Treatment for tobacco dependence for rural, lower-income smokers: outcomes, predictors, and measurement considerations.

Purpose: Outcomes from a statewide program that delivered evidence-based, intensive treatment for tobacco dependence to a rural population of lower socioeconomic status (SES) were evaluated. Factors that predicted success and measurement considerations were examined. DESIGN AND ANALYSES: Data were collected at intake, at all treatment sessions, and at 3- and 12-months posttreatment.

A survey of oral and maxillofacial surgeons' tobacco-use-related knowledge, attitudes and intervention behaviors.

Background: Oral and maxillofacial surgeons (OMS) treat oral disease attributable to and/or complicated by tobacco use and have unique opportunities to treat patients with tobacco dependence. This study assessed the tobacco-use-related knowledge, attitudes and intervention behaviors of OMS in the United States.

Methods: The authors mailed a 38-item survey to members of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (N = 5,234).

A survey of tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of primary care providers in Mississippi.

Rationale: Relative to other regions in the USA, Mississippi has a high prevalence of tobacco use and tobacco-related disease. This study assessed the tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes and intervention behaviours of family doctors, dentists and nurse practitioners in the state of Mississippi.

Methods: The Provider Attitude Survey, an 85-item measure of tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes and intervention behaviours was mailed to all members of Mississippi's Family Medicine, Dentistry and Nurse Practitioner professional organizations (N=2043).

Smoking cessation research in primary care treatment centers: the SCRIPT-MS project.

Despite wide distribution of an evidence-based clinical practice guideline, the provision of treatment for tobacco use has been weak. The primary care setting is an ideal environment in which to implement the tobacco clinical practice guideline. It has been suggested that implementation of the guideline may be enhanced by adapting guideline recommendations into a stepped-care plus treatment-matching model; however, this model has yet to be tested.

Clinical case study: pediatric residents' discussions of and interventions for children's behavioral and emotional problems.

Objective: To examine the effects of a screening instrument and parent handouts on pediatric residents' discussions of and interventions for children's behavioral and emotional problems.

Method: Four pediatric residents and 52 parent-child dyads attending an ambulatory pediatric primary care clinic participated in the study. We used a multiple baseline design across residents.