Hazelden To Do Poster Presentation at Prestigious World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Chicago In August.Business Editors CENTER CITY, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2000 The Hazelden Foundation announced today that it has been invited to do a signal poster presentation at the 11th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, which will be held in Chicago from August 6 - 11, 2000. Entitled "Clinical Smoking Cessation Applications In The Recovery Community," the poster addresses the need for a tobacco cessation component in treatment plans in the recovery community, citing the high instance (90%) of tobacco use among recovering chemical dependant adults, and offers a modified 12-step model as an important opportunity to effect institutional change. Written by one of Hazelden's Tobacco Cessation Manager, Barry McMillen, MA, CCDC CCDC Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre CCDC Centre City Development Corporation (San Diego, California) CCDC Consultant in Communicable Disease Control CCDC Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor CCDC Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition , LADC LADC Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor LADC Lockheed Advanced Development Company (now Lockheed Martin) LADC Local Area Data Channel LADC Local Area Defense Commander LADC longitudinal apparent diffusion coefficient , and HLR Vice President, Gloria Gillette, MA, and Worksite Wellness Programs' Pamela Werb, MEd, CCRC, CCRA, and Helen Roemhild, MEd, CCRA, it will be presented to the record 4,500 attendees of the Conference on August 8th. Tobacco cessation has historically been absent from treatment plans in the recovery community. Research efforts and evidence-based resources have been slow to permeate the practices within the treatment sector. In 1999, in response to these circumstances, Hazelden developed a community based cessation program. Substance abuse counselors were recruited for project participation. This program was based on current review of literature and research pertinent to tobacco use, cessation and addiction, and implemented recommendations for cessation group support programs as identified by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation ), clinically recognized best practices in tobacco control, and recommendations from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR AHCPR, n.pr See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. ) Guidelines for Smoking Cessation, April, 1996. Hazelden's tobacco cessation treatment, incorporating a modified 12-step model, which can be augmented with pharmaceutical methods, in adherence to the AHCPR Clinical Practice Guidelines clinical practice guidelines Clinical policies, practice guidelines, practice parameters, practice policies Medtalk Systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and Pt decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances. See Psychology. for Smoking Cessation, represents an important opportunity to improve the quality of tobacco treatment/cessation services within the recovery community. Their comprehensive tobacco control plan includes identification and treatment of tobacco use. Certified counselors provide tobacco cessation information and programming as a standard of care with their clients, representing an opportunity to impact the high prevalence rates within the recovery community. The overall goal is to effect institutional change within the substance abuse counselor community that promotes tobacco cessation efforts. What impact does Hazelden hope this poster and its tobacco cessation training and program development have? "The World Health Organization already predicts a global pandemic resulting from tobacco use. We have both an opportunity, and a significant responsibility, to look toward the future," says Hazelden's Barry McMillen. According to McMillen, Hazelden is currently expanding it's program scope to include facilitator training, and an outpatient models for community and work settings. Professionals should note that Hazelden's tobacco cessation programs are certificated. CEU's have been approved by the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC NAADAC National Association of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors ), and Hazelden has applied for CEU'S from the American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is a professional organization representing psychology in the US. Description and history The association has around 150,000 members and an annual budget of around $70m. (APA (All Points Addressable) Refers to an array (bitmapped screen, matrix, etc.) in which all bits or cells can be individually manipulated. APA - Application Portability Architecture ), the American Correctional Association The American Correctional Association is an association of providers of services to prisons in the United States. It holds an annual trade show where products used in prisons are shown to prospective purchasers. It was formerly known as the American Prison Association. (ACA ACA - Application Control Architecture ), and the National Association of Social Workers The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with 150,000 members. The NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional (NASW). ABOUT HAZELDEN Hazelden, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1999, pioneered the model of care for alcoholism, drug addiction and related diseases that is now the most widely used in the world, and has been a leader in the recovery-related publishing field since "Twenty-Four Hours A Day" was published in 1954. Hazelden today provides treatment, recovery, research, prevention and training programs, services and publications for individuals, families, and communities affected by chemical dependency. For more information about the World Conference on Tobacco or Health, go to http://www.wctoh.org. |
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