NIH R01 · 2025
TEAM-UP: Tobacco treatment navigators uniting with primary care
PROJECT SUMMARY Tobacco use disorder is the deadliest substance use disorder accounting for nearly half a million premature deaths in the United States each year. Primary care clinics have the potential to reach the majority of the population with tobacco cessation assistance in the context of ongoing care, but uptake of evidence-based strategies is poor. Team-based and electronic health record-supported approaches to promote tobacco assessment and referral to cessation services (e.g. Quitlines) have been successful, but were significantly disrupted by the sequelae of COVID-19. Population outreach approaches using navigators and technologies such as patient portals have been effective in…
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