Zhejiang University
Year(s) : 2008, 2007
Grant Recipient Type : Educational Institution
Grantor : International Union Against Tobacco and Lung Disease (The Union)/WLF
Project goal : To build capacity for tobacco control advocacy at seven universities (Beijing, Harbin, Nanjing, Guangdong, Ninxia, Shanxi, and Zhejiang).
Direct Grant : No
The Union
Key achievement to date: Beijing University implemented a 100% smoke-free policy
Objective: This grant supports MPOWER letter goal P, to Protect people from tobacco smoke.
Major
accomplishments to date:
- “Tobacco Control Advocacy Strategies under Chinese Culture” produced.
- International best practices in tobacco control advocacy translated into Chinese and disseminated.
- Guideline prepared to develop tobacco control advocacy curriculum and smoke-free activities.
- Course curriculum developed, pilot-tested, and finalized with teachers' input.
- Training materials and activities pilot-tested among public health students at Zhejiang University.
- Tobacco control advocacy curriculum offered to 29 public health students with over 16-course hours using lectures, problem-based learning, group discussion, role play, debate, and case studies.
- Revised course curriculum implemented in six other universities with class sizes of 43-115 students.
- Intensive training workshop presented to teachers, addressing the basics of tobacco control advocacy and China-specific advocacy.
- Textbook for students and teaching outline for professors written and printed.
- “Advocacy Strategies and Methods in Public Health Research” translated for teachers.
- Advocacy plans informed by survey on smoking and attitudes towards tobacco control.
- Smoke-free campus guide developed and adopted at the seven participating universities.
- Smoke-free policies implemented in five of the seven universities.
- Thematic advocacy activities developed and implemented at each participating university.
- Each university conducted week-long campus-based, smoke-free public activities utilizing news releases, conferences, propaganda boards, TV, newspapers, and the internet.
- Multi-media advocacy activities to support smoke-free policy implementation ongoing in each participating university.
- Intra-campus meetings and consultations held on anti-smoking practices and policies in each university.
- Detailed supplemental guide developed and disseminated for implementing tobacco-free campus policies.
- Designated outdoor areas for smoking and developed recommended signage for outdoor and indoor spaces based on internationally recognized no-smoking signs.
- Participating university leaders demonstrated support for implementation of the training curriculum.
- Coalition groups created at each university, including public health teachers and students, administrative and media personnel, NGO representatives, and members of the public.
- Inter-campus meetings and consultations held on anti-smoking practices and policies.
- Technical support and information provided to other universities interested in replicating the project.
- Provided updated information about tobacco control advocacy and shared experiences from Australia.
- In-depth evaluation completed of the program’s implementation in the seven universities.
- Curriculum development and implementation involves collaboration among seven universities.