Cedars-Sinai「戒烟联盟」培训社区组织帮助LGBTQIA+社群戒烟：洛杉矶县公共卫生局与加州烟草控制项目资助
洛杉矶——Cedars-Sinai 癌症中心社区外展与参与办公室推出的「戒烟联盟」（The Quit Alliance）正与社区组织、医疗提供者和戒烟专家合作，培训社区机构人员识别烟草使用、把有意戒烟的居民与循证支持资源对接，重点服务烟草使用率较高的 LGBTQ+ 社群。项目由洛杉矶县公共卫生局烟草预防项目与加州烟草控制项目资助。
该办公室社区外展与参与副主任、健康公平癌症研究中心副主任 Zul Surani 表示：「戒烟联盟是我们与之合作的社区组织网络，对不同人群持肯定态度。我们聚焦 LGBTQ+ 社群，是因为他们的烟草使用率更高，而此前为他们提供的肯定式支持与服务非常少。」
培训由 Cedars-Sinai 持证戒烟专家 Victor Crisanto 主持，面向护士、医疗助理、个案管理员、健康教育工作者与外展人员，内容包括尼古丁成瘾的科学、烟草使用的健康影响，以及「询问、建议、转介」（ask, advise, refer）的做法。联盟还为社区成员开设讲座，主题涵盖设定戒烟日、减少使用、管理烟瘾与戒断反应、建立支持系统，并对接一对一咨询、团体咨询、尼古丁替代疗法、戒烟药物以及 Kick It California 等资源。Crisanto 说：「每个人都有不同的戒烟之路。尝试本身就是进步。」
Cedars-Sinai's Quit Alliance Trains Community Organizations to Help LGBTQIA+ Community Members Quit Tobacco
LOS ANGELES — Through The Quit Alliance, Cedars-Sinai Cancer's Community Outreach and Engagement office is working with community organizations, healthcare providers and tobacco cessation specialists to train staff to identify tobacco use and connect people with affirming, evidence-based resources to help them quit, with a focus on LGBTQ+ communities, where tobacco use rates are higher. The initiative is funded by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Tobacco Prevention Program and the California Tobacco Control Program.
"The Quit Alliance is really a network of community organizations that we work with — an alliance that is affirming to different populations," said Zul Surani, associate director of Community Outreach and Engagement and of the Cancer Research Center for Health Equity at Cedars-Sinai. "We're focused on LGBTQ+ communities because we found that they have higher tobacco use rates, while there was very little in terms of providing affirming support and services to help people quit."
Victor Crisanto, a certified tobacco cessation specialist at Cedars-Sinai, leads trainings for nurses, medical assistants, case managers, health educators and outreach staff, covering the science of nicotine addiction, the health effects of tobacco use and an "ask, advise, refer" approach. The alliance also offers workshops for community members on setting a quit date, managing cravings and withdrawal, and building a support system, and connects people with one-on-one and group counseling, nicotine replacement therapies, cessation medications and resources such as Kick It California. "Everybody has a different quit journey," Crisanto said.
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