NAQC’s Top Resources from 2020 and Upcoming Activities in 2021!
 

Dear Colleagues,

NAQC staff would like to thank our members and partners for their ongoing support. We hope NAQC’s work has contributed to your success and we look forward to launching great new resources in 2021! Our work is made possible by membership dues, a cooperative agreement with CDC, and contract funding from PCORI and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
 
Below are links to the top resources from 2020, upcoming activities in 2021, and webpages and web features you should know about!
 
TOP RESOURCES FROM 2020!

TOP RESOURCES FROM 2020!

Learning Community Series Practice Brief - Evolving Quitline Practices: Technology-Mediated Services, Youth Cessation and Vaping Cessation
NAQC released the first Learning Committee Series Practice Brief, Evolving Quitline Practices: Technology-Mediated Services, Youth Cessation and Vaping Cessation. This issue brief marks the first in a planned series of publications developed through NAQC’s Learning Community project, which focuses on evolving practices and emerging topics in the field of tobacco cessation quitlines. The Learning Community is a collaborative professional effort which will engage quitline service providers, state health departments, researchers, subject-matter experts and community stakeholders in shared dialogue and development of recommendations that will advance quitline practice.
 
Minimal Data Set Updates
A number of changes have been made to the MDS in 2020 and they are highlighted below:

New Case Study - Leveraging the 6|18 Initiative to Support Public Private (Cost-Sharing) Partnerships
The purpose of this case study is to explore and briefly describe how four states involved in NAQC’s Public Private (cost-sharing) Partnership Initiative (Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, and North Carolina) leveraged their participation in CDC’s 6|18 Initiative to advance Medicaid partnership goals. 

Smoke‐Free Public Housing: Helping Smokers Quit - Project Resources
In partnership with the American Cancer Society (ACS) and Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at the University of California San Francisco (SCLC), NAQC implemented a national, project – Smoke-Free Public Housing: Helping Smokers Quit (SFPH:HSQ). With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the two-year project sought to foster cross-sector collaborations and widespread adoption of high-quality cessation services within the selected PHA communities and increase the demand for cessation services among PHA residents to reduce tobacco use and improve the overall health, well‐being and equity of PHA communities. Throughout the 2-year effort, NAQC collaborated with the participating quitlines to develop resources that can be used by other state quitlines seeking to forge relationships with CHCs and PHAs in their state and lessons learned and factors that facilitated the project. These products are:

Click here to visit the project page on NAQC’s website for more information and resources.

TOP ACTIVITIES IN 2021!
 
Meeting Plan:  NAQC Learning Community on Technology-Mediated Services, Youth Cessation and Vaping Cessation for Youth and Adults
On December 4, 2020, the NAQC Advisory Council met to discuss the next phase of NAQC’s Learning Communities initiative and NAQC members were invited to participate. Over the coming year, a series of virtual Learning Community meetings will be held to advance quitline practice on technology-mediated services, youth cessation and vaping cessation.  Please look for e-mail updates on meeting dates and discussion topics.

The Advisory Council will serve as the forum for convening the Learning Community, and the quitline community will be invited to submit comments, questions and feedback throughout the process.

Please contact Randi Lachter at rlachter@naquitline.org with any questions.

Technical Assistance on Public Private Partnerships (and New Cost-Sharing Brief - Medicaid Reimbursement for Quitline Pharmacy Products)
In January NAQC will release a new cost-sharing brief which identifies current processes, barriers, and breakthroughs, and “ideal” processes that may be considered when state quitline funders and service providers seek Medicaid reimbursement for pharmacotherapy. 

Dialogues on Equity and Other Topics
NAQC is aligning continuing programs with the findings of the environmental scan. You will see changes to our webinars and the way we utilize the listserv. In both venues, we hope to strengthen the quality of information dissemination and knowledge exchange.

Using webinars, discussion groups and the listserv, NAQC will facilitate dialogues on ways we can leverage important new research and expert opinions  to improve equity in the reach quitlines, use of quitlines and other important topics.

It has been nearly 17 years since we established NAQC to improve the quality of quitlines and access to them. Our collaborative activities have had the best results when they are informed by all segments of the membership – the health agencies that fund quitlines, service providers, researchers and national organizations. We encourage you to get involved in these new programs and to let us know how we can continue to improve our activities. Please contact us at naqc@naquitline.org to find out how to get involved.  

Orientation/Refresher Sessions
We offer orientation/refresher webinars to ensure that the quitline community is familiar with the services offered by NAQC and makes the most of them! If you and your team would like to schedule a webinar to learn more about NAQC or focus on a new priority program for your quitline, please contact us at membership@naquitline.org.

TOP WEBPAGES AND WEB FEATURES YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT!
 
Map of State and Provincial Quitlines
To learn about the quitline services in any state or province, visit the quitline map profiles and then click on the state or province. The Quitline Map continues to be the most visited and utilized page on the NAQC website. We have made a number of updates to make it even more useful as a resource for marketing your quitline. Below is a reminder of the several profile features:

NAQC makes updates to smoke-free laws and tobacco taxes bi-annually and posts benchmarking survey data in the summer. If you have any questions or updates, please contact profiles@naquitline.org.
 
Annual Survey (2006-present)
Since 2006 NAQC has conducted an annual survey of state quitlines to gather data on quitline budgets, funding, services, utilization, demographics of quitline participants and outcomes. The FY2020 annual survey was fielded October 2020 – January 2021 and data will be shared with the membership in spring 2021. Please visit the Annual Survey page on NAQC’s website to access a recording of the presentation and the related slides.
 
Peer-to-Peer Communications through the ListServ and Membership Directory (members-only)
Have a question for your peers? Post it to the NAQC ListServ to gain feedback from other quitline professionals. Posting a question is easy. Simply send an email to NAQC@listserv.naquitline.org. You may also access the ListServ archive to review past questions and answers. Additional information about the ListServ is available here.

Please visit the membership directory page to access the online directory (members-only). Note: Please make sure to keep your membership information current. You can update your information by signing into your NAQC membership profile. Contact Natalia Gromov, Administrator, (800-398-5489 ext.  701 or membership@naquitline.org) with any questions or for assistance with making member profile updates.
 
Website Search Feature
The easiest way to find a resource/upcoming webinar/research article on the NAQC website is by using a site search feature located on the top left corner of the NAQC website. Simply type in the keyword into the search field and click on “search”. You will be provided with a list of all records featuring that keyword on the NAQC website sorted by relevance.
 
Thank you again for the important work you do and your support! If you have any questions, please contact us at naqc@naquitline.org or 800-398-5489 ext. 707. 

We look forward to another year of moving quitlines forward!  
 
Regards,

NAQC Staff