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The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) and the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco & Cancer Control (NBHN) are pleased to invite you to this free webinar: “Changing the Habit: State & Community Approaches to Tobacco Control” on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at 2:00pm ET (90 minutes).
We are honored to have the following speakers presenting on this topic for us:
- Marilyn J. Carter, PhD, Health Education Director, Adapt/SouthRiver Community Health Center
- Margaret A. Jaco, MSSW, Senior Associate, Policy & Practice Improvement, National Council for Behavioral Health, Project Manager for National Behavioral Health Network
- Susan McLain, MPH, Public Health Program Administrator, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control
- Joanna Stoms, MPA, RRT, Cancer Plan Manager, Pennsylvania Department of Health
Webinar Objectives:
- Describe how you can leverage the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco & Cancer Control’s tools, resources, and network to combat tobacco use & cancer disparities among individuals with mental illnesses and addictions and network members
- Discuss the integration of tobacco dependence treatment as a standard and expected part of primary care and behavioral health care
- Explain how a state’s Department of Health; Department of Drug and Alcohol and Department of Human Services can partner to address tobacco use and cancer disparities among individuals with mental illness and addictions through systems and policy change
REGISTER HERE: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/v4ryrc0vo0ci&eom
Disclosures
Marilyn J. Carter, PhD, Margaret A. Jaco, MSSW, Susan McLain, MPH, Joanna Stoms, MPA, RRT, Christine Cheng, Brian Clark, Jennifer Matekuare, Roxana Said, MPH, Catherine Saucedo, and Steven A. Schroeder, MD have disclosed no financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any commercial companies who have provided products or services relating to their presentation or commercial support for this continuing medical education activity.
NEW Accreditation for respiratory therapists:
This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.50 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063, Course # 148432000
Accreditation:
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the webinar activity.
Advance Practice Registered Nurses and Registered Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Physician Assistants: The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that the AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.
California Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA category 1 CreditTM. If you are a pharmacist in another state, you should check with your state board for approval of this credit.
CME/CEUs will be available for participants who join the LIVE session, on March 7, 2017. You will receive instructions on how to claim credit via the post webinar email.
Don’t need to claim CME/CEUs? SCLC issues free certificates of attendance for those who want contact hours only.