Finding Solutions to Address Vaping, Tobacco, and Nicotine Use Challenges
How does this ECHO work?
Participants will join the hub team in case-based learning via videoconferencing. Together, participants will be able to:
- Utilize best-practice strategies to assess individuals for vaping, tobacco, and nicotine use and exposure
- Provide or refer to best-practice treatments including behavioral counseling and pharmacotherapy
- Increase quit attempts and reduce vaping, tobacco, and nicotine use among identified users
- Advocate for tobacco control policies and reduction in barriers to treatment at the school, healthcare system, local, state, and federal levels.
- Access tobacco treatment providers across the state (and nationally)
The impact of vaping, tobacco, and nicotine is far reaching—Therefore, healthcare professionals, primary care clinicians, pediatricians, psychiatrists, behavioral health specialists, and school professionals are all invited to join these ECHO sessions.
This ECHO aims to provide a combination of best-practice tools and strategies to achieve optimum and equitable health for patients, students, and families.
A team of experts and specialists in vaping, tobacco, and nicotine cessation will offer online, collaborative learning sessions every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from noon to 1:00pm.
RegisterWhat does this ECHO offer?
- FREE continuing education for qualifying professionals
- Collaboration, support, and ongoing learning from specialist and experts across
the state - NO COST to participating sites or individuals
Topics for Learning and Discussion:
- Neurobiology of Nicotine Dependence
- Pharmacotherapy Best Practice Strategies for Cessation
- Motivational Interviewing for Tobacco Treatment
- Behavioral Strategies for Tobacco Cessation
- Assessment, Stages of Change, and 5 As / 2 As + R
- Quitline Referrals
- MO Healthnet Cessation Benefits / Cessation Billing
- Using Pharmacists to Impact Cessation Treatment
- Relapse Prevention Strategies
- Disparities of Smoking
- Mental Health and Tobacco Treatment
- Adolescents & Vaping
- School-based Cessation
- Pharmacotherapies for Adolescents
- Concurrent Cannabis Use; Concurrent Opioid Use
Meet the Hub Team
Jenna Wintemberg, PhD, MPH, CHES, TTS
Facilitator, Health Care System Cessation Coordinator
University of Missouri
Jim Brawner, MEd, NCTTP
Community education/support
Cox Health
Li-Shiun Chen, MD, MPH, ScD
Psychiatrist/tobacco cessation
Washington University
Bettina Drake, Phd, MPH
Cancer research
Washington University
Kevin Everett, PhD
Clinical research
University of Missouri
Brett Froeliger, PhD
Cessation science/research
University of Missouri
Valerie Howard, MSW
State Program Expert
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Heather Lyons-Burney, PharmD, TTS
Pharmacist
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Thuylinh Pham, MD, FAAP
Pediatric tobacco prevention
Children’s Mercy
Bill Snook, MSEd
Public policy
Kansas City Health Department
Submit a Case
Are you unsure or concerned about something at your practice? Do you wish you could consult someone about something happening with a particular patient? You have a case!
Please consider submitting any potential cases! It does not have to be anything exceptionally noteworthy or outstanding. ANYTHING is worth discussing as we learn and grow together. Submit now!
Submit A CaseContinuing Education (CE) Information
To receive CE credit for the ECHO sessions attended you will receive a survey to complete in May and one at the end of October.
This information, as well as the number of ECHO sessions attended, will be sent to the Continuing Education for Health Professions (CEHP) office at the University of Missouri. Once completed, a transcript of your CE credit may be requested by contacting Adam Tipton (tiptonsa@health.missouri.edu) in the CEHP office.