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Reducing tobacco health disparities: An evidence-based dissemination program for psychologists and other professionals working with health priority populations
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
: 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM
Gwendolyn Keita, PhD
,
American Psychological Association, Washington, DC
Patricia DiSandro
,
American Psychological Association, Washington, DC
U.S. smoking rates have significantly decreased over the last 10 years due to aggressive evidence-based intervention programs and policies. Smoking, however, remains the leading cause of preventable death and continues to account for a large proportion of health-related expenditures (about $193 billion in 2011). Health priority populations, e.g., mentally ill, American Indians, are disproportionately impacted by smoking. Their health could be improved if providers actively attended to their tobacco use with appropriate, proven interventions. Increasing the use of evidence-based interventions is a major issue in the field. Dissemination is critical to implementation and professional associations can play a critical role. The American Psychological Association has developed a targeted dissemination program to increase psychologists’ involvement in smoking cessation efforts with health priority populations. The program will be described including the needs assessment process (e.g., an invited meeting of experts including researchers and program directors and key informant interviews to determine perspectives on practice behaviors and evidence-based practices) and findings (e.g., six areas of need including awareness/training, collaborations, materials/resources; reimbursement); material development (web content, new app on smoking in health priority populations for professionals); dissemination strategies (training of Behavioral Social Science Volunteers, strategic release of information); and evaluation plans (preliminary results). Lessons learned thus far include the finding that providers underestimate the urgency of attending to smoking and are less familiar with newer research showing the broader benefits of doing so, and that we have to address persisting concerns about the availability and appropriateness of evidence-based practices for health disparity populations.
Learning Areas:
Diversity and culture
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Learning Objectives:
Identify tobacco related health problems and intervention needs in health priority populations.
Describe barriers experienced by psychologists and other health professionals (e.g., urgency, competency) that affect their attending to smoking and other tobacco use in health priority populations
Identify evidence-based smoking interventions effective with health priority populations
List concerns professionals have with evidence-based practices when used with health priority populations and ways to address them
Keyword(s): Health Disparities/Inequities, Tobacco Use
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Project Director of a federally funded grant focusing on the dissemination of evidence-based practices on smoking within health priority populations. I am developing the American Psychological Association's strategic initiative on health disparities (focus on stress, obesity, and substance use and addiction),have developed health disparities research and diversity mentoring programs at NIDA/NIH), and conducted mental health related research in a university.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
