Evaluation of a Tobacco Treatment Training Program

R. Constance Wiener, Lauren W. Swager, Melissa Suann Gaydos and Susan K. Morgan
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R. Constance Wiener: Department of Dental Public Health and Professional Practice, School of Dentistry, West Virginia University, 104a Health Sciences Addition, P.O. Box 9415, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Lauren W. Swager: Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, School of Dentistry, West Virginia University, 930 Chestnut Ridge Road, P.O. Box 9137, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
Melissa Suann Gaydos: Department of Dental Public Health and Professional Practice, School of Dentistry, West Virginia University, 104a Health Sciences Addition, P.O. Box 9415, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Susan K. Morgan: Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, West Virginia University, 1087 Health Sciences North, P.O. Box 9490, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 8, 1-10

Abstract: There is a need for program evaluations associated with educating healthcare professionals about the treatment of patients who use tobacco. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training program with a pre-test and post-test (provided six months after the program) to determine if participants-maintained knowledge and practices to help patients with tobacco cessation in a mixed-model analysis. A pre-test survey was administered to attendees of a three-day tobacco treatment training continuing education certification program. After 6 months, the attendees were provided a post-test survey with open-ended and Likert-style questions. There were 98 participants who completed the pre-test and 16 who completed the post-test. Responses to the knowledge, confidence, and skills post-test indicated that there was significant improvement and maintenance at the six-month post-test. For example, knowledge improved from a mean of 61.1% (SD: 25.6%) to a mean of 87.9% (SD: 14.4%); medians of 66.7% and 77.7%, respectively, p < 0.001. The in-depth, intensive, three-day TTS training program had a lasting impact. Providers reported greater commitment to helping their patients quit and maintain tobacco cessation habits.

Keywords: tobacco; nicotine; tobacco cessation; tobacco treatment training; TTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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