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Case Studies
Strategic Planning Process to Address Tobacco-Related Disparities in Arkansas
Implementation
Implementation Level
- State: N/A
- Local: Monies are always set aside to assist minority
communities (15% off the top of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA)
allocations). Staff members are being trained to understand issues
impacted by tobacco-related disparities and local coalitions are
required to rewrite work plans that do not demonstrate efforts in this
area for rural communities.
- Business/Organizational Policy: N/A
What is the
policy
and/or
program
intervention
designed to
do?
N/A
Explain the
implementation
of the
policy
and/or
program
intervention.
The
strategic
planning
process was
developed to
identify
ways to
reach
communities
and
populations
disparately
affected by
tobacco. The
strategic
plan focused
on
developing
strategies
for
achieving
seven goals
identified
by the
strategic
planning
Workgroup.
The
overriding
goal is to
change the
way the
Arkansas
Department
of Health
and its
partners in
tobacco
prevention
and
cessation
carry out
their
mission of
assuring a
healthier
quality of
life free
from tobacco
use for
Arkansans,
including
eliminating
health
disparities
related to
tobacco use.
Background
The Arkansas
Department
of Health
Tobacco
Prevention
and
Education
Program
requested
and received
CDC funding
to create a
strategic
planning
process that
would
develop in a
comprehensive
plan to
address
disparities
related to
tobacco use
among
different
population
groups. The
state was
able to set
aside 15% of
the tobacco
settlement
funding to
address
disparities
through the
minority
initiative.
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