Primary healthcare provider knowledge, beliefs and clinic-based practices regarding alternative tobacco products and marijuana: a qualitative study

Health Education Research
Ta Misha S BascombeCarla J Berg

Abstract

Use prevalence of alternative tobacco products and marijuana has increased dramatically. Unfortunately, clinical guidelines have focused on traditional cigarettes with limited attention regarding these emerging public health issues. Thus, it is critical to understand how healthcare professionals view this issue and are responding to it. This qualitative study explored knowledge, beliefs and clinic-based practices regarding traditional and alternative tobacco products (cigar-like products, smokeless tobacco, hookah, e-cigarettes) and marijuana among rural and urban Georgia primary healthcare providers. The sample comprised 20 healthcare providers in primary care settings located in the Atlanta Metropolitan area and rural southern Georgia who participated in semi-structured interviews. Results indicated a lack of knowledge about these products, with some believing that some products were less harmful than traditional cigarettes or that they may be effective in promoting cessation or harm reduction. Few reported explicitly assessing use of these various products in clinic. In addition, healthcare providers reported a need for empirical evidence to inform their clinical practice. Healthcare providers must systematically assess use ...Continue Reading

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Jan 15, 2017·Health Education Research·Neneh Rowa-DewarAmanda Amos
Jun 9, 2018·Primary Health Care Research & Development·Faraz MughalMohammed Jawad
Apr 3, 2019·Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco·Daniel A ErkuKathryn J Steadman
Jun 18, 2020·Tobacco Prevention & Cessation·Helena KoprivnikarJerneja L Farkas
Dec 2, 2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Tom LiuCarolyn S Calfee

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