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 Tobacco
Control Policy Evaluation Handbook Workshop, October 28-29,
2008
Ron Borland, Handbook Co-editor, is the Workshop Leader
The new International
Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Cancer Prevention Handbook:
“Methods for evaluating tobacco control policies” is an important
tool for researchers faced with evaluating tobacco control policy
to meet FCTC obligations. Developed by an expert group from
9 countries, the Handbook gives practical help in learning:
1) How one determines the effects of a policy, 2) What the core
constructs are for understanding how and why a policy works,
3) What potential moderator variables must be considered when
evaluating a policy, and 4) What data sources exist that might
be useful for policy evaluators. Don’t fail to sign up early
for this important workshop at the time of your online registration.
Participation is limited for this extensive one and a half day
workshop!
Two
Additional Day-Long Workshops
Media Campaign Development Workshop, October 28, 2008
Conducted by the Global Dialogue for Effective Stop Smoking
Campaigns
The goal of
this one-day workshop is to provide campaign planners and other
tobacco
control advocates with the information and resources needed
to develop effective public
education/mass media campaigns to reduce tobacco use and exposure
to secondhand
smoke. The agenda includes:
1) international
lessons learned and advertisements, highlighting proven campaign
approaches
2) overview
of newly-developed international campaign development tool kit
and distribution of printed and CD versions
3) case study
presentations from campaign managers about their own countries’
experiences
4) strategic
planning for participants’ future campaigns
There is no
cost to attend the workshop, but participants must register
for the workshop
when registering online for the Conference. Space is limited
to the first 70 registrants.
For more information about the Global Dialogue initiative, please
visit
www.stopsmokingcampaigns.org
or send a message to info@stopsmokingcampaigns.org
Global
Treatment Partnership (GTP) Workshop, October 28, 2008
Conducted by Doreen McIntyre and Asian Tobacco Cessation Researchers
Purpose: To
engage participants in their respective national processes for
developing and implementing guidelines on tobacco dependence
treatment, with particular reference to FCTC Article 14.
Participants
will be able to describe the status of national treatment guidelines
in Asia
Participants
will be able to describe best practice for the process of developing
treatment guidelines
Participants
will understand the contextual issues to be considered in planning
national treatment provision
Participants
will produce action recommendations for their respective countries
Participants
will establish links with national and international colleagues
who can support their future work on treatment
This interactive workshop will have a blend of presentations,
plenary discussion and small group work supplemented with a
useful toolkit for successful cessation policy and practice.
Sign up for this stimulating workshop when you register
online for SRNT Bangkok 2008.
China
Seven Cities Study (CSCS): A Symposium on Research in Asia
October 29, 2008
A developmental
study of the Pacific Rim Transdisciplinary Tobacco & Alcohol
Use Research Center (PR-TTAURC): Genes, Environmental &
Tobacco Use Across Cultures
For the first
time at an international meeting in Asia, the CSCS will be highlighted
for its results and the collaborative approach it has employed.
Please sign up for this symposium session when you register
online for SRNT Bangkok! Begun in 2001, the China Seven Cities
Study has produced important research findings through over
100 published papers.
To date, the
study has included four annual waves of cross-sectional surveys
and three overlapping waves of longitudinal surveys. Study cohorts
include youth (grades 9-12, corresponding to ages 11-18), their
parents or guardians (ages 33-65), students in three- and four-year
colleges (ages 18-25), and adult workers (ages 18-65). Shifting
patterns of health behavior and risk exposure related to regional,
economic, environmental, socio-cultural, and genetic factors,
are documented. This ongoing study of more than 59,000 residents,
representing different stages of life development within the
context of differing stages of economic transition, provides
a unique opportunity to assess the impact of economic and social
change on tobacco and alcohol use and other health risk behaviors.
South
East Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) Workshop on
Monitoring and Surveillance of the Tobacco Industry, October
29, 2008
(Limited, By
Invitation Only)
Coordinator:
Bungon Ritthiphakdee
This workshop
is by invitation only since it is directed primarily to countries
of South East Asia. It will concentrate on strengthening the
Tobacco Industry Surveillance Network (TISN) in tracking tobacco
industry activities.
Contact: seatca@truemail.co.thfor
information.
Roswell
Park Cancer Institute’s Secondhand Smoke Exposure Monitoring
Workshop, October 29, 2008
(Limited, By Invitation Only)
Trainer: Mark Travers
This workshop
trains environmental and occupational specialists to monitor
particulate matter (PM 2.5) using precision instruments that
provide very useful evidence on secondhand smoke exposure levels
indoors. This workshop is only for qualified participants who
must have some experience with environmental monitoring and
equipment.
Contact: Mark.Travers@roswellpark.org
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