For several years, the Regional Union des Caisses d'Assurance Maladie (URCAM Center) supports several actions to prevent smoking in schools and the workplace. Particular attention was paid to specific smoking women.

In this context, the CODES, mutuality and French Caisse Primaire d'Assurance Maladie du Loiret have joined forces to organize a training day on the theme "Women and Tobacco".

It consists of two parts (details in the program below to download):

- On the morning training "Pregnant women and smoking cessation" (performed by midwives CHR Orleans and CHRU Tours)
- Afternoon: Briefing on "Women and Tobacco" (moderated by the charge of the project CODES)

This training is for professionals in the field medical and social services to women, midwives, dieticians, family workers, nurses, nurses, ancillary ...

Cost: training funded by health insurance. Only travel and meals are borne by the participants.

Tuesday December 4 2007
from 9.15am to 12am and 14h-16h
CPAM to the Loiret in Orleans on presentation of the registration confirmation

Program - Registration - Training women and tobacco: Download (437)

The Apléat, especially its program Knados, proposes the establishment of a support group for smoking cessation for adolescents. These are mixed groups (4 girls already enrolled) youth under 23 that:

Understand
Motivating change
Prepare stopping
Establish a plan for stopping
Know what to expect after stopping

This group will consist of 10 to 15 young people, led by two Speakers in addictologie in 'The Station', located at 4 rue the old currency in Orleans.
These last five sessions of one hour.

Wednesday, March 14 to Wednesday April 4 2007, from 16.30 to 17.45.

For information and registration,
Contact APLEAT - Nicolas Baujard at 02 38 62 64 62 or 06 73 88 96 57.

In the Central region, each department develops a strategy to fight against smoking. This approach does not always take into account women and their specific response to tobacco (more sensitive to this factor, risks related to the combination pill and tobacco, weight ...).

The regional group "Women and Tobacco", initiated by the Regional Union des Caisses d'Assurance Maladie Center, has put forward a lack of information tools for women. To answer this specific issue a booklet "Women and Tobacco" was created for the region to reverse this trend and take better account of the harmful effects of smoking women. It meets the principles of the Charter of the Regional Outline Health Education Center developed region.
This booklet aims to inform on specific hazards of tobacco use among women, promote smoking cessation, to inform on the scene aid resources to smoking cessation.

Professionals in the central region who wish to use this tool (in business school, in maternity, PMI, surgeries ...) may withdraw Committees in all departmental health education in the region Center (address below against)