OBJECTIVES: To describe the formation of the Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (YTCC), a voluntary collaborative of leading funders of youth tobacco cessation research and services. METHODS: The long-term goal and specific short-term (2-year) goals, strategies, and accomplishments are briefly described with reference to its guiding action plan: National Blueprint for Action: Youth and Young Adult Tobacco-Use Cessation. RESULTS: Aiming to accelerate the pace of discovery and application, YTCC efforts have created a strategic vision for making progress toward filling key knowledge and intervention gaps. CONCLUSIONS: Lessons learned about effective partnership are reviewed, and future directions are described.
OBJECTIVES: To describe the formation of the Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (YTCC), a voluntary collaborative of leading funders of youth tobacco cessation research and services. METHODS: The long-term goal and specific short-term (2-year) goals, strategies, and accomplishments are briefly described with reference to its guiding action plan: National Blueprint for Action: Youth and Young Adult Tobacco-Use Cessation. RESULTS: Aiming to accelerate the pace of discovery and application, YTCC efforts have created a strategic vision for making progress toward filling key knowledge and intervention gaps. CONCLUSIONS: Lessons learned about effective partnership are reviewed, and future directions are described.
Authors: Susan J Curry; Sherry Emery; Amy K Sporer; Robin Mermelstein; Brian R Flay; Michael Berbaum; Richard B Warnecke; Timothy Johnson; Paul Mowery; Jennifer Parsons; Lori Harmon; Lisa Hund; Henry Wells Journal: Am J Public Health Date: 2006-11-30 Impact factor: 9.308
Authors: Paul D Mowery; Matthew C Farrelly; M Lyndon Haviland; Julia M Gable; Henry E Wells Journal: Am J Public Health Date: 2004-02 Impact factor: 9.308
Authors: Kimberly Horn; Geri Dino; Steven A Branstetter; Jianjun Zhang; George Kelley; N Noerachmanto; Cindy Tworek Journal: Tob Induc Dis Date: 2008-08-05 Impact factor: 2.600