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Robin
Perry, MPH
Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line Coordinator
Robin Perry is coordinator
for the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line, a free, individualized counseling
service designed to help Wisconsin smokers quit. Perry’s position
involves managing the Quit Line service which is provided by Free and
Clear located in Seattle. Washington.
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Perry
also works with the Fax to Quit program which helps clinicians
and others provide the counseling which is such an important component
of a successful quit smoking attempt. The Fax to Quit program
enables the Quit Line to initiate a call to someone who has professed
an interest in quitting smoking. The healthcare provider offers
an intervention and medication and the Quit Line provides counseling.
These two together can triple or quadruple the success of a quit
attempt.
Perry served as a public health educator at the
La Crosse County Health Department for five-and-a-half years,
focusing on tobacco prevention, maternal/child health issues and
cardiovascular risk reduction.
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Robin
Perry,
Quit Line Coordinator
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Robin
hails from Viroqua, Wis., a small town located about an hour-and-a-half
northwest of Madison. She has a bachelor’s degree in Community
Health Education from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and is finishing
her master’s of public health at the same institution.
To
schedule interviews with UW-CTRI representatives, contact Communications.
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