Journal article
Awakening the sleeping giant: mainstreaming efforts to decrease tobacco use in an HMO
HMO practice, Vol.9(3), pp.138-143
09/01/1995
PMID: 10151099
Abstract
Group Health Cooperative (GHC) of Puget Sound is developing, within a framework of quality improvement, a comprehensive population-based approach to decreasing the prevalence of tobacco use. Broad organizational support has been obtained, centralized support is being integrated with clinic-level activity, local ownership of outcomes is encouraged with empowerment of health care teams, and support for community and policy-based activities is being provided. GHC's smoking prevalence has decreased from 25% to 15.5% over the past decade, while the state of Washington's prevalence declined from 23.7% to 21.8%.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Awakening the sleeping giant: mainstreaming efforts to decrease tobacco use in an HMO
- Creators
- T McAfeeJ WilsonS DaceyN SofianS CurryB Wagener
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- HMO practice, Vol.9(3), pp.138-143
- PMID
- 10151099
- ISSN
- 0891-6624
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/1995
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984366281502771
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