Open AccessSystem level approaches for mainstreaming tobacco control into existing health programs in India: Perspectives from the field
Author(s) -
Rajmohan Panda,
Swati Srivastava,
Divya Persai,
Emily Mendenhall,
Monika Arora,
Manu Raj Mathur
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.174288
Subject(s) - tobacco control , medicine , smokeless tobacco , health care , environmental health , intervention (counseling) , mainstreaming , nursing , tobacco use , public health , economic growth , population , psychology , special education , mathematics education , economics
India is the second largest consumer of tobacco in the world, and varieties of both smoked and smokeless tobacco products are widely available. The national program for tobacco control is run like a vertical stand-alone program. There is a lack of understanding of existing opportunities and barriers within the health programs that influence the integration of tobacco control messages into them. The present formative research identifies such opportunities and barriers.