Vinalopó health will fund the treatment to those employees that quit.
– a pioneering initiative of the Department of health of the Vinalopó, health promotion Plan is + employee health ”
-the main objective is to raise the importance of employees quit to lead a healthy life and that health professionals serve as example for their patients
Elx, July 2012.- the Department of health of the Vinalopó has launched the smoking cessation program ”, within the Plan of health promotion, more health for the employee ”, targeting all professionals of the Department who smoke and want to quit. This initiative has been driven by the Department of resources human from the Hospital of the Vinalopó, worried about the health and well-being of its employees.
In this sense, has taken place the first informative talk of the program, from the hand of Magdalena Mateo, optional, Maria the sea Sanz, a psychologist, both of the unit of addictive behaviors of the Toscar health and Emilia Montagud, pharmaceutical primary care centre. The objective of this first shot of contact, which has counted with the assistance of more than 20 interested parties has been informing employees about the benefits leave smoking and make aware them of the importance of abandoning bad habits to prevent disease and live a healthy life. One of the purposes of the organization is also that health professionals serve as example for their patients. All those who wish to join the programme, may do so through a web page that will enable the management of the Department.
El próximo mes de septiembre, los empleados que hayan mostrado su interés por dejar de fumar, serán atendidos por profesionales del propio centro. The vinalopo Valley Health Department will be responsible for the cost of drug treatment and assistance to therapeutic groups dinamizados, provided that the employee demonstrated, last time, who has fulfilled his promise to quit smoking. The cessation process consist of a psychological treatment for groups of 15 people, divided into 9 sessions of 90 minutes. After Group therapies, health professionals shall monitor per month, to 3 and 6 months of completing the ninth session. in addition, carried out a final follow-up at 12 and 24 months after treatment. Smoking cessation will be assessed through cooximetria, an intervention Therapeutics multi-component cessation group, with informal nature, closed composition and limited duration.
The overall objective of the psychological treatment is that quit smoking gradually, through the gradual reduction of the intake of nicotine and tar, and that the patient develop skills for coping with relapses.
Currently, smoking is a problem of public health of such significance that the World Health Organization (who) considered one of the most serious threats to global health. Therefore, every day, it is one of the most important priorities in the healthcare activity of health professionals.
