Development and Dissemination of a Tobacco Cessation Training Program for Healthcare Professionals in Spanish-speaking Countries
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 300
- 主要终点
- Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of trainees
研究概览
简要总结
This project is responsive to the identified gap of lack of tobacco cessation training programs in Latin American & Caribbean countries. Currently, smoking rates in the Latin American and Caribbean region are high, and previous surveys show that health professionals do not have enough skills to help smokers to quit. In consequence, in absence of trained health professionals, many smokers who visit health care services are under-treated. The Fruitful Project aims to adapt an original on-line course developed in Spain to the reality of the three Latin American countries (Bolivia, Guatemala and Paraguay) and disseminate evidence-based tobacco cessation interventions among health care professionals.
详细描述
Tobacco cessation training programs to treat tobacco dependence have measureable effects on patients' smoking. Tobacco consumption in low and middle income countries is increasing, but these countries usually lack measures to face the epidemic, including tobacco cessation training programs addressed to their health professionals and organizations.
Based on a previous online training program for hospital workers in Spain, the Fruitful Study aims are twofold:
- to adapt the course to the reality of 3 Spanish-speaking low and middle income countries (Bolivia, Guatemala, and Paraguay) and;
- to evaluate the effectiveness of the program among the participant hospitals and workers.
Investigators use a mixed methods design with a pre-post evaluation (quantitative approach) and in-depth interviews and focus groups (qualitative approach). The main outcomes will be:
- participants' attitudes, knowledge and behaviors before and after the training and
- the level of implementation of tobacco control policies within the hospitals before and after the training.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 70 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Health professionals of the participating centers
排除标准
- •No exclusion criteria
研究组 & 干预措施
Tobacco cessation online training
Six hour smoking cessation online training addressed to health professionals from hospitals in 3 Latin American Countries. Participants are monitored by local coordinators that act as champions. They offer their assistance to log into the online platform, fill out the questionnaires, complete the evaluation, including other technical support. Participants' progress is monitored in real time onto the web platform. The project coordinator at ICO sends a report of the participants progress every other week to coordinators, and if necessary personal emails to motivate students to finish the course and complete the evaluations.
干预措施: Tobacco cessation online training (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of trainees
时间窗: six month
Trainers' attitudes, knowledge and behaviors will be assessed by using a questionnaire composed of 63-items. The web-site delivered questionnaire is e-mailed to the participants at baseline and 6 months after finishing the training. The questionnaire takes 30-40 minutes to complete. It has been designed according to Sheffer work. The questionnaire gathers information about the provider gender, tobacco use history, previous tobacco cessation education, level of proactivity addressing tobacco use, and perceived success in helping patients stop using tobacco.
次要结局
- Compliance with tobacco control policies in hospitals(one year)
研究者
Cristina Martínez Martínez
Doctor
Institut Català d'Oncologia