Combining women's preferences and expert advice to design a tailored smoking cessation program

Judith R. Katzburg, Elizabeth M. Yano, Donna L. Washington, Melissa M. Farmer, Ellen F.T. Yee, Steven Fu, Irene Trowell-Harris, Scott E. Sherman

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Abstract

We designed a patient-centered smoking cessation program for women in 2004/2005, incorporating women's preferences and expert opinion. Our four-step process included: (1) concept-development focus groups; (2) an expert panel; (3) concept-testing focus groups, and (4) a pilot study. Data analyses occurred in 2004-2007. The new program offered options: the traditional Veterans Health Administration (VA) male-dominated program was the least selected option in the pilot study. Patients can be effectively involved in program development. The study's implications and limitations are noted. This research (conducted in Los Angeles, California) was funded by the American Legacy Foundation with additional VA support.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2114-2137
Number of pages24
JournalSubstance Use and Misuse
Volume44
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 23 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We designed a patient-centered smoking cessation program for women in 2004/2005, incorporating women’s preferences and expert opinion. Our four-step process included: (1) concept-development focus groups; (2) an expert panel; (3) concept-testing focus groups, and (4) a pilot study. Data analyses occurred in 2004–2007. The new program offered options: the traditional Veterans Health Administration (VA) male-dominated program was the least selected option in the pilot study. Patients can be effectively involved in program development. The study’s implications and limitations are noted. This research (conducted in Los Angeles, California) was funded by the American Legacy Foundation with additional VA support.

Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the following agencies: Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and the VA HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior for additional resources and support (Project # 012), American Legacy Foundation for funding this research project, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for funding Dr. Katzburg’s postdoctoral fellowship which provided support during part of this project. We would also like to acknowledge the following individuals for their support of this project and for participating in the expert panel: Kim Hamlett-Berry, Ph.D, Ines V. Poza, Ph.D, Carole Turner, MSN and Callie Wight, MA. Address correspondence to Judith R. Katzburg, PhD. E-mail: [email protected].

Funding Information:
Scott E. Sherman, M.D. is Staff Physician at the Veterans Health Administration (VA) New York Harbor Health-care System in Manhattan and Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. In the last several years, he has been Principal Investigator on grants from the Veterans Health Administration, the California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, and the American Legacy Foundation. His current studies examine how to get providers and med-ical centers to adopt tobacco control practices that have been shown to be efficacious. In addition, Dr. Sherman is currently the Interim Chief of the Section of Geriatric Medicine at New York University School of Medicine. At the time of the study and initial manuscript preparation, Dr. Sherman worked at the VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence, Sepulveda, CA.

Keywords

  • Consumer focus
  • Expert panel
  • Smoking cessation
  • Tailored
  • Women veterans

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