Case Studies
Strategic Planning Process to Address Tobacco-Related Disparities in Arkansas
Costs/Funding
Budget
|
Estimated labor costs |
$
20000.00 |
|
Estimated cost of materials, promotional efforts, printing, etc.
|
$
80000.00 |
| Estimated total cost of conducting policy and/or program intervention
|
$
100000.00 |
Budget Notes
The cost of
qualitative
research,
data
gathering
and
compilation
included the
cost of
conducting
focus groups
as well as
other data
gathering
strategies.
Extensive
work was
required to
gather data
and provide
information
relative to
a map with
racial
breakdown,
education
and
unemployment
figures; a
map with the
above
breakdowns
by region; a
survey that
provided
data on all
tobacco
products and
their usage;
a map of
healthcare
facilities
statewide
for
underserved
populations;
a map
depicting
existing
prevention
resource
centers, and
data on the
overall
health
status for
various
groups.
Labor costs included the contracts for the facilitator and evaluator.
The cost of materials, promotional efforts and printing included the costs
of writing,
designing
and
publishing
the
strategic
plan.
Travel was primarily the cost of travel to the CDC meetings in Atlanta.
Travel costs
to the nine
workgroup
meetings
were paid
for those
who traveled
from outside
Little Rock.
Promotion of the strategic plan includes the cost of mailing and
distribution
of the plan
to various
groups,
presentations
and travel
to various
conferences
to publicize
the plan,
and other
strategies
to insure
buy-in for
the plan
among all
populations
in Arkansas.
The
strategic
plan was
promoted to
Arkansas
state
legislators,
various
Arkansas
state
administrative
departments,
and
healthcare
providers
across the
state,
community
organizers
and
activists,
and the
general
public.
Funding
Sources
CDC/OSH
Settlement Funding
Funding
Notes
Funding
was
secured
from the
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention’s
Office
on
Smoking
and
Health
for a
project
to
identify
and
eliminate
disparities
in
tobacco
use
among
population
groups
in
Arkansas.
The
state
was able
to set
aside
15% of
the
tobacco
settlement
funding
to
address
disparities
through
the
minority
initiative
for
implementation
of the
plan’s
goals
and
strategies.
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