Center for Healthy Living Events

Nicotine and Tobacco Use among College Students in Texas

Tobacco and nicotine use among young adults is a significant public health concern. Using data from large annually repeated cross-sectional samples of Texas college students, Dr. Caroline North will discuss the prevalence and trends in nicotine/tobacco use among Texas college students. Then, using data from the Vaping, Acculturation, and Media Study (Project VAMoS), a longitudinal cohort study of Mexican American college students in Texas, Dr. Bara S. Bataineh will discuss the role of social media in Mexican American young adults’ tobacco/nicotine use.

Speakers

Bara S Bataineh, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health

Caroline North, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Kinesiology & Health Education
Tobacco Research & Evaluation Team
The University of Texas at Austin

Moderators

Alexandra Loukas, PhD
Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies,
Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Kinesiology & Health Education
The University of Texas at Austin

Anna V Wilkinson, PhD
Associate Professor
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health

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Building and Sustaining Implementation Science across 5 Texas Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) networks

This webinar is part of a seminar series presented by the Institute for Implementation Science (IIS), co-hosted by the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living.

Speakers: María E. Fernández, PhD; Ahmer Hashmi, MD, MPH; Kathleen Stevens, EdD, FAAN, RN, ANEF; Kyler Godwin, PhD, MPH & George Jackson, MHA, PhD

Objectives:

• Identify tools and technical assistance to support the development and sustainability of implementation science projects.
• Explain the relevance of a Learning Health System to implementation science.

We are pleased to offer 1.0 Entry-Level CHES/MCHES® Credits for this webinar! The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is a Designated Provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists/Master Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES/MCHES®) through The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC®).

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