Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program
Subtitle: progress during 2006 and 2007
By: Dana Schultz ... [et al.].
Contributors: Schultz, Dana; Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission.
Publisher: Rand Corp.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780833046260
Subjects: Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission -- Evaluation; Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission; Smoking cessation -- Government policy -- Arkansas -- Evaluation; Tobacco industry -- Health aspects -- Arkansas; Tobacco industry -- Law and legislation -- Arkansas; Health promotion -- Arkansas; Remedies (Law); Smoking Cessation -- methods; Health Policy; Health Promotion -- methods; Program Evaluation; Tobacco Industry -- legislation & jurisprudence; Outcome Assessmet (Health Care); Tobacco Use Disorder -- prevention & control; Smoking -- prevention & control; Arkansas
Description: Arkansas' Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act invests the state's share of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement funds in seven health-related programs. This report assesses the progress of each of the funded programs in achieving its long-range goals, tracks the programs' process indicators, and updates trends in outcome measures developed to monitor effects of the funded programs on smoking and other health-related outcomes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The ATSC policy context in 2006-2007; title: Tobacco prevention and cessation program; title: Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; title: Delta AHEC; title: Arkansas aging initiative; title: Minority health initiative; title: Arkansas Biosciences Institute; title: Medicaid expansion program; title: Evaluation of smoking-related outcomes; title: Evaluation of non-smoking outcomes; title: Synthesis and recommendations.