The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #48957

Catherine L Rohweder, MPH¹, Cathy L. Melvin, PhD, MPH¹, Dianne C Barker, MHS², and Patricia R. Westling, RNC, MSN³. (1) Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC-Chapel Hill, 725 Airport Road, CB# 7590, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590, 919-966-6879, rohweder@mail.schsr.unc.edu, (2) Barker Bi-Coastal Health Consultants, 3556 Elm Drive, Calabasas, CA 91302, (3) Office of Child and Family Health, Oregon Department of Human Services, 800 NE Oregon St, Suite 825, Portland, OR 97232

In the area of prenatal smoking cessation, there is a unique opportunity to translate the results of clinical trials that demonstrate the effectiveness of a brief intervention to help pregnant women quit smoking. The RWJF Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office mission is to increase the adoption, reach, and impact of new clinical practice guidelines known as the "5 As". As part of this mission, Smoke-Free Families is funding three prenatal demonstration projects across the country. The goal is to use a systems and quality improvement approach to help providers incorporate the "5 As" into routine prenatal care services. This presentation will highlight preliminary results from the first project, Oregon Smoke Free Mothers and Babies. This prenatal demonstration project is sponsored by the Oregon Department of Human Services. Staff are working to increase utilization of the "5 As" within their case management system, and to effectively coordinate smoking cessation services among case managers, prenatal care providers, and the Oregon Quitline. The first part of the presentation will describe the systems approach to implementing Oregon Smoke Free Mothers and Babies, and detail the processes that were selected for improvement. The second part will cover the evaluation framework and discuss the four levels of data collection. The third part will review the preliminary data that have been collected. The audience will hear the lessons learned thus far in the implementation and evaluation of Oregon Smoke Free Mothers and Babies, and gain a clearer understanding of how translational research is conducted.

Learning Objectives:

• The audience will become familiar with the Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office
• The audience will become familiar with the Oregon Smoke Free Mothers and Babies Program
• The audience will learn about the systems approach and quality improvement processes used to implement the best practice smoking cessation intervention
• The audience will understand the evaluation framework and interpret the preliminary evaluation data for the Oregon Smoke Free Mothers and Babies program

Keywords: Smoking Cessation, Quality Improvement

Related Web page: www.smokefreefamilies.org

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.