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TSET Board member Casey Killblane authored a recent column in The Oklahoman highlighting a new state law that makes all school campuses tobacco free, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The new state law took effect Aug. 20 and will help reinforce positive health behaviors during school and community events on school grounds.
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 TSET is partnering
with Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and OSU Medical
Authority to support the launch of medical residency programs to place doctors
in rural and medically underserved portions of the state with a new grant that
began this summer.
The TSET Board of
Directors has awarded a six-year, $3.8 million grant to Oklahoma State
University Medical Authority to address the critical shortage of physicians in
Oklahoma. Federal health care dollars will also be leveraged through the
Oklahoma Health Care Authority to increase physician training programs in rural
areas. At the end of the six-year plan, the residency program, on average, will
graduate 36 physicians each year. Oklahoma is near the bottom for access to
doctors in rural areas. Learn more by
watching the video here.
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From left to right: Russell Criner, Principal; Stephanie Plante-Burks, Health Educator for Okmulgee County; Sharon Howard, TSET Program Manager; Rebecca Allen, School Nurse; Gary McElroy, Superintendent; Jennifer Avery, Healthy Living Coordinator; Bobby Howard, Healthy Living Coordinator
The Twin Hills School District was recently honored for their
efforts to improve health. Twin Hills School District was awarded a Healthy
District Incentive Grant. The Okmulgee County school district will use the
grant funds to help get a salad bar in their cafeteria. The district will also
use funds to purchase additional physical activity equipment such as jump ropes
and hula hoops to help students stay active.
The new Tobacco Stops With Me website is live! Some of the most exciting things you will find on the new site include:
- Mobile responsive design so the content will fit to your screen whether you are on a mobile device, tablet or computer
- Easily shareable facts and stats for social media and email
- Printable pages, so the information site-wide can be printed easily
- Share Your Story page
Youth engagement is an important component to comprehensive
tobacco control programs. To systematically engage SWAT, or Students Working
Against Tobacco, teams in high-impact policy work, Oklahoma launched new
training materials and policy-focused campaigns in October 2011. Given that
youth programming is so important to comprehensive tobacco control programs,
investment in youth engagement campaigns demand attention. These authors were
able to identify several lessons learned in program implementation, including,
but not limited to, the timing of the program launch. View the rest of this
American Journal of Preventative Medicine (AJPM) article online here.
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TSET work was presented at three national conferences this month. At the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC), tobacco control
and prevention leaders across Oklahoma had the opportunity to showcase efforts
in the state to prevent and reduce tobacco use. TSET, along with partners
and grantees presented, participated in and led training on a wide
range of topics from applying population-based quitline strategies, e-referrals in
hospitals, addressing tobacco cessation in mental health, the latest research
in electronic nicotine delivery device knowledge, attitudes and behaviors and
social media strategies.
In addition, Shape Your Future social media was the subject of a presentation at the National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media. The presentation covered creating statewide social media campaigns and evaluating success of Shape Your Future's Yumscars campaign.
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 The application period for the Certified Healthy Oklahoma program is now
open.
The Certified Healthy Oklahoma
programs are a joint effort of the Oklahoma State Department of Health, The
State Chamber, The Oklahoma Academy, Oklahoma Turning Point Council, and
numerous other partners who are helping to shape a healthier future for
Oklahoma. Successfully getting Certified Healthy Oklahoma status is the first
step in meeting the criteria for TSET’s Healthy Community and Healthy Schools
Incentive grant programs.
Criteria details and application
information for all Certified Healthy Oklahoma programs are now
available on the Certified Healthy Oklahoma website. The application period closes at 11:59 p.m. on November 1st.
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