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Pharmacist-Managed Tobacco Cessation Program in Veterans Health Administration Community-Based Outpatient Clinic
- Source :
- Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 44:700-715
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2004.
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Abstract
- Objective To describe an ongoing pharmacist-managed tobacco cessation clinic and assess the long-term effectiveness of the program. Setting Veterans Health Administration (VHA) community-based outpatient clinic in Missoula, Montana. Participants Pharmacy professor/clinical pharmacy specialist, advanced pharmacy practice experience students, and tobacco cessation participants. Practice Description Ongoing, pharmacist-managed tobacco cessation program offered to veterans. Practice Innovation With use of the “Vets without Cigarettes” program developed by the Montana VHA and the most current strategies reported in the literature, the clinical pharmacy specialist and pharmacy students provide tobacco cessation services for Missoula Veterans Affairs Primary Care Center veterans. Activities include a three-session program using the Transtheoretical Model of Change, tobacco cessation pharmacotherapy, behavioral strategies, cognitive techniques, documentation, and follow-up survey. Main Outcome Measure Percentage of veterans contacted reporting tobacco abstinence. Results Follow-up survey results were obtained for 130 (87.8%) of 148 veterans attending one or more sessions of the tobacco cessation class between November 1999 and December 2003. Of the 130 veterans contacted, 54 (41.5%) continued to be tobacco free. Conclusion This program demonstrates that pharmacists are effective providers of tobacco cessation services. Furthermore, a comprehensive tobacco cessation program is provided that can serve as a model to guide pharmacists in assisting more patients to become tobacco free and live healthier lifestyles.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
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medicine.medical_treatment
Pharmacist
Pharmacology (nursing)
Pharmacy
Community Pharmacy Services
Ambulatory Care Facilities
medicine
Humans
Outpatient clinic
Program Development
Psychiatry
Bupropion
Veterans Affairs
health care economics and organizations
Veterans
media_common
Tobacco Use Cessation
Pharmacology
Motivation
business.industry
Professional-Patient Relations
Tobacco Use Disorder
Abstinence
United States
humanities
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
Clinical pharmacy
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Treatment Outcome
Family medicine
Smoking cessation
Pharmacy practice
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15443191
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Pharmacists Association
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....57a88fb2916379b0228ee23baf26be6a