YouthWISE (Wellness & Information for Smoking and E-Cigarettes)

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Overview

Our project aims to address adolescent e-cigarette and tobacco use in East Texas and includes five primary initiatives:

1. Conduct cross-sectional survey to assess adolescent tobacco product use in the selected counties,

2. Provide partner schools with best-practice solutions to reduce student use of tobacco products,

3. Provide schools with a technical report to inform policy regarding student access and health outcomes,

4. Provide students with information about e-cigarette and tobacco use health outcomes through educational presentations and

5. Organize a health symposium featuring continuing education opportunities for concerned stakeholders on youth tobacco use.

Team Tools

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Got Data

Tyler, TX

TARGET POPULATION SIZE

50,000 – 249,999

Team Members

Joseph Byrum (Team Coordinator)
Next Step Community Solutions

Kimberly Elliott
University of Texas at Tyler

Yordanos Tiruneh
University of Texas at Tyler

Amanda Watson
DSHS - Texas Department of State Health Services