Implementation strategies to increase smoking cessation treatment provision in primary care: a systematic review of observational studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Internationally, there is an 'evidence-practice gap' in the rate healthcare professionals assess tobacco use and offer cessation support in clinical practice, including primary care. Evidence is needed for implementation strategies enacted in the 'real-world'.

Aim

To identify implementation strategies aiming to increase smoking cessation treatment provision in primary care, their effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and any perceived facilitators and barriers for effectiveness.

Methods

'Embase', 'Medline', 'PsycINFO', 'CINAHL', 'Global Health', 'Social Policy & Practice', 'ASSIA Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts' databases, and grey literature sources were searched from inception to April 2021. Studies were included if they evaluated an implementatio

SUBMITTER: Tildy BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9875430 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature