TY - JOUR
T1 - Listen to the consumer
T2 - Designing a tailored smoking-cessation program for women
AU - Katzburg, Judith R.
AU - Farmer, Melissa M.
AU - Poza, Ines V.
AU - Sherman, Scott E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The following agencies are acknowledged: (a) VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and the Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior for additional resources and support, (b) American Legacy Foundation for funding this research project, and (c) 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 Elizabeth Yano, Ph.D., and the women veterans who participated in our focus groups and so graciously provided us with their insights.
Funding Information:
Address correspondence to Judith R. Katzburg, UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Institute, UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Gold Hall, Suite B307, Box 951481, Los Angeles, CA 90095. E-mail: [email protected] Institution where research performed: Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs. This research was funded by the American Legacy Foundation and was conducted in Los Angeles, California.
Funding Information:
Dr. Scott E. Sherman is Staff Physician at the Veterans Health Administration (VA) New York Harbor Healthcare System in Manhattan and Associate Professor of Medicine 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 Cal-ifornia Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, and the American Legacy Foundation. His current studies ex-amine how to get providers and medical centers to adopt tobacco control practices that have been shown to be ef-ficacious. In addition, from 2002–2006, he was Chair of the VA’s Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation Technical Advisory Group, which takes an evidence-based approach to helping the VA set national policies and practices for smoking cessation.
Copyright:
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PY - 2008/7
Y1 - 2008/7
N2 - We used a consumer-driven approach to develop a model smoking-cessation program for women. Four focus groups (N = 23 [5-7/group]), each lasting 2 hours, were led by a professional moderator and audiotaped in 2004. Researchers reviewed transcripts; key themes were identified using scrutiny techniques (Ryan and Bernard, 2003). Necessary elements of a smoking-cessation program for women included support and choice (i.e., control over the program components), suggesting the need for an individualized program. Identifying appropriate components is a critical step in the development of efficacious programs that target substance-abusing populations; focus group methodology is useful in this endeavor. The study's implications and limitations are noted.
AB - We used a consumer-driven approach to develop a model smoking-cessation program for women. Four focus groups (N = 23 [5-7/group]), each lasting 2 hours, were led by a professional moderator and audiotaped in 2004. Researchers reviewed transcripts; key themes were identified using scrutiny techniques (Ryan and Bernard, 2003). Necessary elements of a smoking-cessation program for women included support and choice (i.e., control over the program components), suggesting the need for an individualized program. Identifying appropriate components is a critical step in the development of efficacious programs that target substance-abusing populations; focus group methodology is useful in this endeavor. The study's implications and limitations are noted.
KW - Consumer-focus
KW - Smoking cessation
KW - Tailored
KW - Women veterans
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U2 - 10.1080/10826080801914204
DO - 10.1080/10826080801914204
M3 - Article
C2 - 18649241
AN - SCOPUS:47949108473
SN - 1082-6084
VL - 43
SP - 1240
EP - 1259
JO - Substance Use and Misuse
JF - Substance Use and Misuse
IS - 8-9
ER -