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Developing A Sustainable Group Tobacco Control Program In A Community Mental Health Clinic, Jennifer Burns
Developing A Sustainable Group Tobacco Control Program In A Community Mental Health Clinic, Jennifer Burns
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While substantial practical, empirical, and theoretical contributions have been made toward the implementation of healthcare innovations, significantly less attention has been directed towards the sustainability of these interventions. For this reason, many healthcare innovations become unsustainable over time—yielding few long-term improvements, causing stakeholder disenchantment, and wasting valuable resources. The use of tobacco products is a leading cause of preventable death and disease in the United States that is disproportionately prevalent among individuals with severe mental illness, making the development and sustainment of evidencebased tobacco control programs imperative to alleviating this public health burden. As a final project in Grand Valley’s …
Improving A Midwestern Community Mental Health Organization's Smoking Treatment Services For Individuals With Serious Mental Illness, Leah J. Magnuson
Improving A Midwestern Community Mental Health Organization's Smoking Treatment Services For Individuals With Serious Mental Illness, Leah J. Magnuson
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Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Billions of dollars are lost yearly in direct and indirect healthcare costs as well as lost work productivity due to smoking. While smoking rates have declined among those of the general population, they remain high among those with serious mental illness (SMI). Many of those with SMI desire to quit and are able to quit smoking when they are provided with appropriate interventions and resources. It is recommended for those with SMI to receive combined interventions in the form of pharmacotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to help …