TY - JOUR
T1 - The emerging global tobacco treatment workforce
T2 - characteristics of tobacco treatment specialists trained in council-accredited training programs from 2017 to 2019
AU - Sheffer, Christine E.
AU - Al-Zalabani, Abdulmohsen
AU - Aubrey, Andrée
AU - Bader, Rasha
AU - Beltrez, Claribel
AU - Bennett, Susan
AU - Carl, Ellen
AU - Cranos, Caroline
AU - Darville, Audrey
AU - Greyber, Jennifer
AU - Karam-Hage, Maher
AU - Hawari, Feras
AU - Hutcheson, Tresza
AU - Hynes, Victoria
AU - Kotsen, Chris
AU - Leone, Frank
AU - McConaha, Jamie
AU - McCary, Heather
AU - Meade, Crystal
AU - Messick, Cara
AU - Morgan, Susan K.
AU - Morris, Cindy W.
AU - Payne, Thomas
AU - Retzlaff, Jessica
AU - Santis, Wendy
AU - Short, Etta
AU - Shumaker, Therese
AU - Steinberg, Michael
AU - Wendling, Ann
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/3/1
Y1 - 2021/3/1
N2 - Tobacco use is projected to kill 1 billion people in the 21st century. Tobacco Use Disorder (TUD) is one of the most common substance use disorders in the world. Evidence-based treatment of TUD is effective, but treatment accessibility remains very low. A dearth of specially trained clinicians is a significant barrier to treatment accessibility, even within systems of care that implement brief intervention models. The treatment of TUD is becoming more complex and tailoring treatment to address new and traditional tobacco products is needed. The Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs (Council) is the accrediting body for Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS) training programs. Between 2016 and 2019, n = 7761 trainees completed Council-accredited TTS training programs. Trainees were primarily from North America (92.6%) and the Eastern Mediterranean (6.1%) and were trained via in-person group workshops in medical and academic settings. From 2016 to 2019, the number of Council-accredited training programs increased from 14 to 22 and annual number of trainees increased by 28.5%. Trainees have diverse professional backgrounds and work in diverse settings but were primarily White (69.1%) and female (78.7%) located in North America. Nearly two-thirds intended to implement tobacco treatment services in their setting; two-thirds had been providing tobacco treatment for 1 year or less; and 20% were sent to training by their employers. These findings suggest that the training programs are contributing to the development of a new workforce of TTSs as well as the development of new programmatic tobacco treatment services in diverse settings. Developing strategies to support attendance from demographically and geographically diverse professionals might increase the proportion of trainees from marginalized groups and regions of the world with significant tobacco-related inequities.
AB - Tobacco use is projected to kill 1 billion people in the 21st century. Tobacco Use Disorder (TUD) is one of the most common substance use disorders in the world. Evidence-based treatment of TUD is effective, but treatment accessibility remains very low. A dearth of specially trained clinicians is a significant barrier to treatment accessibility, even within systems of care that implement brief intervention models. The treatment of TUD is becoming more complex and tailoring treatment to address new and traditional tobacco products is needed. The Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs (Council) is the accrediting body for Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS) training programs. Between 2016 and 2019, n = 7761 trainees completed Council-accredited TTS training programs. Trainees were primarily from North America (92.6%) and the Eastern Mediterranean (6.1%) and were trained via in-person group workshops in medical and academic settings. From 2016 to 2019, the number of Council-accredited training programs increased from 14 to 22 and annual number of trainees increased by 28.5%. Trainees have diverse professional backgrounds and work in diverse settings but were primarily White (69.1%) and female (78.7%) located in North America. Nearly two-thirds intended to implement tobacco treatment services in their setting; two-thirds had been providing tobacco treatment for 1 year or less; and 20% were sent to training by their employers. These findings suggest that the training programs are contributing to the development of a new workforce of TTSs as well as the development of new programmatic tobacco treatment services in diverse settings. Developing strategies to support attendance from demographically and geographically diverse professionals might increase the proportion of trainees from marginalized groups and regions of the world with significant tobacco-related inequities.
KW - Evidence-based practice
KW - Health care professional training
KW - Smoking cessation
KW - Tobacco dependence treatment
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18052416
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18052416
M3 - Article
C2 - 33801227
AN - SCOPUS:85101732610
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 18
SP - 1
EP - 17
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 5
M1 - 2416
ER -