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The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Building capacity for a tobacco-free world

July 12-15, 2006, Washington, DC, USA



Friday, July 14, 2006: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Meeting Room 2 (Renaissance Hotel)
How to Bring Students and Professionals in the Health Care Sector to the Cause to Tobacco Prevention and Cessation (Part 2)
The workshop will focus on the potential role of health professionals in the prevention and cessation of tobacco use beginning with their formative years. Special attention will be focused on activities in developing countries. This workshop will be interactive allowing participants to discuss their experiences as well as their vision for possible activities. Topics will include an overview of the current challenges relating to the involvement of health professionals based on the best evidence available, research methodologies that can be applied by participants in their own environment to guide their activities and what specific actions can be taken to involve professionals in the educational, preparatory, action and evaluation phases.
Moderator:Ricardo Granero (Venezuela)
3:30 PMPart 2. Group Discussion on the best way to do research on knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and current practices of health professionals and students concerning tobacco
Ricardo Granero Sr. (Venezuela)
3:45 PMIntroduction
Andreas Wielgosz (Canada)
4:00 PMLeassons learned from Global Health Professional Survey GHPS 2005 in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aida Ramic-Catak (Bosnia)
4:15 PMDevelopment and Nationwide Dissemination of a Tobacco Curriculum for Health Professional Students
Karen Hudmon (USA)
4:30 PMStrategies to overcome barriers among health professionals towards Tobacco Counseling
Mihir Shah (India)

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