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Translational Tobacco Reduction Research Program
Intervention Research
 

COMPONENT 2: INTERVENTION RESEARCH:

Investigations of effective interventions to prevent, reduce, and stop tobacco use.


Faculty Research:

FAX to Quit: West Virginia Pregnant Smokers Hooked on the Quitline. [10/1/2008-9/30/2009]
USDHHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. $99,073.
Kimberly Horn: Principal Investigator

Building Capacity through Insight: Community Assessment of Barriers to Recruiting American Indian Youth and Young Adults into Smoking Cessation Programming [11/1/2004-10/31/2005]
American Legacy Foundation $100,000
Kimberly Horn: Principal Investigator

Staying Quit and Fit: A Smoking+Physical Activity Intervention for Teen Smokers [2004-2009] (A study of Not On Tobacco)
USDHHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U48) $800,000 (approx.)
Kimberly Horn: Principal Investigator

Tobacco Intervention as American Indian Hope and Honor [2002-2006]
USDHHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R06) $1,300,000
Kimberly Horn: Principal Investigator

Evaluation of N-O-T smoking cessation program: Wisconsin [2002-2006]
American Lung Association of WI ~$30,000
Geri Dino, Kimberly Horn: Principal Investigators

Evaluation of N-O-T smoking cessation program: NJ [2002-2006]
American Lung Association of NJ ~$60,000
Geri Dino, Kimberly Horn: Principal Investigators

Community and Family-based initiative to combat Prescription Drug Abuse [2006-2007]
WV Attorney General's Office
Robert Pack: Principal Investigator

Testing Alternative Stage Models of Smoking Cessation: An Intervention Study [09/27/07-07/31/08]
NIH/National Cancer Institute (RO1) $222,680
PI: Thaddeus Herzog


Student Projects:

Rx for Change: A Pharmacist-assisted Tobacco Cessation Intervention.
Dissertation: Jay Coffindaffer, PhD Student, Pharmacy

The Rx for Change program is a clinician-assisted tobacco cessation training program design to empower healthcare professional and students with the knowledge and skills to assist patients in the quitting process. This study will examine the application of Rx for Change among Pharmacists who are recent graduates.

A historical analyses of teen smokers attitudes toward the Not On Tobacco program.
Independent Study: Traci Jarrett, PhD Student, Public Health Sciences

This study explores data from teens who participated in the N-O-T program from five different states over the past 8 years. Teen perceptions of the program have never been examined and can be used to address issues of redesign, recruitment, and retention.

 

Dr. Kimberly Horn | Associate Director of Population Health | 304-293-0268 |
School of Medicine | RCB HSC | MBRCC | WV PRC | P.O. Box 9190 Morgantown, WV 26506
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