Name: IMPACT Training
Start: 2024-11-13T13:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-13T15:30:00+00:00
Location: Conference Room, Centre for Child Health

To equip workers who support people with lived experience of mental ill-health to initiate a conversation about smoking.
About this Event

To equip workers who support people with lived experience of mental ill-health with the knowledge, skills, tools and confidence to initiate a conversation about smoking, and to support those who are ready to quit.

By the end of this session participants will:

Be able to highlight the health risks of smoking and the impact of smoking on mental health (MH)
Recognise the impact of smoking in creating health inequalities amongst people experiencing long standing MH conditions
Understand how smoking affects medications
Be able to facilitate conversations about smoking with your client group
Have gained a basic understanding of behaviour change techniques and motivational interviewing
Understand the current stance from the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland regarding e-cigarettes
Know how to signpost to the NHS Tayside Quit Your Way smoking cessation service

This course requires the completion of an e-module (maximum 1-hr) before attending