Table 1 Summary of intervention activity
From: 'People pull the rug from under your feet': barriers to successful public health programmes
Setting | Programme activities |
|---|---|
Community | Provision of smoking cessation support and holistic healthcare as an alternative to practice based support |
| Â | Development and delivery of training programme for community workers in smoking cessation support |
| Â | Distribution of information regarding support available to those who want to quit |
| Â | Profile raising activities: community events, posters, local newspaper (adverts/competitions), post-card drop to every household |
Primary care | Operational and strategic input into local smoking cessation planning |
| Â | Training of health professionals in brief and in-depth intervention methods inc. motivational interviewing |
| Â | Support of smoking cessation counselling services set up through Local Health Care Co-operative |
| Â | Provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy through a community venue |
Schools/Youth | Production of a sustainable education pack suitable for use as a teaching aid in secondary schools |
| Â | Leaflet design project and competition involving first year pupils in local secondary school. |
| Â | Clear signage about no smoking policy adopted in local secondary school |
| Â | Funded community grant projects: posters, video, web-site design, alternatives to smoking/activity groups |
| Â | Development and implementation of a protocol for the provision of smoking cessation support for those aged under 16 years |
Workplace | Offer of health audit/support to Small and Medium Enterprises |