Addressing Tobacco Cessation at Federally Qualified Health Centers: Current Practices & Resources

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• Alternative Title:
  J Health Care Poor Underserved
• Personal Author:
  Flocke, Susan A. ; Vanderpool, Robin ; Birkby, Genevieve ; Gullett, Heidi ; Seaman, Elizabeth L. ; Land, Stephanie ; Zeliadt, Steve
• Description:
  This study assesses the current practices of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to address tobacco cessation with patients. A national sample of 112 FQHC medical directors completed the web-based survey. Frequently endorsed barriers to providing tobacco cessation services were: patients lacking insurance coverage (35%), limited transportation (27%), and variance in coverage of cessation services by insurance type (26%). Nearly 50% indicated that two or more tobacco cessation resources met the needs of their patients; 25% had one resource, and the remaining 25% had no resources. There were no differences among resource groups in the use of electronic health record (EHR) best-practice-alerts for tobacco use or in the perceived barriers to providing tobacco cessation assistance. Systems changes to harmonize coverage of tobacco assistance, such as broader accessibility to evidence-based cessation services could have a positive impact on the efforts of FQHCs to provide tobacco cessation assistance to their patients.
• Subjects:
  Health Care Surveys Humans Safety-net Providers Tobacco Use Cessation United States
• Keywords:
  Community Health Centers Federally Qualified Health Centers Tobacco Tobacco Cessation
• Source:
  J Health Care Poor Underserved. 30(3):1024-1036
• Pubmed ID:
  31422986
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6724530
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP001911/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP001932/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP005013/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP001930/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP005014/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8b0a957ea4c027de30274fb40fe8f5c23a91fac19289d6c4481c133d3f897d741f9a4a30925626d48e65010d7e3f94c1a27208ce8ab9ed4ff1be31463a1013aa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/81241/cdc_81241_DS1.pdf
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