Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Tap Community Resources to Achieve Self-Management Goals

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Tap Community Resources to Achieve Self-Management Goals

Identify resources in the community that would help in meeting self-management goals, such as environmental or smoking cessation programs.
Educate patients and staff on local resources.

Tips

Consider senior centers, faith-based organizations, and public housing. Draw on the community network.
Think big: Local, state, federal.
Try to tap into tobacco settlement dollars.
Make sure resources are culturally and age-appropriate.
Use incentives for smoking cessation (e.g., patient pays the health center and then gets money back when course is completed).
Make sure providers raise smoking cessation as an issue. Do not wait for patients to do so.



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