SOUTHWEST
HEALTH PROFESSIONS
EDUCATION CENTER, INC.
Training by Request
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SOUTHWEST
HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
Prevention and
Treatment of Tobacco Use:
Brief Intervention Strategies for Health Care
Providers
This program can be provided as a 1 hour or a 3.5 hour program.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This program is designed to develop brief intervention skills for prevention and
tobacco use cessation that health care providers can integrate into their
routine encounters with patients.
Specific topics include review of the roles of health care providers in tobacco
use prevention and cessation, understanding the natural history of tobacco use,
and discussion of brief intervention strategies.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
- describe prevalence and types of tobacco products utilized.
- describe the factors involved in the initiation, maintenance, and cessation of
tobacco use
- discuss brief intervention strategies for prevention and for assisting
patients to stop using tobacco.
- describe community efforts and resources to reduce the problem of tobacco use.
(optional depending upon specific arrangements)
FACULTY:
Michael J. Geboy, Ph.D. Dr. Geboy
is currently Partnership Director
of the Southwest Health Professions Education Center, Inc./VA Employee Education
System, in Prescott Arizona. He is also past Chairperson of the National Advisory
Committee on Tobacco Use for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Previously, he was Clinical Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and
Director of Academic Services at Georgetown University, School of Dentistry, and
also taught in the School of Medicine. He has held faculty appointments at the
University of Maryland, School of Nursing and School of Dentistry and at Temple
University, School of Dentistry. He
was also visiting faculty at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
His primary interest area is health behavior change, and he has published
numerous articles in the professional literature as well as a textbook in this
area. Dr. Geboy was a peer reviewer
for the 1996 AHCPR guideline on smoking cessation and was a member of a joint
VA/Dept. of Defense workgroup creating a tobacco use counseling guideline for
primary care for use in the federal services.
Dr. Geboy has also developed and conducted numerous smoking cessation programs
including both group programs and individual counseling.
He has also conducted numerous workshops throughout the Country for
health care providers on brief intervention counseling over the past 15 years.
Intended Audience
Physicians, Dentists, Nurses, Dental Hygienists, Psychologists, and other
interested health care providers
Continuing Education
This program can provide accredited education for physicians, nurses, dental
professionals, psychologists and other mental health care providers.
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SOUTHWEST HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION CENTER, INC
500 N. HIGHWAY 89 (OP SEC) PRESCOTT, AZ 86313-5000
(928) 776-6124, FAX (928) 776-6137 E-MAIL sec@northlink.com
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