Mapping U.S. government tobacco control leadership: networked for success?

Introduction: In order to better understand how tobacco control efforts are coordinated across agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), we assessed tobacco control-related communication between tobacco control leaders across DHHS.

Methods: Cross-sectional surveys were collected from individuals representing 11 DHHS agencies, and social network analyses were used to assess linkages and map agencies' tobacco control communication.

Results: Individuals within the Office of the Secretary and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were most central to the network, and those of highest rank were most likely to be central to the network (F = 4.

Tobacco-related research funding at the National Cancer Institute: Portfolio analysis, fiscal year 2003.

A variety of methods is used to classify research conducted or funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). We undertook this analysis to delineate research funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) that specifically addresses a tobacco-related research question. Intramural projects, extramural grants, and contracts were coded according to eight categories based on information in the abstracts.

Identifying health disparities across the tobacco continuum.

Aims: Few frameworks have addressed work-force diversity, inequities and inequalities as part of a comprehensive approach to eliminating tobacco-related health disparities. This paper summarizes the literature and describes the known disparities that exist along the tobacco disease continuum for minority racial and ethnic groups, those living in poverty, those with low education and blue-collar and service workers. The paper also discusses how work-force diversity, inequities in research practice and knowledge allocation and inequalities in access to and quality of health care are fundamental to addressing disparities in health.

Cigarette smoking and quitting behaviors among unemployed adults in the United States.

Little is known about factors associated with smoking among the unemployed. This study estimated the prevalence of smoking and examined sociodemographic factors associated with current, former, and successful quitting among unemployed adults aged 18-64. Cross-sectional data on 13,480 participants in the 1998-1999 and 2001-2002 Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Surveys were analyzed.