WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: Strengthening health systems for treating tobacco dependence in primary care

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Treatment of tobacco use and dependence is mandated in Article 14 of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) as a key component of comprehensive tobacco control strategy. Tobacco dependence treatment is also recommended by WHO as part of a comprehensive package of essential services for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in primary care in accordance to the revised draft of the WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs (2013-2020).

This training package aims to assist countries in taking one of their first steps towards providing comprehensive tobacco dependence treatment to all tobacco users by integrating brief tobacco interventions (brief advice) into primary care. WHO recommends that WHO Member States use this capacity-building and training tool to improve the delivery of brief tobacco interventions in primary care as part of their efforts to implement the WHO FCTC Article 14 guidelines and the WHO Global NCDs Action Plan.

Key training documents

English version

• Part I: Training for policy-makers - English version (File size: 2.31 MB)

  Developing and implementing health systems policy to improve the delivery of brief tobacco interventions

• Part II: Training for primary care service managers - English version (File size: 1.63 MB)

  Planning and implementing system changes to support the delivery of brief tobacco interventions

• Part III: Training for primary care providers - English version (File size: 2.22 MB)

  Brief tobacco interventions

• Part IV: Training for future trainers - English version (File size: 827.11 KB)

  Applying adult education skills to training

Generic training presentations

• Part I - Training for policy-makers (full version)

  pdf, 4.36Mb

• Part I - Training for policy-makers (simplified version)

  pdf, 2.34Mb

• Part II: Training for primary care service managers

  pdf, 4.21Mb

• Part III: Training for primary care providers

  pdf, 9.30Mb

• Part IV: Training for future trainers

  pdf, 1.57Mb

Related links

• Article 14 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

  Demand reduction measures concerning tobacco dependence and cessation

• Guidelines for implementation of Article 14 of the WHO FCTC

Original source can be found here.