Posted on 12/16/2003 2:52:55 AM PST by qam1
Tobacco Prevention Program, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
OBJECTIVE: Much research exists demonstrating that pediatricians should counsel patients and families about tobacco. However, few data are available about tobacco-related messages relayed in pediatric offices. Since an anti-tobacco office environment can be a strong component of an active tobacco prevention program, we evaluated pediatric offices in Delaware to characterize tobacco-related messages.
METHODS: A convenience sample of 32 of 63 (51%) pediatric offices in Delaware was directly evaluated for the presence of tobacco-related messages. Fifty-five of 63 (87%) pediatric practices in Delaware were contacted by telephone to inquire about the presence of a tobacco coordinator.
RESULTS: The 32 practices represented 71 physicians, were located in all three counties throughout the state, and were urban and non-urban in setting. The same investigator evaluated practices in a single site visit. All were located in smoke-free buildings. At one office, people were seen smoking outside; however, the presence of discarded cigarettes was much more common. Thirteen practices (41%) employed smokers, most of whom smoked outside during work hours. Twenty-one of 28 practices (75%) had waiting room magazines containing tobacco advertisements. Fifteen practices (47%) offered anti-tobacco literature while six practices (19%) displayed visual media, none exclusively addressing tobacco. Nine practices (28%) use chart flags to identify smokers. None of 55 pediatric practices in Delaware contacted by telephone identified an office tobacco prevention coordinator.
CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate that, in Delaware, the pediatric offices we visited overall convey a limited message about tobacco and could strengthen tobacco prevention strategies. Research measuring the impact of office-based anti-tobacco messages is needed. If these messages are effective in preventing tobacco use, practitioners can supplement active counseling with indirect interventions that require minimal maintenance once established and that place no additional demands on their time.
PMID: 14661424 [PubMed - in process]
This! Must! Be! Stopped!
OK, I just used up my "outrage" quota for the week.
Hire me?
May I join you, I am in the wrong racket, Here I am slaving away day to day and there are people out there who actually get paid to check out magazines in doctors offices.
I was just going to say, this looks like a precursor publication to a grant application. Apparently there's some tobacco money up for grabs next year for funding of various scientific projects. This is probably another attempt to suckle at that "smokey teat". hehe
heh......sounds lilke a plan. About time those $3-$4 prices for cigs paid off.
To find a position in which I can receive Taxpayer money to run studies with predetermined conclusions with the intent to dictate to people to live their lives the way I think they should and to get revenge on the cool kids who picked on me and the girls who wouldn't go out with me in high school.
EDUCATION
Associate Degree in Liberal Arts at local community college which of course gives me expertise in Biology, Medicine, Statistics and buisness
WORK EXPERIENCE
Current:
Professional Protester.
Attended many rallys for Liberal causes with such distinguished groups as A.N.S.W.E.R., MoveOn.org, Rainbow Coalition and The Al Shapton rent-a-mob.
SKILLS
Lack of conscious, Can lie with a straight face, Can Repeat talking points and sound bytes from the playbook over and over again, Can pick and choose data to make our study work, Ability to troll newsgroups and lastly though I never ran one myself I know how to run a buisness better than people who actually do.
REFERENCES
None. I do not have any friends
Do you need a white paper from me also?
To suck funds from the public trough until I am independently wealthy enough to buy my own South Sea island.
EDUCATION
Trade school for Anesthesiology (two semesters!)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Current:
House husband and soccer dad.
SKILLS
Fuctional phsychopath. Morals but no conscience.
Able to stare down any smoker around while waving hands in the air to simulate moving smoke away from self.
Making coughing noises when just seeing a pack of cigarettes in someones pocket.
Ability to misinterpret data to support inaccurate conclusions.
Swallowing hot dogs whole. (Comes in handy when soliciting funding)
REFERENCES
Stanton Glantz
C. Everett Coop
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