OTIS Evaluation Guide (PDF) - California Department of Public Health

Priority Area: Promote Tobacco Cessation Services (4)
Cessation Policy Indicators (.2)
Definition: These community indicators address the adoption of voluntary or legislated policies designed to promote the availability of behavior
modification tobacco cessation services and adjunct pharmacotherapy to aid tobacco cessation.
Community Indicator Sample Objective
• By May 30, 2009 at least three municipal or county health care
purchasers in Valley County will require all vendors to provide tobacco
cessation services and pharmacotherapy as part of their health benefit
package to employees and their families.
4.2.1 Number of public employee health insurance purchasers
that require the provision of tobacco cessation behavior
and pharmacotherapy services consistent with the U.S.
Public Health Service clinical practice guidelines Treating
Tobacco Use and Dependence
• By May 30, 2010, at least 75% of 500 medical charts audited from one
managed care provider group in Mountain County will recognize
addiction to tobacco products as a chronic disease risk factor as
demonstrated by consistently implementing a “Vital Signs” approach to
treating tobacco addiction.
4.2.2 Number of managed care organizations in the community
that have implemented the U.S. Public Health
Service clinical practice guidelines Treating Tobacco Use
and Dependence
OTIS Evaluation Guide • March 2007
• By April 30, 2010, UPS offices in the Big City will adopt a company
policy prohibiting smoking and smokeless tobacco use in company
vehicles. (Combination 4.2.3 and 2.1.1).
4.2.3 Extent of policies that restrict or prohibit use of alternative
tobacco products (e.g., smokeless tobacco) at the
worksite
• By April 30, 2009, all mental health treatment centers in Anytown County
will also provide tobacco cessation services and pharmacotherapy as
part of their treatment plan if the patient is identified as a smoker.
• By April 30, 2009, all WIC Clinics in Mountain Valley County will also
provide tobacco cessation services and connect clients with the California
Smoker’s Helpline.
4.2.4 Number of alcohol and drug treatment, mental health
treatment, migrant clinics, and other health or social
service agencies that have implemented the U.S. Public
Health Service clinical practice guidelines Treating
Tobacco Use and Dependence
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