Section: Module 4: Tobacco, Health, and COVID-19 | Tobacco Cessation (with examples from Caribbean Countries)

Live Session

Webinar 2: Tobacco, Health, and COVID-19 - Online Training on Tobacco Cessation for Caribbean Countries URL

This video is a recording of a webinar session that was delivered to a cohort of students from the Caribbean. Watch the entire video to better understand the module’s content. (60 minutes)

Required learning readings

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Tobacco URL

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Read the document. (7 minutes)

Tobacco Free Initiative: Tobacco and Waterpipe Use Increase the Risk of COVID-19 URL

Click on the following sections and read the content provided:
- What are the possible relations between tobacco use and the COVID-19 pandemic?
- How can use of waterpipe contribute to the spread of COVID-19?
- Why is this a good time to try and quit tobacco and waterpipe use?
- Is it safe to use tobacco including waterpipe at home during the COVID-19 pandemic?
- Why are e-cigarettes not a “safer” alternative during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond?

Read the document. (13 minutes)

Quiz

Quiz: Module 4

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Introduction

Course Registration

Pre-Test

Peer Corner

Module 1: Introduction: Cessation as One of the Elements of Tobacco Control in the Caribbean

Webinar 1: Introductory Session - Online Training on Tobacco Cessation for Caribbean Countries

Video: WHO FCTC 15 Years: Working towards a tobacco-free world

Video: MPOWER tobacco control measures

Introduction to Tobacco Cessation as One of the Elements of Tobacco Control in the Caribbean

Recommended Readings

Module 2: The Role of Primary Care Providers in Tobacco Control and Tobacco Dependence Treatment

Module 2 Readings

Discussion Forum: Evaluating brief tobacco interventions (BTIs) (60 minutes)

Part III: Training for primary care providers

Part III: Training for Primary Care Providers: brief tobacco interventions

Module 3: Basics of Tobacco Use and Tobacco Dependence

Module 3 Readings

Commit to quit tobacco

Offer to help quit tobacco use

Discussion Forum: Tobacco use myths and facts (40 minutes)

Module 4: Tobacco, Health, and COVID-19

Webinar 2: Tobacco, Health, and COVID-19 - Online Training on Tobacco Cessation for Caribbean Countries

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Tobacco

Tobacco Free Initiative: Tobacco and Waterpipe Use Increase the Risk of COVID-19

Smoking and COVID-19

Live Q&amp;A on how to quit tobacco in time of #COVID-19

Module 5: Overview of Brief Tobacco Interventions

Module 5 Readings

Module 6: Asking, Advising, and Assessing Readiness to Quit

Module 6 Readings

Simulation Activity 1: Mayra

Simulation Activity 2: Anton

Practice Session 1

Module 7: Dealing with Low Motivation

Module 7 Readings

Part III: Training for primary care providers: brief tobacco interventions

A Guide for Tobacco Users to Quit

Module 8: Assisting and Arranging for Follow-Up

Module 8 Readings

Offer help to quit tobacco use

Simulation Activity 3: Agatha

Practice Session 2

Module 9: Pharmacological Interventions

Part III: Training for Primary Care Providers: brief tobacco interventions

Part III: Training for Primary Care Providers

Discussion Forum: Pharmacological interventions and nicotine dependence (60 minutes)

Module 10: Other Cessation Interventions

Webinar 3: Pharmacological Interventions

Interventions for Strengthening Tobacco Cessation Services in Health Systems

Discussion Forum 1: Interacting with Florence (40 minutes)

Discussion Forum 2: Local Tobacco Cessation Interventions (60 minutes)

Module 11: Tobacco Cessation During Pregnancy

Webinar 4: Tobacco Cessation During Pregnancy

WHO Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Tobacco-Use and Second-Hand Smoke Exposure in Pregnancy

Discussion Forum: Examining attitudes towards smoking during pregnancy. (60 minutes)

Smoking During Pregnancy, Stigma and Secrets: Visual Methods Exploration in the UK

Incentives for Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy: An Ethical Framework

Final Exam

Course and Self Evaluation & Certificate

Course Activities

Discussions

Simulation activities