A Model DoD Systems Approach for Tobacco Cessation
Abstract
While tobacco use in the military costs over $584 million per year in health related expenses, 29.9% of our enlisted forces continue to smoke (Helyer, Brehm, & Penno, 1995; Bray, Sanchez, Ornstein, et al., 1999) The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a community initiative on smoking prevalence among active duty personnel and TRICARE Prime beneficiaries. Sixteen military installations (four each from the Air Force, Army, marines, and navy) will be assigned to either an intervention or delayed intervention condition. At the end of this second year of the study research accomplishments include implementing, monitoring and modifying the intervention at Air Force sites, refining the survey instrument, creating all of the necessary components of the community campaign, sourcing, identifying and random assignment of the Navy and Marine sites, obtaining preliminary lRB approval from the Bethesda Navy lRB, and consulting with Army personnel on identifying Army bases that will volunteer to participate in the study.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA413897
Entities
People
- Harry A. Lando
Organizations
- University of Minnesota