCare
Health Systems, 3100 Lake Center Drive, Mail Stop LC03-259, Santa Ana,
CA 92704, USA; rise.krejci@phs.com
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Introduction |
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The following article describes
highlights from the skill building workshop "Program
implementation
from plans to reality". This workshop was
conducted by Sallie Dacey, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, and
Risé Krejci, Pacific Health Systems.
PacifiCare
Health Systems, Inc (PHS) addresses key health issues through the
research and development of health improvement strategies designed to
complement the care provided by a robust network of dedicated health
care providers. To address the national health care need to reduce
smoking prevalence, PacifiCare developed the StopSmoking Program, a
tobacco control program based on the theoretical behaviour change
model. The StopSmoking program is designed as a self directed,
multicomponent intervention utilising telephonic case management, and
includes a "quit kit" consisting of self help "quit" booklets,
videotape, audiotape, and "urge tamer" tools. Each participant
receives an average of 7-14 support telephone calls by a trained
smoking cessation counsellor for a period of one year. Currently,
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