Implementing tobacco use treatment guidelines in community health centers in Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vietnam has a smoking prevalence that is the second highest among Southeast Asian countries (SEACs). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), most reductions in mortality from tobacco use in the near future will be achieved through helping current users quit. Yet, largely due to a lack of research on strategies for implementing WHO-endorsed treatment guidelines in primary care settings, services to treat tobacco dependence are not readily available to smokers in low middle-income countries (LMICs) like Vietnam. The objective of this study is to conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial that compares the effectiveness of two system-level strategies for implementing evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of tobacco use in 26 public community health center

SUBMITTER: Shelley D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4600252 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature