These webinars are part of an ongoing series to encourage those providing peer support services to engage people in conversations about tobacco use. These conversations can be especially effective if the peer supporter has also had experience with using tobacco and has engaged in a process of reducing or eliminating tobacco as a part of their own wellness strategies. It is not essential for a peer support provider to have stopped using tobacco completely, but the conversation and planning around healthier approaches can be lifesaving.
Meet Your Regional Tobacco Control Specialist:
Amanda Mulhern
Amanda is the Manager of Community Health Programs (CHP) at St. Peter’s Health Partners, based in Troy, NY. She has worked in the tobacco cessation field since 2013 and, together with her team, assists medical and behavioral health care organizations/providers in a 9-county catchment area with developing and improving processes to address client tobacco use. Notably, CHP is focused on working with a variety of underserved populations, such as Federally Qualified Health Centers, rural community health centers, and community-based organizations. In addition, we place great value on input from community stakeholders.
