Tobacco Free! Curriculum© was developed by Joan M. Davis, RDH, MS, Assistant Professor, Dental Hygiene, School of Allied Health, College of Applied Science and Arts, Southern Illinois University—Carbondale, in fulfillment of the Tobacco-Cessation Curriculum-Development Fellowship awarded by the ADHA Institute for Oral Health and GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. in 2003. Indirect support was also provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health, the American Cancer Society, Illinois Division.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This curriculum was developed after a two-year journey of research and discovery that took me to review a very successful healthcare-provider’s training program in Arizona, on an informative trip to Indianapolis, and through numerous calls and e-mails to researchers and clinicians who have decades of experience in tobacco control. The journey has continued these past three years with the collection of hundreds more articles and presentations and the process of soaking in the wisdom and experience of many who have been in this a lot longer than I. The collective five years of information and providing cessation services in private practice is culminated in this latest edition of the curriculum.

Every professional with whom I have communicated concerning this project has not only been willing to share his or her expertise but has also shared with me samples of his or her clinic or training materials. This gave me the opportunity to review many excellent programs and begin the process of developing a tobacco-control curriculum that incorporated concepts from a broad range of clinical and classroom settings from across the nation. I deeply appreciate the support and encouragement I received as I developed this project, and I would like to thank and acknowledge the following professionals for their kind assistance:

Gerry Barker, RDH, MA
Professor, Department of Public Health and Behavioral Science, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri—Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri

Dr. Arden G. Christen
Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Oral Biology; Co-Director, IU Nicotine Program, School of Dentistry, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana

Dr. William Crawford
Professor Emeritus, USC School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California

Dr. Karen Crews
Professor, Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, ACT-A Comprehensive Tobacco-Control Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

Shirley C. Gelskey, MPH, PhD
Professor and Head, Dental Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Canada

Jennifer Klein, RDH, MS
Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene, Indiana University at South Bend, Indiana

Dr. Anne Koerber
Assistant Professor, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois, Chicago

Dr. Robert Mecklenburg
Coordinator, Tobacco and Oral Health Initiatives, Tobacco Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, Potomac, Maryland

Dr. Herbert Severson
Senior Research Scientist, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon

Dr. Eric Stafne
Director of the School of Dentistry Tobacco-Cessation Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Louise Strayer, RN, MS
Academic Professional Clinical Research Associate, Health Science Center, University of Arizona, Tucson

Dental Hygiene Faculty and Students; Southern Illinois University—Carbondale Carbondale, IL

Technical Assistance

Sharon Honey, MS, webmaster, Health Care Professions, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Mark McKnight, MS, Graduate Assistant, Workforce Education

Michaela A. Kirslis, SIUC BS Dental Hygiene Student

Suneel Padmaraju, Graduate Assistant, SIUC Electrical Engineering

Publications

Davis JM, Stockdale MS, Cropper M. “The Need for Tobacco Education: Studies of Collegiate Dental Hygiene Patients and Faculty,” Journal of Dental Education: 2005;Vol.69(12); 1340-1352.

Professional Presentations

American Dental Education Association Third International Women’s Leadership Conference. Moving Tobacco Control Education to Competency—A Global Cessation Strategy, Montreal, Canada, August 2005

National Conference on Tobacco or Health. Tobacco Free!: an Innovative Collegiate Tobacco-Control Curriculum, May 2005.

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco International Conference Poster Presentation. Needs Assessment for Cessation Education/Training for Collegiate Dental-Hygiene Students, Prague, Czech Republic, March 2005.

ADEA 81st Annual Session: Tobacco Free!, Helping our Patients be Tobacco Free Workshop, March 2004.

Tobacco Free! Curriculum link is posted at the following web sites:

California Dental Hygiene Association: http://www.cdha.org

Dental Hygiene Education: http://www.dhed.net

Proctor & Gamble Global Dental Resources: http://www.dentalcare.com

Southern Illinois University Carbondale: http://www.siu.edu/~sah/tobacco

Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (ttac), Emory University: http://www.ttac.org

Curriculum Highlighted

Center for Tobacco Cessation e-Newsletter, November 2004, Volume 2, Issue 19.

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Newsletter (online), Volume 10, Number 4 (November/December 2004).

American Dental Education (ADEA) Bulletin, Volume 38 (May 2005.).

As of May 2006, more than half of the dental hygiene schools in the US have registered to use the online version of the curriculum.

Professional Review

Michael C. Fiore, M.D., MPH

Professor of Medicine and Director for Tobacco Research and Intervention, University of Wisconsin Medical School, December 2004.

Susan Holland, PhD, Assistant Professor, Health Care Professions, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Formal Evaluation

Tobacco Free! curriculum was the basis of a three-year, $250,000 research project funded by the American Cancer Association, Illinois Division, 2003 to 2006. This project was designed to evaluate the curriculum in twelve associate degree dental hygiene programs located in Illinois, USA.

International Expansion

As of January 2006, dental and dental-hygiene educators from Italy, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, England, Germany, and Canada have registered to use the online version of the curriculum.

Other Publications by J.M. Davis

Davis JM. (2005) “Tobacco Cessation for the Dental Team: A Practical Guide, Part1: Background & Overview” Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice, Vol.6(3): 158-166. Online journal accessed at www.thejcdp.com

Davis JM. (2005) “Tobacco Cessation for the Dental Team: A Practical Guide Part 2: Evidenced-Based Interventions,” Journal of Contemporary Dental

PracticeVol.6(4): 178-186. Online journal accessed at www.thejcdp.com

Project Developer

Joan M. Davis, RDH, MS Assistant Professor, Dental Hygiene College of Applied Sciences & Arts Southern Illinois University Carbondale davisdh@siu.edu