plain language smoking cessation a low/no literacy approach deborah j. stefanucci...
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PLAIN LANGUAGE SMOKING CESSATION
A Low/No Literacy Approach
Deborah J. Stefanucci
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• This lecture is one of a series on local public health recruited by Charles J. Vukotich, Jr. of the Allegheny County Health Department (PA), as a scholar in the Northeast Regional Public Health Leadership Institute, Class of 2000. For information contact: [email protected]
• Deborah J. Stefanucci is an LPN with 28 years experience in the operating room, who has been Director of UR/QA for Northwest Physicians Associates, PC (NPA) for the last 9 years. In 2002, NPA established a non-profit foundation to bring health information to the community. Ms. Stefanucci has been active in developing tobacco outreach programs for the foundation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• To understand the key concepts of smoking cessation.
• To understand the basic risks of smoking and the benefits of quitting.
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
• Provide smoking cessation classes for those with no/low literacy that are equivalent to those offered to generally.
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