Smoking Cessation in the Social Service

SectorCheryl Ford

Health Promotion Advisor

Budget Services

Budget Services

• Have access to high priority groups• Clients seeking budget advice are

often psychologically ready for change

• People on low incomes need support to quit smoking

• Cancer Society and NZ Federation of Family Budgeting Services partnership established in 2005

NEW ZEALAND FEDERATION OF FAMILY BUDGETING SERVICES INC

TE RŌPŪ PENAPENA PŪTEA WHĀNAU O AOTEAROA

Objectives

Early phase:• For smokers thinking about quitting

to be referred to existing cessation services

• Raise the profile of quitting smoking as a step to improving lifestyles of smokers and their families

• To alert parents of the important role they play in keeping kids smokefree

Key components

• Client Resource

Key components

• Client Resource

• Budget Advisor Resource

Key components

• Client Resource• Budget Advisor Resource• Website www.quitsmoking.org.nz

– Information for clients, budget advisors and general public

– Contact details of cessation providers

• Relationship established and maintained– Meetings, workshops, conferences– Linking budget advisors with cessation

providers

Later Stage

• Progression into skill development of budget advisors– Smokefree workshops / meetings– ABC training– Quit card training

Thanks to• New Zealand Federation of Family

Budgeting Services• Quit Group• Piki te ora ki te Awakairangi PHO• Kokiri Maorae Hauora• Whanau Family Support Budgeting Service• Whaiora Whanui Aukati Kaipaipa programme

(Wairarapa)