COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT 2022-2024 HARDIN
Identified Health Need: Smoking/Vaping/Lung Cancer Goal 1: Provide education and supportive resources to encourage cessation of tobacco products. Strategy Action Plan Evaluation Plan Internal Resource(s) External Partner(s) 1.1 Provide smoking Track number of Community Health American Cancer Smoking cessation information on community members and Wellness team Society Cessation WOW (Wellness on educated. Education Wheels). 1.2 Support for Student Tobacco Cessation
1.3 Media Segments
1.4 Vaping Prevention Program
Work with area school systems to evaluate policies regarding students caught with vaping/tobacco products. Pilot policies that encourage cessation. Establish a commitment from local media outlets to run segments outlining the issues associated with smoking.
Track new policies, which may include replacing school suspension with resources to assist in quitting.
Community Health and Wellness team
Track number of segments and viewership of segments.
Marketing Coordinator
Offer CATCH My Breath vaping prevention program to local schools for students in grade five. Use Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit for grades sixtwelve.
Track the number of schools visited and the number of students educated.
Community Health and Wellness team
Goal 2: Offer screenings to identify lung cancer. Strategy Action Plan Evaluation Plan 2.1 Promote low dose CT Track the number of Lung Cancer scans to screen for lung screenings and report Screenings cancer screenings. annually, using data from Baptist Health hospitals and the CIN.
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Internal Resource(s) Decision Support CIN
External Partner(s) American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer
