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Qualitative Evaluation of a New Tobacco Cessation Training Curriculum for Patient Navigators

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Treatments for tobacco dependence exist but are underutilized, particularly among low-income and minority smokers. Patient navigation has been shown to help patients overcome barriers to quality care. In preparation for testing the feasibility of integrating tobacco cessation patient navigation into primary care, this paper describes the development and qualitative evaluation of a new curriculum for training patient navigators to address cessation treatment barriers faced by low-income, minority smokers who are advised to quit by their physicians. Thematic text analysis of transcripts obtained from focus groups with experienced patient navigators (n = 19) was conducted. Participants endorsed patient navigation as a relevant strategy for addressing tobacco cessation treatment barriers and made several recommendations regarding the knowledge, core competencies, and skills needed to conduct tobacco cessation patient navigation. This curriculum could be used by existing patient navigation training centers or made available as a self-guided continuing education program for experienced navigators who wish to expand their navigation interventions to include a tobacco cessation focus.

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  1. This tobacco cessation patient navigation training module is available from the authors upon request.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute #U54CA137788/U54CA132378 CCNY/MSKCC Partnership and T32CA009461 Institutional Training Grant.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Jamie S. Ostroff, Elyse Shuk, Jack Burkhalter, Jeralyn Cortez-Weir & Vanessa N. Burnside

  2. Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Paul Krebs

  3. Stony Brook University Medical Center, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Wei-Hsin Lu

  4. Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention, 1919 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, USA

    Rian Rodriguez

  5. Department of Community Health and Social Medicine, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at The City College of New York, New York, NY, USA

    Erica I. Lubetkin

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Ostroff, J.S., Shuk, E., Krebs, P. et al. Qualitative Evaluation of a New Tobacco Cessation Training Curriculum for Patient Navigators. J Canc Educ 26, 427–435 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-011-0229-8

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