UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
UW-CTRI staff and partners presented their findings from tobacco research and outreach projects a total of nine times at the 2019 National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Minneapolis August 27-29. The following is a summary of the four presentations and five posters. Presentations: 1. UW-CTRI Outreach Director Rob Adsit discussed quality measures in healthcare, …
The State of Wisconsin has the highest rate in the nation of doctors advising their patients who smoke to quit, according to research from the CDC published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease. Dr. Teresa Wang and colleagues found that Wisconsin doctors advised patients who smoked to quit 81.7 percent of the time, best in …
UW-CTRI regional outreach specialists and staff from the Wisconsin Nicotine Treatment Integration Project (WiNTiP) are partnering with tobacco prevention and control coalitions throughout Wisconsin to train behavioral health providers on how to help their patients quit tobacco use. It’s crucial because behavioral health patients smoke at rates as high as 80-90 percent. Research shows they …
UW-CTRI’s four regional outreach specialists are working to expand the number of health-care systems across the state that refer patients via electronic health records (EHR) to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. This builds on several partnerships with Epic and other health systems to build eReferral into EHR so doctors can efficiently refer a patient who uses …
UW-CTRI researchers presented 14 times at the 2018 annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) at the Baltimore Hilton February 21-24. In addition to six podium presentations, there will be eight posters presented by UW-CTRI experts. Here is a brief summary of the findings. Presentations 1. Referral to Randomized Smoking …
Outreach Specialist Allison Gorrilla presented UW-CTRI research last month at a statewide summit for free and charitable clinics. Gorrilla presented in one of five breakout sessions that the Wisconsin Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (WAFCC) Summit held. The conference brings in clinicians from free and charitable clinics that serve uninsured or underinsured patients from …
UW-CTRI Outreach staff attended the annual state conference of the Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. Here, Christy Vogt of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services speaks to the group. Several UW-CTRI staff members attended the annual Tobacco Prevention and Control Program statewide conference this past month in the Wisconsin Dells. The meeting included a wide array of …
(Above, from left) UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore and Outreach Specialists Allison Gorrilla and Amy Skora discuss how to help patients quit tobacco use during the Days of Learning event October 7 at Country Springs Hotel in Waukesha. UW-CTRI researchers and outreach staff shared the latest news, evidence, and best practices on how to help …