needs assessment tobacco use new york

would you be able to access this text book “health Program planning and evaluatuion”two chapters r needed for the assignment.

also this is the first essay written for the first part of the assignment
Please use the general format from the Community Needs Assessment exercise to develop a community needs assessment addressing the following four questions. In this exercise, you will use the target population or community from your first paper in this one. You will want to write at least two paragraphs addressed each question. Your paper will be between 2-4 pages in length. Also refer to chapters 4 and 5 of the Issel text.

Community Needs Assessment Planning Chart

1. State in a few sentences what the health problem is you are investigating

2. Who is the affected community and what methods will you use to engage them?

3. Methods for defining the specific issues to be addressed

4. Methods for defining the target population(s) to be assessed

5. Potential sources of data for the assessment including community assets

Tobacco Use
Date:

Tobacco /Use/
Statement of the Problem
Tobacco use is a contemporary health issue in many societies, affecting people directly and indirectly. The use of this substance leads to different cancers and chronic lung diseases such as bronchitis, heart disease, pregnancy-related problems, emphysema, and many other severe health problems (Little et al., 2015). Tobacco use is serious health challenge because it is the leading factor that causes preventable death and illness in the United Sates. Research shows that 9 out of 10 American adults who have reported smoking on a daily basis started smoking before they attained the age of 18. This clearly shows that the smoking habit begins early in the life of a person, thus the need to provide support for the young ones. Tobacco use affects both smokers and non-smokers. As such, the abuse of the substance is a societal problem as opposed to an individual problem (Moyer, 2013). People who smoke develop health complications such as cancer, type 2 diabetes, and impaired fertility. Smoking also increases the risks of developing health complications and other problems for non-smokers because of the smoke from the active smokers (Robinson et al., 2015). Several factors influence the use of tobacco among individuals. The risk factors include the education level, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Significant discrepancies in tobacco use are defined geographically and are attributed to differences in tobacco prices, smoke-free regulations, and funding of smoking prevention programs among states (Sutfin et al., 2012).
Scope of the problem
Tobacco smoking is a serious threat to human life in the whole world (Rodgers, 2012). Research shows that tobacco-related diseases lead to premature deaths, and the biggest number occurs in the developing countries. In the United States, tobacco use causes the highest number of preventable disease, deaths, and disability (Sutfin et al., 2012). Approximately 46.6 million people aged 18 and above smoked in 2009, and about 850 young persons aged 12 to 17 started smoking on a daily basis (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2016). Tobacco-related illness such as heart disease and cancer lead to the death of about 443,000 Americans every year given the widespread use of tobacco. Approximately 49,000 of these deaths occur as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2016). This clearly shows that tobacco use is a serious health problem in the society affecting groups who either participate actively or passively in the behavior. Tobacco use adversely affects the US economy given the huge burden placed on the healthcare system. Cigarette smoking costs the country more than $193 billion to provide medical care while passive smoking costs an additional of $10 million each year (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2016). Therefore, tobacco is one of the severe and most expensive public health problems affecting the nation.
List of Citations
1. Little, M. A., Talcott, G. W., Bursac, Z., Linde, B. D., Pagano, L. A., Messler, E. C., … & Klesges, R. C. (2015). Efficacy of a Brief Tobacco Intervention for Tobacco and Nicotine Containing Product Use in the US Air Force. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, ntv242.
This source explains that brief tobacco interventions can help to address cigarette smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco. The introduction of these interventions led to significant reduction in the use of tobacco products.
2. Moyer, V. A. (2013). Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. Annals of internal medicine, 159(8), 552-557.
Moyer (2013) explains that interventions such as brief counseling and education can help reduce initiation of tobacco use among school-aged children and adolescents. The introduction of these interventions helped to prevent school-aged children from smoking.
3. Robinson, L. A., Clawson, A. H., Weinberg, J. A., Salgado-Garcia, F. I., & Ali, J. S. (2015). Physician Intervention for Improving Tobacco Control Among Parents Who Use Tobacco. Clinical Pediatrics, 54(11), 1044-1050.
Robinson et al. (2015) suggest that training parents to restrict their tobacco use is an effective intervention to prevent tobacco use and the effects of secondhand smoke on the children. After introducing this intervention, parents reported reduced contact with tobacco products at home and reduced secondhand smoke effects on their children.
4. Rodgers, K. C. (2012). A review of multicomponent interventions to prevent and control tobacco use among college students. Journal of American College Health, 60(3), 257-261.
According to Rodgers (2012), multicomponent tobacco control programs such as banning sales of tobacco products present an effective intervention in reducing tobacco use. These programs have led to significant reduction in smoking.

5. Sutfin, E. L., McNamara, R. S., Blocker, J. N., Ip, E. H., O’Brien, M. C., & Wolfson, M. (2012). Screening and brief intervention for tobacco use by student health providers on college campuses. Journal of American College Health, 60(1), 66-73.
This article explains that screening of college students and providing brief intervention for tobacco users helps to reduce tobacco use. The outcome of the intervention was the increase in the number of students who quit smoking.

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