Smoking cessation among African American and white smokers in the veterans affairs health care system

D.J. Burgess, M. Van Ryn, S. Noorbaloochi, B. Clothier, B.C. Taylor, S. Sherman, A.M. Joseph and S.S. Fu

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue S4, S580-S587

Abstract: Objectives. We examined whether a proactive care smoking cessation intervention designed to overcome barriers to treatment would be especially effective at increasing cessation among African Americans receiving care in the Veterans Health Administration. Methods. We analyzed data from a randomized controlled trial, the Veterans Victory over Tobacco study, involving a population-based electronic registry of current smokers (702 African Americans, 1569 Whites) and assessed 6-month prolonged smoking abstinence at 1 year via a follow-up survey of all current smokers. We also examined candidate risk adjustors for the race effect on smoking abstinence. Results. The interaction between patient race and intervention condition (proactive care vs usual care) was not significant. Overall, African Americans had higher quit rates than Whites (13% vs 9%; P

Keywords: adolescent; adult; African American; aged; article; Caucasian; controlled clinical trial; controlled study; ethnology; female; government; human; male; methodology; middle aged; motivation; multicenter study; randomized controlled trial; risk factor; smoking cessation; socioeconomics; statistics; time; tobacco dependence; United States; very elderly; veterans health; young adult, Adolescent; Adult; African Americans; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Motivation; Risk Factors; Smoking Cessation; Socioeconomic Factors; Time Factors; Tobacco Use Disorder; United States; United States Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302023

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