A Study Protocol for Increasing Access to Smoking Cessation Treatments for Low-Income Minority Smokers.

ABSTRACT: Background: Smoking rates among low-income patients are double those of the general population. Access to health care is an essential social determinant of health. Federally qualified health care centers (FQHC) are government-supported and community-based centers to increase access to health care for non-insured and underinsured patients. However, barriers to implementation impact adherence and sustainability of evidence-based smoking cessation within FQHC settings. To address this implementation barrier, our multi-disciplinary team proposes Mi QUIT CARE (Mile Square QUIT Community-Access-Referral-Expansion) to establish the acceptability, feasibility, and capacity of an FQHC system to deliver an evidence-based and multi-level intervention to increase patient engagement with a state

SUBMITTER: Matthews AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8674302 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature