AHRQ’s Health Care Innovations Exchange Focuses on Culturally Tailored Programs

AHRQ’s Health Care Innovations Exchange Focuses on Culturally Tailored Programs
The January 18 issue of AHRQ’s Health Care Innovations Exchange profiles of three programs that deliver culturally tailored services to promote behavior change and improve health status among targeted populations. One program is the Fond du Lac Smoking Cessation Program in Minnesota. The program offers flexible, culturally tailored support to members of the Reservation of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa who want to quit smoking. Specially trained counselors meet with members one on one or in groups. The curriculum incorporates cultural and historic characteristics from the tribe, distinguishing between abusing commercial tobacco and using it appropriately in ceremonies and offerings of prayer. The program has significantly reduced tobacco use and generated high levels of engagement and satisfaction among participants. Select to read more about culturally tailored innovations on the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange Web site.
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AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Culturally Tailored Cessation Program Significantly Reduces Tobacco Use Among Members of American Indian Tribe

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