SCLC's webinar series is integral to the technical assistance provided by the SCLC. Nationally recognized smoking cessation experts offer the latest information related to smoking cessation (including effective interventions) for the general and the behavioral health populations.
The Goals of SCLC’s Webinar Series:
Provide training and technical assistance to raise awareness of the many benefits smoking cessation efforts and to increase understanding of effective smoking cessation strategies.
Implement or enhance existing tobacco cessation services using evidence-based practices.
Ensure that consumers and staff have access to smoking cessation services and support to promote health and wellness.
Establish partnerships between behavioral health and nicotine cessation organizations to increase available tobacco cessation resources in communities.
SCLC has over 150 webinars covering the latest topics on tobacco addiction and recovery
Upcoming Webinars
Behavioral Health and Tobacco Product Use: Addressing Disparities, Improving Outcomes
Immediate Past President of ASAM, Medical Director, LA County Department of Public Health’s Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, and Assistant Professor of Addiction Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Brian Hurley, MD, MBA, FAPA, DFASAM is an addiction physician and the Medical Director of the Bureau of Substance Abuse Prevention and Control for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Brian currently serves as Immediate Past President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He has served on a variety of committees and councils at ASAM including originating ASAM's Motivational Interviewing course and co-authoring the ASAM and AAAP National Practice Guideline on the Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorder.
Dr. Hurley has led and facilitated projects funded through competitive grant awards from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the California Department of Health Care Services’ Opioid Response Programming in partnership with The Center at Sierra Health Foundation. These projects support harm reduction services and increase the availability of addiction medications in public sector programs across Los Angeles County.
Brian is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. He completed the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and is an alumnus of the Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital Psychiatry Residency Training Program and the New York University Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship. Additionally, he has served various roles for the Massachusetts Society of Addiction Medicine, New York Society of Addiction Medicine, and California Society of Addiction Medicine.
National Director in the Office of Science and Research, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Leah Wentworth is National Director in the Office of Science and Research at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). At NAMI she leads applied research projects, ensures that NAMI’s content is informed by current science, and works with stakeholders and partners to integrate the voice of lived experience into research efforts. Before coming to NAMI in 2021, she spent 13 years in state and local government, with a focus on developing, managing, and evaluating programs related to suicide prevention, mental health promotion, and injury prevention. She holds a BA in community planning from the University of Massachusetts - Boston, an MPH in health policy and management from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst, and a Ph.D. in occupational and environmental health from the University of Iowa.
Webinar Objectives:
The National Partnership on Behavioral Health and Tobacco Use has launched a new educational resource: a slide deck that serves as a ready-to-use presentation tool. Now it is your chance to see this slide deck in action! This live webinar will explore the harms of tobacco, share treatment resources for individuals with behavioral health conditions, and highlight key references with credible citations.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Recognize the persistent disparities in rate of tobacco product use among people receiving behavioral health services.
Describe how to implement at least two interventions for tobacco treatment in behavioral health settings.
Explain the importance of tobacco treatment to improve behavioral health and population health outcomes.
This webinar recording is intended to serve as an educational resource that complements the Behavioral Health and Tobacco Product Use presentation tool (or slide deck).
Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication
Dr. Andy Tan (he/him) leads the Health Communication and Equity Lab (HCEL) at the Annenberg School at Penn. His research aims to advance communication science to achieve health equity for all. He conducts community-engaged research involving organizations that serve LGBTQ+ communities to design and develop culturally appropriate communication to prevent and reduce tobacco use in youth and young adults. The HCEL utilizes mixed-methods research designs informed by persuasion and message effects theories, social determinants of health frameworks, and implementation science. The goal of this work is to translate this knowledge into scalable and culturally sensitive communication interventions to reduce tobacco- and cancer-related health disparities.
Academy Endowed Chair for Innovation in Teaching and Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco
Jason M. Satterfield, PhD is the Academy Endowed Chair for Innovation in Teaching and Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. He received his Bachelor of Science in brain sciences from MIT and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Satterfield’s current interests include the integration of behavioral science in medical education, dissemination and implementation of evidence-based behavioral practices in primary care, and emerging mobile health technologies for behavioral health with a particular focus on smoking and substance use disorders.
This year’s symposium will center on the theme “Together for Health Equity.” Now more than ever, advancing tobacco control and achieving health equity requires a shared commitment to amplify one another’s work, strengthen partnerships, and align our efforts to drive lasting impact.
This in-person event will also be available online.
Access this by clicking on the "More Information" link of the webinar you have completed.
Questions or concerns, please email Jennifer Matekuare at [email protected].
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the webinar activity.
For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that the AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.
The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. If you are a pharmacist in another state, you should check with your state board for approval of this credit.
The California Board of Psychology recognizes and accepts for continuing education credit courses that are provided by entities approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM is acceptable to meeting the CE requirements for the California Board of Psychology. Providers in other states should check with their state boards for acceptance of CME credit.
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, UCSF Continuing Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 general continuing education credit.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
The California Department of Healthcare Services (DCHS) recognizes up to 10 hours of continuing education from a non-accredited provider. If you are a provider outside of California, please check with your state board for your credit policy.
