SMOKING CESSATION EDUCATION IN THE ADULT POPULATION

FAMILY HEALTH PROMOTION & DISEASE PREVENTION

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
PATRICK KEENAN FNP-S, PAM POGODA-RUHM FNP-S, JOHN ZING FNP-S, & JEANNE DANTINE FNP-S
 TEACHING NEED

• TARGET POPULATION: ADULTS 18+, CURRENT TOBACCO USERS

• REASON FOR SELECTION: BASED OFF PUBLIC NEED AND LOCATION OF POSTER PRESENTATION
(STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC CAMPUS CENTER HEALTH FAIR)
 COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT

• HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020 LEADING HEALTH INDICATOR TOPICS.

• IDENTIFIED AS #1 PREVENTABLE DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES.
• 15.5% OF THE POPULATION ARE CURRENT TOBACCO USERS, WITH 16 MILLION ADULTS
HAVING A COMORBIDITY SECONDARY TO TOBACCO USE.
• ECONOMIC BURDEN ON MEDICAL EXPENDITURES = $193 BILLION ANNUALLY.
• (HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020, 2018)
 LEARNER ASSESSMENT
• RISK FACTORS FOR INCREASED TOBACCO USE:
• AGE: 18-64 (HIGHEST 45-64 YRS, 18%)
• RACE: NON-HISPANIC NATIVE AMERICANS (31.8%)
• EDUCATION: GED EDUCATION (40.6) VS. GRADUATE (4.5%)
• INCOME: BELOW POVERTY LEVEL (25.3%)
• SEXUAL ORIENTATION: LGBTQ (20.5%)
• DISABILITY: (21.2%)
• (CDC, 2018)
 MEASURABLE GOALS

STAGES OF CHANGE IN HABIT

GOALS CESSATION
• PATIENT WILL BE EDUCATED ON BENEFITS OF
TOBACCO CESSATION AND VARIOUS APPROACHES
OF ACHIEVING A TOBACCO FREE LIFESTYLE.
• EDUCATION REGARDING HARMFUL PHYSICAL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE.
• ADVANCING INDIVIDUAL TO THE NEXT STAGE OF
CHANGE
 BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES

• TOBACCO USER WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN AND UNDERSTAND 3 EFFECTS AND DANGERS OF
TOBACCO ON THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND 3 BENEFITS OF QUITTING.
• TOBACCO USER WILL BE ABLE TO STATE:
• A CESSATION PLAN
• SET A QUIT DATE
• REDUCE CIGARETTE INTAKE BY ONE CIGARETTE WEEKLY

• TOBACCO USER WILL BE ABLE TO LIST 3 TOBACCO FREE SMOKING AIDS AT POST-TEST.
 PROJECT OUTLINE

• POTENTIAL HEALTH COMORBIDITIES OF CONTINUED TOBACCO USE.

• BENEFITS OF TOBACCO CESSATION.
• TOBACCO-FREE SMOKING CESSATION AIDS (“COLD TURKEY”, NICOTINE PATCHES, HYPNOSIS,
NICOTINE GUM).
• LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR SMOKING CESSATION (1800-NYQUITS, NYSHEALTH).
• HANDOUTS (”QUIT POPS”, CANDY CIGARETTES, “QUIT TEA”).
 TEACHING ENVIRONMENT

• LOCATION WILL BE AT SUNYPOLY HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR FOR THE COLLEGE
COMMUNITY AND GENERAL PUBLIC ON APRIL 11, 2018.
• A VARIETY OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOPICS WILL BE DISPLAYED BY THE STUDENT BODY FOR
PUBLIC DISPLAY.
 TEACHING METHODOLOGIES

• MULTIPLE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES UTILIZED:

• SMOKING CESSATION QUIZ TO ASSESS LEARNING.
• HANDOUT OF LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND SUPPORT GROUPS TO AID IN TOBACCO
CESSATION.
• EDUCATIONAL PAMPHLETS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO TAKE HOME.
• SMOKING SIMULATOR VIDEO “HOW SMOKING 30 PACKS WRECKS YOUR LUNGS”.
 PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

• IDENTIFY THE PARTICIPANT’S CURRENT KNOWLEDGE BASE REGARDING SMOKING CESSATION.

• ASSESS PARTICIPANT’S “STAGE OF CHANGE” AS CUE FOR CESSATION FOCUS.
• ASSESS PARTICIPANT’S UNDERSTANDING OF THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL.
• ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING PARTICIPANT’S TO BECOME A DRIVING FORCE IN THEIR SELF
MOTIVATION TO QUIT.
 TEACHING EVALUATION

• WITH COMPLETION OF POSTER PRESENTATION, EVALUATION OF THE PARTICIPANT’S

UNDERSTANDING WITH GOOD COMPLIANCE WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
• SCORE OF 80% OR ABOVE ON SMOKING CESSATION QUIZ.
• ABILITY TO LIST ONE COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR CESSATION.
• ABILITY TO VERBALIZE 3 RISKS TO PERSONAL HEALTH FROM SMOKING.
• ABILITY TO LIST 3 POSITIVE ASPECTS TO SMOKING CESSATION.
 REFERENCES

• CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. (2018). CURRENT CIGARETTE SMOKING
AMONG ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES. RETRIEVED FROM
WWW.CDC.GOV/TOBACCO/DATA_STATISTICS/FACT_SHEETS/ADULT_DATA/CIG_SMOKING/I
NDEX.HTM
• HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020. (2018). LEADING HEALTH INDICATORS TOPICS: TOBACCO. RETRIEVED
FROM HTTPS://WWW.HEALTHYPEOPLE.GOV/2020/LEADING-HEALTH-INDICATORS/2020-LHI-
TOPICS/TOBACCO.