Licence to engage: Probation as a setting for the delivery of stop smoking services
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Author(s)
Michelle Baybutt, Stephen Woods, Susan MacAskell and Jennifer McKell
Presenter(s)
Stephen Woods North West Tobacco Control Co-Ordinator Prisons and Criminal Justice Settings, University of Central Lancashire
Abstract
The Probation setting can make a major contribution to improving the health and well-being of some of the most disadvantaged and excluded individuals in our societies – by providing opportunities for offenders to improve health and develop skills that increase employability, reduce worklessness, foster family and social links, promote inclusion and potentially reduce re-offending
This presentation will outline the opportunities within this setting for effective joined up delivery of stop smoking services, drawing on examples of good practice gathered as part of coordinator activity / mapping from across the North West. In particular, it will showcase how innovative and creative approaches i.e. Health trainers can support the delivery of stop smoking services, providing a more robust and integrated approach.
The format will comprise a brief presentation followed by a structured workshop. There will be opportunities to debate offender health, explore new partnerships and mechanisms for the holistic delivery of services and discuss policy. Through vibrant knowledge exchange professionals will explore different ways to engage a client group perceived as hard to reach.
Source of funding: DH funded inequalities Pilot.
The project is part of a portfolio funded by the Department of Health and led by the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies (UKCTCS www.ukctcs.org): a UK Public Health Research Centre of Excellence and a strategic partnership of nine universities involved in tobacco research in the UK.
