An Open Access article published in the Health Behavior and Policy Review Journal.
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Authors:
Matthew Taing, BS and Kathy Le, BA, Authors contributed equally
Maggie Britton, PhD
Tzuan A. Chen, PhD
Michael C. Parent, PhD
Irene Tamí-Maury, DrPH, DMD, MSc Isabel Martinez Leal, PhD
Anastasia Rogova, PhD
Bryce Kyburz, MA
Teresa Williams, MS
Mayuri Patel, MPH
Lorraine R. Reitzel, PhD, FAAHB, FSRNT
Objective:
We evaluated the use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for smoking cessation in centers providing behavioral healthcare for patient populations that included some proportion of sexual and gender minorities (SGMs).
Methods:
Healthcare providers from 75 healthcare centers across Texas serving SGMs with behavioral health needs participated in a survey assessing their center’s tobacco control policies and practices.
Results:
Nearly half (N = 36) of participating centers had a comprehensive tobacco-free workplace policy, 30.67% employed ≥ 1 tobacco treatment specialist, 73.91% employed ≥ 1 prescriber, 80.82% mandated screening for patient tobacco use at intake, and 57.53% provided a template for tobacco use assessments. Overall, 70.67% of providers asked patients about smoking status, 69.33% advised patients to quit, 64.00% assessed patients’ interest in quitting, 58.67% assisted patients with quit attempts, and 36.00% arranged follow-up. Providers’ ability to tailor interventions for special populations like SGMs ranged from very low/0 to very high/10 (M = 4.63 + 2.59).
Conclusions:
There are opportunities to improve policy implementation, standardization and usage of evidence-based interventions, and intervention tailoring within settings providing care to SGM patients in Texas to address their tobacco use inequities.
Source: Health Behavior and Policy Review, Volume 9, Number 6, November 2022, pp. 1074-1088(15)
Publisher: Paris Scholar Publishing Ltd.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.9.6.1