Study Personnel

Principal Investigators: Connie Sorrell, MPH (KCP), Celeste Worth, CHES (KCP), and Jamie L. Studts, Ph.D.

Study Coordinator: N/A

Graduate Students: Tiffany Cross

Study Synopsis:

Persistent, high rates of smoking in the state of Kentucky prompted the Kentucky Cancer Program (KCP) to develop and implement an intervention targeting clinicians’ capacity and willingness to increase and improve their smoking cessation practices with patients. This study measures the impact of KCP’s program, Providers Practice Prevention: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, specifically analyzing data on changes in clinicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding tobacco cessation in response to the program. The study collects data from three time points—before the intervention, immediately afterward, and one year later—and includes clinicians in various specialties, all of whom may have a significant impact on patient tobacco cessation rates. Data for each clinician type, such as physicians, nurse practitioners, dentists, psychologists, dental hygienists, and others, are analyzed separately to determine the specific advantages and drawbacks of the program for each group.

Publications:

1. Miller, B. F., Sorrell, C. L., Worth, C. T., & Studts, J. L. (March, 2006). Providers Practice Prevention: Treating tobacco use and dependence program for master’s level and newly licensed psychologists. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. San Francisco, California.

2. Miller, B. F., Lotz, C. S., Worth, C. T., Studts, J. L., & Sorrell, C. L. (April, 2005). Providers Practice Prevention – Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Program for psychologists: One-year follow-up data. Poster presented at the 26th annual scientific sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

3. Marmorato, J. L., Worth, C. T., Studts, J. L., & Sorrell, C. L. (October, 2004). Knowledge, attitudes, and clinical practices involving tobacco cessation among Kentucky physicians. Poster presented at the Third Annual Conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Disease. Louisville, Kentucky.

4. Miller, B. F., Lotz, C. L., Worth, C. T., Studts, J. L., & Sorrell, C. L. (October, 2004). Knowledge, attitudes, and clinical practices involving tobacco cessation among Kentucky psychologists. Poster presented at the Third Annual Conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Disease. Louisville, Kentucky.

5. Thomas, S. D., Worth, C. T., Studts, J. L., & Sorrell, C. L. (October, 2004). Knowledge, attitudes, and clinical practices involving tobacco cessation among Kentucky dentists. Poster presented at the Third Annual Conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Disease. Louisville, Kentucky.

6. Worth, C. T., Studts, J. L., & Sorrell, C. L. (October, 2004). Treating tobacco use and dependence: One-year follow-up of the Providers Practice Prevention Program. Poster presented at the Third Annual Conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Disease. Louisville, Kentucky.

7. Worth, C., & Studts, J. L. (February, 2004). Providers Practice Prevention: Treating tobacco use and dependence. Presented to the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, Kentucky.

8. Worth, C., & Studts, J. L. (October, 2003). Providers Practice Prevention: Treating tobacco use and dependence. Presented to the Kentucky Medical Association Cancer Committee, Louisville, Kentucky.