Regional Coalition Meetings
Mark your calendars, our next Regional Coalition meeting is scheduled for December 7th from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Additional upcoming FY23 Regional Coalition meeting dates are as follows: Tuesday, March 7th for Southcentral; Tuesday, March 14th for Northcentral; and Wednesday, March 15th for the Northeast region.
Check out our calendar page. We posted over a dozen events in this past month, including Regional Coalition meeting dates. If you have an event coming up, be sure to contact Julie Davis Bartol at Julie.Bartol@lung.org to add it to the calendar and to our monthly newsletters.
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Great American Smoke Out - November 17th,
No Vape November: Activity Alerts!
Is your TRU group celebrating No Vape November next month? We’ve got an activity for you!
Vaping hurts more than your health, so it’s time to do the math and discover just how much vaping hurts your wallet too. Use this special calculator to figure out how much money can be saved over the course of weeks, months and even years, simply by going tobacco-free. Check out the activity sheet for all the details!
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Ask, Advise, Refer Now Available in Webinar Format, November 10th
The American Lung Association's Ask, Advise, Refer to Quit Don’t Switch (“Ask, Advise, Refer”) training is now being offered as a live, interactive, virtual workshop. This training is ideal for frontline healthcare professionals, patient navigators, nurses, respiratory therapists, clinical support staff, community health workers and tobacco treatment specialists.
Credits will be provided to those who complete this virtual training. It is accredited for one hour of Continuing Medical Education (CME) by Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services and one Continuing Education Unit (CEU) by the American Association of Respiratory Care. Learning objectives to include:
- Participants will learn about low-dose CT scans for lung cancer (including how screening is key to early detection) and be able to administer a brief lung cancer risk assessment with all patients and clients to determine their eligibility, as well as subsequently refer qualifying individuals to a clinician.
- To describe the brief intervention process, along with strategies for countering false e-cigarette marketing claims in guiding patients towards quitting tobacco products, not switching to e-cigarette devices.
- To establish an evidence-based, proven-effective, comprehensive tobacco treatment plan with their patients that includes a combination of both counseling plus FDA-approved cessation medication.
Register here to participate on November 10, 2022 from 2 PM – 3:30 PM.
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Freedom From Smoking® Facilitator Recertification Course
A few weeks ago, the American Lung Association held a live 90-minute Freedom From Smoking® Facilitator Recertification/Refresher webcast on September 22nd, registering active facilitators seeking to renew their 3-year group cessation program facilitation certification. The course is now available on-demand and accessible for future viewing. Take advantage of this opportunity and complete your own recertification by completing the following steps:
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View the Recertification webcast in its entirety
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Complete the Post-Training Evaluation at bit.ly/FFSRecertEvaluation
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Sign and email in the Acknowledgement of Agreements Form to FreedomFromSmoking@Lung.org. After reading through the Facilitator Agreement Form, Virtual Training Addendum Agreement and the Digital Material Addendum Agreement.
- Receive your 3-year Facilitator Certificate of Completion
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NEW American Lung Association Videos: Proven-Effective Quit Plan Strategies
The American Lung Association has released 4 new videos discussing proven-effective strategies for supporting a successful quit attempt among Freedom From Smoking Program participants. These videos are hosted on YouTube and accessible using the links provided below.
These video clips will be embedded throughout American Lung Association’s Freedom From Smoking Facilitator Training to be made available through Lung.Training to help build program facilitation skill sets among trainees.
If you have any questions or would like to recommend a new video to be added to this collection, email Jennifer Folkenroth at Jennifer.Folkenroth@Lung.org.
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Help Us Strengthen Air Quality Standards
We need your help to protect the air we breathe. We are anxiously waiting for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed standards for particulate matter. Protective healthy air standards are a priority, as they will save lives. Take action today and share your voice supporting stronger standards for particulate matter.
Particulate matter, also known as particle pollution, comes from power plants, industrial sources, gas- and diesel-powered cars and trucks, woodstoves and wildfires. Stronger EPA standards for particle pollution will mean less of this dangerous pollutant in the air we breathe. Extensive research has linked increases in particle pollution to:
- Infant deaths;
- Hospitalizations for people with COPD, children with asthma, and people with cardiovascular disease;
- Severity of asthma attacks in children; and
- Premature death
Special thanks to our advocates, who back in September contacted Congress supporting lifesaving lung health funding. Thousands of lawmaker connections were made. We appreciate your action steps and continued advocacy. You make a difference!
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The current digital ALA Asthma & COPD medications reference chart will be updated as soon as possible. The second page of this chart illustrates how to use an inhaler and spacer. Be sure to share this very helpful, to-be-updated chart with your Asthma patients.
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National Navigation Roundtable’s (NNRT) Call to Action Series
National Navigation Roundtable’s (NNRT) Call to Action Series is hosting four important discussions featuring The Special Supplement A Decade Later: The State of Patient Navigation in Cancer published in the Cancer journal on June 14, 2022, a now free publication.
The Supplement is a collection of 13 patient navigation articles that will improve cancer care disparities across the cancer continuum by highlighting the critical role of evidence-based navigation.
Panel sessions will focus on opportunities, initiatives and coordinating a patient navigation sustainability plan sponsored by the NNRT, as well as select member organizations, and will share successes in community outreach, health equity, and patient-centered care along the patient navigation cancer continuum.
You can choose to register for one or more of the following webinars:
- Oct 25, 2022 - 4:00 PM
- Nov 9, 2022 - 3:00 PM
- Nov 15, 2022 - 3:00 PM
- Jan 12, 2023 - 1:00 PM
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Webinar: Updated COVID-19 Vaccination Recommendations
Join the American Lung Association and expert panelists on October 25, 2022, at 12:00 PM EST for a virtual webinar discussing:
- Updated COVID-19 vaccination recommendations with the addition of bivalent COVID-19 boosters
- Messaging considerations to apply when discussing COVID-19 vaccination
- The role healthcare providers play in patient decision making
This webinar is free. Register for this webinar today!
Funding for this educational activity is provided by Moderna. The Lung Association is solely responsible for selecting content, speakers, faculty, attendees and logistical element of the program with no undue influence from any external party. No continuing education credits are available for this webinar.
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American Lung Association - New Staff Introductions |
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Meet Susan Porambo, Health Promotions Coordinator
Susan was hired as a Health Promotions Specialist for the American Lung Association on September 6, 2022. Susan remarks, "I am a recent graduate of Stockton University where I received a degree in Public Health. Before joining ALA, I was a student intern at Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County in the Family and Community Health Science Division."
Susan adds, "My hobbies include playing intermural soccer, going to the gym, relaxing at the beach, reading books, and spending time with my friends. A fun fact about my family is that my Great-Great Grandfather is H.B. Reese who invented Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups!"
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Welcome Jennifer King, Health Promotions Specialist
Jennifer King started on September 6, 2022 as a Health Promotions Specialist for the American Lung Association. Jennifer has dedicated her entire professional career promoting health and well-being. She spent over 20 years as a fitness director at a local YWCA and has taught fitness classes for 30 years. Jennifer holds a master’s degree in Exercise Science from California University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in Public Health from Liberty University.
Jennifer has four children, one adorable grandson, two dogs, and two cats. In her free time, Jennifer likes to spend time outdoors, cycling and hiking.
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