Publications
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Making Tobacco Relevant for Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
The relevance kit is designed to explain why tobacco prevention and control is an important issue to address in AA and NHPI communities. The goals are threefold: to increase awareness of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander tobacco issues; to provide methods for making tobacco issues relevant to diverse communities; to motivate Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders to become involved with tobacco control. Community members, policy makers, community health centers, health professionals, and program developers can benefit from reading this kit.
Enhancing Cultural and Community Competence for Tobacco Control for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
The cultural competence kit is designed for tobacco control advocates and policy makers working in the tobacco control movement who wish to work with AAs and NHPIs in their communities. It emphasizes the importance of institutionalizing cultural competency activities in policies, programs, staff, and coalitions. The kit also includes an introduction to cultural competency resources and case studies, as well as how to assess institutional cultural competency, identify areas for improvement, develop a cultural competency plan, and sustain momentum.
Conducting Needs Assessments for Tobacco Control in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
The needs assessment kit is designed to help those who work with AA and NHPI communities on tobacco prevention and control to better design and implement their activities and programs. The goals of this kit are: to educate community advocates on the benefits of needs assessments to their tobacco control activities and programs; to help tobacco control advocates choose the best needs assessment for their program by instructing them on the different types of needs assessment and how to conduct them.
Integrating Evaluation into Tobacco Programs for Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
The evaluation kit is designed to help people who are developing or implementing tobacco control programs for AA and NHPI communities. The goals of this kit are: to help program planners understand the value of evaluation for their program; to identify ways to plan and incorporate evaluations; to provide different methods for conducting evaluations; to provide case studies of how evaluation can be planned for specific AA and NHPI tobacco control programs.
Tobacco Cessation Among Asian American and Pacific Islanders: A Community Approach
The purpose of this kit is to assist AA and NHPI communities in implementing tobacco cessation programs and policies. While there are other general cessation kits available, this kit is designed to specifically address issues relevant to AA and NHPIs and to provide examples of culturally competent strategies used within AA and NHPI communities at varying stages of readiness. Please note that this kit will primarily focus on smoking cessation and adults; the issues of cessation and the approaches one takes in addressing it can vary when dealing with adults versus youth.