Resource Kit for Adolescent Tobacco Cessation

描述：18个州的534个县居住着29,497,852人，种植烟草。数据表明，这些地区的年轻人使用烟草的时间更早，使用频率更高。烟草社区对烟草的文化、社会和经济进口有着独特的看法，这需要对青少年戒烟工作采取敏感的方法。该项目将为烟草种植社区青少年戒烟制定符合文化、适合年龄和性别的资源包原型。在第二阶段结束时，这套教材将分别面向12至14岁及15至17岁的男性和女性。基于研究结果和可靠的戒烟科学，公司将在第二阶段为这些年轻人开发一个独特设计的戒烟计划和补充材料。在第一阶段，将为生活在种植烟草社区、使用烟草的12至14岁女孩开发戒烟规划的一个模块和补充材料。工作人员将组织焦点小组，了解这些女孩如何看待烟草和戒烟。工作人员将采访关键线人，了解他们的观点。我们将对来自烟草种植社区的年轻妇女和戒烟专业人员进行可行性测试。我们将把我们的研究写成专著。

DESCRIPTION: Five hundred thirty-four counties in 18 states are home to 29,497,852 persons and grow tobacco. Data indicate youth in these areas use tobacco earlier and use it more frequently. Tobacco communities have a unique perspective based on the cultural, social, and economic import of tobacco which requires a sensitive approach to adolescent cessation efforts. This project will develop prototypes of a culturally congruent, age-appropriate, gender-specific Resource Kit for Adolescent Tobacco Cessation in Tobacco-Growing Communities. By the end of Phase II, the Kit respectively will address males and females in the 12 to 14 and 15 to 17 age groups. Based on findings and relying on sound cessation science, the firm will develop in Phase II a uniquely designed cessation program and supplemental materials for these youth. In Phase I, one module of the cessation program and complementary materials will be developed for girls aged 12 to 14 who use tobacco and live in tobacco-raising communities. Staff will conduct focus groups to understand how these girls perceive tobacco and cessation. Staff will interview key informants for their perspective. We will conduct feasibility tests with the young women and cessation professionals from tobacco-raising communities. We will document our research in a monograph. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The Resource Kit will be marketed extensively through the 18 states where tobacco-growing counties are home to 29 million Americans. The many health departments, community-based organizations, hospitals, health clinics, and school in these communities will provide a rich market. Several tobacco states have set aside funds for youth tobacco cessation.