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Joseph Lee, MPH
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

"It takes a lot of money to look this cheap."
   - Dolly Parton (on the U.S. health-care system?)

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Call for Abstracts
6th Annual LGBTQ Tobacco Summit
Be A Movement, Not a Market
September 22-23, 2008
The Sheraton Suites Country Club, Kansas City, MO
http://www.lgbttobacco.org/summit.php
 
Sponsored by the National LGBTQ Tobacco Control Network
 
Abstract Submissions will be accepted beginning Monday, July 28 with a
submission deadline of August 15, 2008 to [log in to unmask]
Responses to abstract requests will be e-mailed on August 22, 2008.
 
 
The National LGBT Tobacco Control Network is pleased to announce the sixth
Annual LGBT Tobacco Summit: Be A Movement, Not a Market. This
conference/training will engage and energize LGBTQ communities and allies in
the fight against commercial tobacco abuse. The Summit will feature plenary
and closing speakers, an interactive Hot Topics panel discussion, eight
breakout sessions, case studies of successful programs, and time for
networking with other states. The conference/training is an excellent
opportunity to meet colleagues and learn about the successes and challenges
of advocates who work on tobacco issues in the LGBTQ community.
 
Conference Objectives:
* Engage leaders, researchers, advocates, and allies in national, state, and
local tobacco control efforts in the LGBTQ community
* Prepare state program management to develop initiatives in the LGBTQ
community 
* Prepare LGBTQ leaders to actively participate in tobacco control
activities 
* Disseminate information on promising tobacco control practices in
research, treatment, social marketing, and program development
* Develop state, local, and grassroots partnerships and coalitions to move
forward the objectives of Smoke Free 2010
 
The Summit planning committee invites abstract submissions that address
specific issues, approaches, or strategies that contribute to tobacco work
in LGBTQ communities. Abstracts will be accepted for breakout sessions and
poster presentations.
 
Please limit your abstract to 250 words and include your name(s), title(s),
agency, address and e-mail. Unfortunately, presenters will need to pay for
their own transportation and hotel. Scholarships are available and requests
must be submitted by August 11, 2008.
 

**Breakout Sessions**
 
*Clearing the Air: Creating Smoke-Free Spaces at LGBTQ Events*
 
The creation of smoke-free spaces and places is one of the key tenets of
tobacco control. This session seeks to explore how communities have
mobilized to create, support, and sustain smoke-free areas. We are
particularly interested in the process through which smoke-free policies
were created and sustained in diverse venues (pride parades, bars, community
centers, health centers, neighborhoods, etc.) frequented by members of LGBTQ
communities.  
 
How did the community mobilize?  What strategy was used?  What were
particular strengths and weaknesses of that strategy?  Most importantly,
what can advocates across the country learn from these efforts, and how can
they be replicated or adapted for other states, communities and locales?
Abstracts on smoke-free advocacy projects that include multiple
racial/ethnic and/or transgender communities are encouraged.
 
*Sampling Invisibility ­ The Politics and Policy of LGBTQ Inclusion in
Surveys and Surveillance*
 
LGBTQ tobacco control requires a strong base of evidence to document
disparities, inform interventions, and provide assurance of effectiveness.
Sexual minority status, however, has frequently been left out of important
tools for data collection.  This session seeks to explore two areas: 1) best
practices in question development and implementation and 2) lessons learned
and future potential for advocating the inclusion of sexual minority status
questions in large population-based surveys.
 
In the area of best practices in question development, we are interested in
the development of questions across multiple domains of sexuality (identity,
attraction, behavior) and their appropriateness in survey design.  To what
extent have different questions on sexual minority status been tested and
how could they best be deployed in surveys that also collect information on
tobacco use?  Presenters should provide information to help, for example,
Quit Lines add questions on sexual minority status or model language for
states to include in BRFSS, YRBSS, and other surveys.  Other areas of
interest include the compliance of Quit Line staff in asking intake
questions on sexual orientation.
 
In the area of advocacy lessons learned, we are interested in how opposition
to the inclusion of sexual minority status questions has been overcome.  How
have advocates and public health officials successfully included questions
on sexual minority status?  What are particular barriers, challenges, and
successes to inclusion?  Importantly, what can advocates from across the
country learn from successful and unsuccessful efforts?  How can those
efforts be adapted to local politics and cultures?  We are particularly
interested in the process through which surveys have been modified to
include sexual minority status and the organizing necessary to effect such
change.
 
*Programming for Specific Communities: Reaching People of Color*
 
Too often the tobacco movement has failed to reach out to communities of
color and include programming that meets specific needs. However, some
agencies have developed outreach strategies and culturally-competent
programs that have successfully involved communities of color. Are you one
of those agencies?
 
We are seeking abstracts from LGBTQ programs in the African American,
American Indian, Asian American, and Latino communities. Tell us what
strategies you have used and ideas you have for replication of your program
in other parts of the country. Have you included tobacco within a wellness
program? Are you promoting tobacco cessation and prevention in relation to
other health issues like HIV, diabetes, or heart disease?
 
 
**Poster Sessions**
 
*Counter-marketing*
 
Marketing is one of Big Tobacco¹s strengths, and pouring money and energy
into targeting specific communities is their strategy. However, there are
also great examples of the LGBTQ community fighting back. By sharing these
examples of counter-marketing campaigns, we can pool our known resources and
efforts in this area.  For this session, we are seeking abstracts that
profile LGBTQ specific counter-marketing campaigns that have been
successful, with a particular emphasis on what made the campaign successful
and what lessons were learned.
 
Some elements you might want to include are: What themes were chosen and
through what process? What sorts of materials were created and distributed
(posters, palm cards, online) and what kind of response were received? What
lessons were learned about what was most effective (texting? Smaller palm
cards vs. larger handouts? Etc.)? Was there one particular theme for many
types of materials or different themes for different materials?  How did you
evaluate your campaign and its success?
 
By sharing the process, outcomes, and lessons learned, we can help fellow
LGBTQ tobacco control advocates create successful counter-marketing
campaigns in their own communities without having to re-invent the wheel.
 
*State Initiatives in LGBTQ Communities*
 
Only in the last five years have many state tobacco programs begun to work
in LGBTQ communities. How did your state program launch an LGBTQ initiative?
What barriers did the state encounter in reaching out to the LGBTQ
community? How did your state address legislative concerns about the use of
MSA funding for the LGBTQ community? How did you start? Was gathering data
important to establishing legitimacy and funding?
Did you conduct a needs assessment? What were the challenges in
collaborating with community groups? How did you find community groups that
were willing to add tobacco to their agenda?
 
Many states are still struggling with implementing an LGBTQ initiative. By
sharing the process of creating a successful program and lessons learned, we
can help fellow states to create successful LGBTQ initiatives. How are you
evaluating the state initiative?
 
*Strategies to Reach LGBTQ Smokers with Cessation Alternatives*
 
What methods have you found to be effective in reaching and treating LGBTQ
smokers? Do you offer an array of quitting strategies such as
culturally-competent Quit Lines, LGBTQ-specific classes and support groups,
a Buddy system, an internet program, or individual counseling or telephone
counseling? What strategies have you found to work in helping LGBTQ smokers
to quit? How have you recruited community members? What sub-groups of the
community have you reached out to? What have you learned about the
importance of assessing readiness to quit, LGBTQ specific groups and
curricula, and concomitant alcohol and drug use?
 
Some elements you might want to include: examples of recruitment materials,
Quit Line training materials for LGBTQ cultural competency, The Last Drag
and other curricula, and reports of results.
 
*Collaborating to Create Policy Change*
 
In taking on policy change, we not only have to educate policymakers and the
public, but often we have to educate our own community. How have you
educated the LGBTQ community about policy? Have you been successful in
reaching the bar crowd? How have you worked within LGBTQ communities
including communities of color to effect policy change? Have you created
effective strategies to reach people with HIV/AIDS, heart disease, asthma,
seniors and youth and collaborate on a common agenda? What policy changes
have you promoted‹pledges not to take tobacco sponsorship, smoke-free
events, clean indoor air, removing cigarettes from pharmacies, smoke-free
affordable housing, smoke-free beaches and parks? Tell us about LGBTQ
collaborations in policy efforts with allied communities, your successes and
challenges, and your recommendations to others.
 
*Other Posters:*
 
We invite state programs and LGBTQ advocates to submit abstracts on other
topics that are relevant to the LGBTQ community, youth/adult tobacco control
partnerships, and prioritizing tobacco as a significant LGBTQ health issue.

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