Marilyn Herie TEACH Project Centre for Addiction and Mental Health NAHO 2009 National Conference

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Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy
Development and Results
of a Pilot Course on
Commercial Tobacco
Cessation Interventions
with First Nations and
Métis Peoples
NAHO National Conference
Ottawa, Ontario
November 24-26, 2009
Marilyn Herie, PhD, RSW

2. Roadmap
• What is TEACH?
• Overview of Specialty Course
• Course development process
• Evaluation results
• Lessons learned
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3. The
TEACH
Project
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4. The TEACH Project
(Training Enhancement in Applied Cessation Counselling and Health)
• A knowledge translation (KT) project designed
to build capacity for cessation programs
• 40 hour certificate Program accredited by
University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine
• Community of Practice follow-up to training
• Open to health/community workers from all
disciplines
• 2000+ course participants since 2006
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5. Overview of TEACH Certificate Program
Application Accept
Application
Declined Complete
application U of T
OTRU
Certificate
online course
Refer to minimal
contact intervention Attend Core
training Course
(& Learning Assessments)
Attend Specialty Join Community
Course
(& Learning Assessments)
of Practice

6. Tobacco Interventions with
Aboriginal Peoples
• 2-day Specialty Course
– Certificate in Intensive
Cessation Counselling
• Piloted May 28 – 29,
2009, Toronto
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7. Course Faculty
• Nicole Brisson, De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre,
Hamilton
• Hillary Connolly, CAMH TEACH Project
• Jeff D’Hondt, Aboriginal Service, CAMH
• Kevin Fitzmaurice, Native Studies Dept. University of Sudbury
• Ghislaine Goudreau, Sudbury and District Health Unit and
Laurentian University
• Elder Vern Harper, CAMH
• Allan Pelletier, De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre,
Hamilton
• Richard San Cartier, North Shore Tribal Council
• Peter Selby, CAMH and University of Toronto
• Sasha Sky, Thunder Bay District Health Unit
• Brian Slegers, St. Joseph’s Hospital Sudbury and Rainbow District
School Board
• Senator Roland St. Germain, Elder, Métis Nation of Ontario

8. Course Content
• Smudging and opening prayer (Elder Vern Harper)
• Social determinants of health
• Tobacco interventions with youth; youth panel
• Legal and political framework
• Promising practices & examples
• Diabetes and tobacco use
• Barriers & enablers to practice change
• Drumming circle
• Closing prayer (Elder Harper)
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9. How did we get there?
• Participatory research (Schnarch, 2004)
• Community-based research (Shannon et al. 2007)
• OCAP principles (First Nations Centre, 2007)
• Apply  knowledge translation of
educational practices
(Masching, Allard and Prentice 2006)
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10. Planning Group Collaborative Network
Needs Identification
OTRU Conference
Curriculum Working Group
Curriculum Development
Bi-weekly Teleconferences
Core Course Meeting
Engagement Group
Promotion & Applications
“Snowball” Promotion
CWG Partnerships
Course Offering Specialty Course
ApplicationReview
Group Monitoring
Evaluation: 4.7 / 5
2 days
Learning Assessments
Evaluation 160+ participants;
Final 2, 3)
(1, Edits
8 facilitators;
Evaluations
2 elders; 5 youth
Implementation of Results Open-Access Resources
(Formative; Summative)
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11. Lessons Learned
• Time
– Build relationships
– Large planning group = slow process
• Flexibility
– Range of commitment
– Create and maintain space
for differing ideas
• FN-centred
– How to engage Métis and
Inuit planners?
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12. Thank you!
Marilyn Herie (marilyn_herie@camh.net)
www.teachproject.ca
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13. www.teachproject.ca
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