The State of Smoking Cessation Practices Among Health Care Providers: Educational Preparation and Motivating Factors Presented

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry Neil-Urban ◽  
Kathleen Bradshaw Lasala ◽  
Linda Scott
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
The State ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Educational Preparation

MINNESOTA TAKES CONTROVERSIAL STEPS TO REFORM HEALTH CARE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 560-560
Author(s):  
J. F. L.
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
The State ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Practice Parameters ◽  
The Law ◽  
Health Legislation ◽  
Care Costs

When Minnesota legislators last spring passed health legislation that included a tax on health care providers, many physicians thought the state had gone too far. As the state begins to implement the law, however (physicians will begin paying the tax in 1994), those same physicians are realizing that their troubles may have just begun. The tax is only one part of a larger health reform package that promises to change the way Minnesota physicians practice. Under the law, for example, the state will assign physicians to some patients. The law also requires the state to develop practice parameters and controls on technology... Beginning in 1994, physicians will pay a 2% income tax on their gross revenues. The tax, which will not be levied on Medicare or Medicaid services or on physicians employed by managed care providers, will help pay for health insurance for the state's approximately 400,000 uninsured. Many physicians opposed the legislation because it will cut into their pay... And to achieve its goal of reducing health care costs by 10% a year for five years, the state will develop and implement practice parameters in an attempt to avoid ineffective treatment.

scholarly journals A Study Protocol for Increasing Access to Smoking Cessation Treatments for Low-Income Minority Smokers

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia K. Matthews ◽  
Karriem S. Watson ◽  
Cherdsak Duang ◽  
Alana Steffen ◽  
Robert Winn
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Social Determinant ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Patient Portal ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Access To Health

Background: Smoking rates among low-income patients are double those of the general population. Access to health care is an essential social determinant of health. Federally qualified health care centers (FQHC) are government-supported and community-based centers to increase access to health care for non-insured and underinsured patients. However, barriers to implementation impact adherence and sustainability of evidence-based smoking cessation within FQHC settings. To address this implementation barrier, our multi-disciplinary team proposes Mi QUIT CARE (Mile Square QUITCommunity-Access-Referral-Expansion) to establish the acceptability, feasibility, and capacity of an FQHC system to deliver an evidence-based and multi-level intervention to increase patient engagement with a state tobacco quitline.Methods: A mixed-method approach, rooted in an implementation science framework of RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance), will be used in this hybrid effectiveness-implementation design. We aim to evaluate the efficacy of a novel delivery system (patient portal) for increasing access to smoking cessation treatment. In preparation for a future randomized clinical trial of Mi QUIT CARE, we will conduct the following developmental research: (1) Examine the burden of tobacco among patient populations served by our partner FQHC, (2) Evaluate among FQHC patients and health care providers, knowledge, attitudes, barriers, and facilitators related to smoking cessation and our intervention components, (3) Evaluate the use of tailored communication strategies and patient navigation to increase patient portal uptake among patients, and (4) To test the acceptability, feasibility, and capacity of the partner FQHC to deliver Mi QUIT CARE.Discussion: This study provides a model for developing and implementing smoking and other health promotion interventions for low-income patients delivered via patient health portals. If successful, the intervention has important implications for addressing a critical social determinant of cancer and other tobacco-related morbidities.Trial Registration: U.S. National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials, NCT04827420, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04827420.

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SMOKING AND SMOKING CESSATION AMONG HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS

CHEST Journal ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 136 (4) ◽  
pp. 56S
Author(s):  
Gao L. Chen ◽  
Alex Vlahopoulos ◽  
Shari L. Meyerson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers

scholarly journals Design and Development of Smoking Cessation Apps Based on Smokers’ and Providers’ Perspectives in China: Survey Study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junfang Xu ◽  
Jonathan Bricker ◽  
Xiaoxing Fu ◽  
Chunyan Su ◽  
Peicheng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Privacy And Security

BACKGROUND Although there are more than 60 smartphone apps for smoking cessation in China, many of them do not include the content and features that health care professionals and smokers prefer—which may make them impractical, unengaging, and ineffective. Therefore, we investigated both health care providers’ and smokers’ preferences for features of future smoking cessation apps. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate Chinese health care providers’ and smokers’ desired features of a smoking cessation app, with the goal of providing design recommendations for app designers and researchers. METHODS Both Chinese smokers who own smartphones (n=357) and Chinese health care providers (n=224) responded to a survey collecting data on their sociodemographic characteristics and opinions on the importance of 20 smoking cessation app design features studied in previous US research. RESULTS Chinese health care providers expressed strong support of smoking cessation apps on a number of attitude indicators (range 153/224, 68.3% to 204/224, 91.1%). They rated nearly all (18/20) features as very or extremely important (range 52.2%-83.4%) and rated nearly all features (17/20) as more important than the smokers did. More than 60% of smokers rated the following 4 features as very or extremely important: allow sharing the process of smoking cessation with family members and friends (216/319, 67.7%), helping smokers track their progress (such as the amount of smoking per day; 213/319, 66.8%), helping with the side effects of medications and nicotine withdrawal symptoms (201/319, 63.0%), and adapting to ongoing needs and interests of smokers (194/319, 60.8%). Contrary to a similar study of US smokers and health care providers, Chinese smokers and providers rated reputation and ability to communicate with family members and friends as important features, whereas Chinese smokers rated privacy and security as less important. CONCLUSIONS The design of future smoking cessation and health behavior change apps should consider perspectives of both providers and smokers as well as the role of culture.

scholarly journals Design and Development of Smoking Cessation Apps Based on Smokers’ and Providers’ Perspectives in China: Survey Study

10.2196/12200 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. e12200
Author(s):  
Junfang Xu ◽  
Jonathan Bricker ◽  
Xiaoxing Fu ◽  
Chunyan Su ◽  
Peicheng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Privacy And Security

Background Although there are more than 60 smartphone apps for smoking cessation in China, many of them do not include the content and features that health care professionals and smokers prefer—which may make them impractical, unengaging, and ineffective. Therefore, we investigated both health care providers’ and smokers’ preferences for features of future smoking cessation apps. Objective This study aimed to investigate Chinese health care providers’ and smokers’ desired features of a smoking cessation app, with the goal of providing design recommendations for app designers and researchers. Methods Both Chinese smokers who own smartphones (n=357) and Chinese health care providers (n=224) responded to a survey collecting data on their sociodemographic characteristics and opinions on the importance of 20 smoking cessation app design features studied in previous US research. Results Chinese health care providers expressed strong support of smoking cessation apps on a number of attitude indicators (range 153/224, 68.3% to 204/224, 91.1%). They rated nearly all (18/20) features as very or extremely important (range 52.2%-83.4%) and rated nearly all features (17/20) as more important than the smokers did. More than 60% of smokers rated the following 4 features as very or extremely important: allow sharing the process of smoking cessation with family members and friends (216/319, 67.7%), helping smokers track their progress (such as the amount of smoking per day; 213/319, 66.8%), helping with the side effects of medications and nicotine withdrawal symptoms (201/319, 63.0%), and adapting to ongoing needs and interests of smokers (194/319, 60.8%). Contrary to a similar study of US smokers and health care providers, Chinese smokers and providers rated reputation and ability to communicate with family members and friends as important features, whereas Chinese smokers rated privacy and security as less important. Conclusions The design of future smoking cessation and health behavior change apps should consider perspectives of both providers and smokers as well as the role of culture.

scholarly journals Smoking Cessation Practices of Rural and Urban Health Care Providers

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Scott ◽  
Kathleen LaSala ◽  
Carolyn Lyndaker ◽  
Sherry Neil-Urban
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Urban Health Care ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Rural And Urban
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