Assessing the effects of Enhanced Multicomponent Proactive Navigator-Assisted Cessation of Tobacco Use within a federally qualified health center (EMPACT-Us): a protocol study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

California's relatively low smoking rate (10.1% in 2019-2020) (About CHIS, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 2024) masks deep disparities among low-income populations, where smoking rates are nearly double that of their middle- to upper-income peers. Low-income smokers report a similar desire to quit and similar rates of recent quit attempts as smokers from other groups; yet, they often face barriers in accessing effective resources to facilitate successful cessation.

Methods

Our team will conduct a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster, randomized controlled trial of Enhanced Multicomponent Proactive Navigator-Assisted Cessation of Tobacco Use (EMPACT-Us), a suite of tobacco cessation services supported by patient navigators, designed in close partnership with pa

SUBMITTER: Ramirez GF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11656875 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature