American journal of preventive medicine
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Strategic collaborations are essential in moving public health research and practice forward, particularly in light of escalating fiscal and environmental challenges facing the public health community. This commentary provides background and context for an emerging partnership between two national networks, Prevention Research Centers (PRCs) and Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs), to impact public health practice. Supported by CDC, PRCs are celebrating over 25 years of transdisciplinary applied prevention research grounded in community and stakeholder engagement. ⋯ By utilizing each of the networks’ respective strengths and resources, collaborative ventures between PRCs and Public Health PBRNs can enhance the translation of applied prevention research to evidence-based practice and empirically investigate novel public health practices developed in the field. Three current PRC-Public Health PBRNs projects are highlighted and future research directions are discussed. Improving the interconnectedness of prevention research and public health practice is essential to improve the health of the Nation.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
The Ask-Advise-Connect approach for smokers in a safety net healthcare system: a group-randomized trial.
Because smoking has a profound impact on socioeconomic disparities in illness and death, it is crucial that vulnerable populations of smokers be targeted with treatment. The U.S. Public Health Service recommends that all patients be asked about their smoking at every visit and that smokers be given brief advice to quit and referred to treatment. ⋯ The AAC approach to aiding smoking cessation has tremendous potential to reduce tobacco-related health disparities.
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Multicenter Study
Triple tobacco screen: opportunity to help families become smokefree.
American Academy of Pediatrics policy recommends that pediatricians document environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure of a child at every visit. The extent to which pediatricians adhere to this policy, however, is unknown. ⋯ Pediatricians infrequently addressed ETS exposure of children among parents who do and do not smoke. Substantial missed opportunities may exist to counsel smokers and reduce ETS exposure of children in the most common exposure locations-the home and car.
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Comparative Study
A content analysis of popular smartphone apps for smoking cessation.
Smartphone applications (apps) are increasingly available for smoking cessation. ⋯ Apps could be improved by better integration with the Clinical Practice Guidelines and other evidence-based practices.