Using an Assessment Tool to Further Tobacco Control Accomplishment in Thailand:

Tobacco Use Insights

NaowarutCharoenca¹ 

关键词: WHO FCTC;    Thail;    assessment;    policy;    stakeholder;   

DOI  :  10.1177/1179173X18759945

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Background:Because implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty to reduce tobacco use, is an important goal of the 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Thailand has sought to fully comply with all its articles, a multiperspective assessment was developed to ensure that any gaps in compliance with FCTC provisions were identified and addressed.Method:One assessment mechanism of this multicomponent assessment was the development by experts and use by stakeholders of a 3-tiered rating of all major provisions of the main articles of the FCTC. The results of the performance ratings on FCTC articles by a diverse group of stakeholders were used to spotlight areas of local and regional implementation and compliance with FCTC provisions.Results:Implementation ratings by stakeholders generally followed the chronology of WHO priorities as reflected in the development by WHO of guidelines for the various FCTC articles with highes...

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