The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Objective: To investigate the relationship between coalition capacity and type and frequency of tobacco control activities.

Methods: As part of comprehensive evaluation of its tobacco control program, the Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Agency tracks all tobacco control activities conducted by its local partners. This presentation discusses the relationship between the program capacity measures, such as number of dedicated full time equivalencies (FTEs) to tobacco control, size and stability of local coalitions, tobacco control skill sets available and activities conducted by each local partner. The statistical analyses explored the association between global measures of program capacity based on Strength of Tobacco Control (SOTC) developed for the ASSIST evaluation and program are activity measures such as frequency of different types of local interventions as well as audience reach of these efforts

Results: The findings are discussed in relation to strategic planning of tobacco control programs and technical assistance needs