DTIC ADA478689: A Model DoD Systems Approach pdf

DTIC ADA478689: A Model DoD Systems Approach

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Military personnel have a smoking rate of approximately 30%, and recent evidence indicates this rate is no longer decreasing. Given the costs in terms of health care expenditures and decreased troop readiness, more must be done to decrease smoking in the military. The primary objective of the study was to evaluate whether implementation of a specialized intervention program based on the recommendations of the DoD Tobacco Cessation Policy Working Group and the VHA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines for tobacco interventions would result in lower smoking cessation rates among active duty personnel and TRICARE Prime beneficiaries (i.e., individuals who receive their medical care primarily from military installations). The project intervention combined state-of-the-art components from community trials with empirically supported clinical interventions to form a unique, comprehensive tobacco control program for military installations. Specifically, it focused on three areas of intervention: expanding pharmacotherapy as a benefit, providing training to both medical and non-medical personnel regarding brief interventions with tobacco users, and using a social marketing approach to develop a targeted media campaign to reduce tobacco use among junior enlisted personnel

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 10/1/2007
• Year: 2007
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, Lando, Harry, MINNESOTA UNIV MINNEAPOLIS, *MILITARY FACILITIES, *CLINICAL MEDICINE, *MEDICAL SERVICES, *HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT, *TOBACCO PLANTS, MILITARY OPERATIONS, CONTROL, OPERATIONAL READINESS, COSTS, SYSTEMS APPROACH, INTERNET, INTERVENTION, INSTRUCTIONS, ACTIVE DUTY, ENLISTED PERSONNEL, STATE OF THE ART, POLICIES, MILITARY PERSONNEL

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