The implementation of ask-advise-connect in a federally qualified health center: a mixed methods evaluation using the re-aim framework.
Transl Behav Med
; 13(8): 551-560, 2023 08 11.
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Ask-Advise-Connect (AAC) simplifies and streamlines the process of asking patients about their smoking status, advising smokers to quit, and connecting patients through the electronic health record with free, evidence-based tobacco cessation treatment offered by state Quitlines. This study is the first to evaluate perceptions of AAC among clinic leadership and staff. After an 18-month implementation of AAC at a clinic serving mostly low-income Latinos and Latinas, clinic staff (e.g., medical assistants) and leaders were interviewed. Respondents reported that AAC streamlined their efforts to get patients to quit smoking, was easy to carry out, and fit well into the clinic flow. Staff wanted to keep AAC as the standard of care and made suggestions to improve how AAC works. They reported positive feedback from patients. In addition, a similar proportion of smokers enrolled in Quitline treatment as in other AAC trials. Thus, AAC worked well for patients and clinic staff. Having AAC in other clinics could improve enrollment in evidence-based smoking cessation treatment, facilitate successful smoking cessation among low-income primary care patients, and reduce burden on healthcare providers.
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Cese del Hábito de Fumar
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Fumadores
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Humans
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Transl Behav Med
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2023
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Article
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Estados Unidos