Building and Sustaining Partnerships

A Resource Guide to Address Non-Traditional Tobacco Use
Prepared for First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada
Prepared by: J. Boomer, Consultant, IDB Technologies Inc., October 2003

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Table of Contents

Part 1: Overview of the Resource

• Introduction and Objectives
• Example Outline of the Resource

Part 2: Traditional and Non-Traditional Use of Tobacco

• What is our traditional use of tobacco?
• Tobacco Misuse in Aboriginal Populations

Part 3: Understanding Tobacco Control

• Comprehensive Tobacco Strategy - What is it?

Part 4: Things to Consider Before Getting Started

• What is a partnership?
• Personal experiences with partnerships?
• Why start a partnership?
• What can a partnership do?
• What are the benefits of starting a partnership?

Part 5: Let's Get Started - Forming the Partnership

• Why are you starting a partnership?
• Review what resources exist in your community - community mapping
• Who could be involved in a partnership in your community?
• Examples of individuals and groups to contact
• How can you get people involved in the partnership?

Part 6: Let's Get Organized

• What to do at the first meeting
• How will the partnership function?
• What to consider when developing the vision, mission and goals
• Vision and Mission Worksheet
• What kinds of activities could a partnership do?
• Activity planning in partnerships
• Activity Planning Worksheet

Part 7: Let's Consider Some Factors to Success

• Keeping a partnership motivated
• What factors hinder the success of a partnership?
• Determining needed resources
• Resource and funding strategies
• Funding Strategy Worksheet

Part 8: Let's Evaluate

• What are the questions to ask to see how we have done?

Appendix 1: Examples of Partnership

• Examples of Successful Partnerships

Appendix 2: Fact Sheets About Tobacco

• What makes nicotine addictive?
• Health effects of smoking
• The facts about smoking and pregnancy
• The facts about second-hand smoke
• Children see, children do

Appendix 3: Smoking Cessation

• Smoking cessation tips
• Cessation resources

Appendix 4: References and Resources

• Sources, references and material used to help create this manual