DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY KIT FOR TOBACCO PREVENTION

产品说明：该项目将开发一个文化上适当的社区烟草预防和控制工具包，供居住着2 100万人的阿巴拉契亚地区使用。 这一文化独特的区域烟草使用和与烟草有关的健康问题发生率很高，但缺乏文化上一致的烟草预防和控制材料。 事实上，很少有研究存在什么构成阿巴拉契亚文化敏感的健康教育。 因此，该项目将是原创和开创性的努力，以开发文化上适当的材料，以减少阿巴拉契亚烟草的使用。 具体目标包括：审查文献，并进行有关阿巴拉契亚烟草使用的预防和控制的关键线人访谈;制定标准，以衡量烟草预防和控制材料的文化适用性，现在在阿巴拉契亚使用;获取，编目和评估现有的烟草预防和控制材料在阿巴拉契亚使用;进行焦点小组，以确定最佳材料;并推荐一套核心的现存材料，并找出其中的差距。 第一阶段将最终在一个专题研究结果和目录的相关材料找到。 在第二阶段，该公司将开发产品，以填补已确定的差距;在第三阶段，它将在整个阿巴拉契亚销售全面的，文化上适当的社区套件。

DESCRIPTION: This project will develop a culturally appropriate Community Kit for Tobacco Prevention and Control for use in the Appalachian region, where 21 million people live. This culturally unique region has a high incidence of tobacco use and tobacco-related health problems but lacks culturally congruent materials for tobacco prevention and control. Indeed, little research exists on what constitutes culturally sensitive health education for Appalachians. Thus, this project will be original and ground breaking in its efforts to develop culturally appropriate materials to reduce Appalachian tobacco use. Specific objectives include to: review the literature and conduct key informant interviews concerning the prevention and control of Appalachian tobacco use; develop criteria to measure the cultural suitability of tobacco prevention and control materials now used in Appalachia; acquire, catalog and assess existing tobacco prevention and control materials used in Appalachia; conduct focus groups to determine the best materials; and recommend a core package of extant materials and identify gaps in them. Phase I will culminate in a monograph on findings and catalog of relevant materials located. In Phase II, the firm will develop products to fill identified gaps; in Phase III, it will market the comprehensive, culturally appropriate Community Kit throughout Appalachia.