Predictors of improved clinician screening, assessment, and treatment for tobacco use for clients in community mental healthcare following training.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People with mental illness (MI) are more likely to smoke cigarettes and less likely to receive treatment for tobacco use than the general population. Understanding factors associated with improved staff treatment of tobacco use in community mental health settings has received limited study.

Methods

We used data from a completed cluster-randomized clinical trial that tested two interventions designed to increase treatment for tobacco use in mental health clinics. Among 222 clinic staff, we examined demographic and employment characteristics, changes in perceived skills, knowledge, and beliefs using the S-KAP (i.e., perceptions of staff responsibility to treat tobacco use; client quit motivation; client outcomes; and barriers) as predictors of change in clinician

SUBMITTER: Foster CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10715997 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature