Webinar: Comprehensive Tobacco Cessation in Public Housing Community Health Centers

The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC), in collaboration with the CDC Tips From Former Smokers™ Campaign, the National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH), and the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) are pleased to invite you to this free webinar, “Comprehensive Tobacco Cessation in Public Housing Community Health Centers : Beyond Policy Adoption and Implementation” on Thursday, July 20, 2017, at 1:00pm EDT (90 minutes).

Presenters include:

• Bill Blatt, MPH, National Director of Tobacco Programs, American Lung Association
• Elizabeth A. Davis, MD, Chief of Adult Medicine, Medical Director of Addiction Medicine, South End Community Health Center
• John Kane, Senior Project Coordinator, Boston Housing Authority
• Jose Leon, MD, Chief Medical Officer, National Center for Health in Public Housing

Webinar Objectives:

1. Review tobacco use disorders data in public housing primary care
2. Discuss key components of successful implementation of the non-smoking policy in public housing
3. Describe the smoking cessation interventions provided by South End Community Health Center
4. Learn how to talk to multi-unit housing residents about quitting smoking, including why they should quit, and learn about locally available programs and resources to help them

REGISTER HERE:  https://cc.readytalk.com/r/h1ypxeyuv4ks&eom

ACCME 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 Credits^TM. 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 Credit^TM 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 Credit^TM 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 Credit^TM. 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 July 20, 2017. You will receive instructions on how to claim credit via the post webinar email.