Summary of Tobacco Dependence Workgroup
December 06-07, 2001, Dallas, TX
Present: |
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Geof Williams, University of Rochester (Chair) | |
Trish Jordan, BCC Coordinator | |
Chantal Levesque, University of Rochester | |
Holly Anne McGregor, University of Rochester | |
1. | The group discussed
options for a supplemental grant using data from sites using the luxury model
and sites using the economy model.
i. Action items associated with (a): 1. Trish will send Holly baseline measures, mediators, and intervention types. 2. Holly will determine the common measures used across studies and longitudinal time points of the measures. 3. A file explicating the common measures will be made available to workgroup members so that a basis for a supplemental grant may be determined. This will be available by early to mid January. 4. Demographic information will be coded in this file using the scheme developed by the Nutrition workgroup. Trish and Chantel will interface with the Nutrition workgroup to get this information. 5. A conference call will be scheduled in January to discuss the common measures and supplementary grant proposals. 6. Data from measures determined to be of interest for the supplemental grant will be requested from the PIs of each of the 5 sites in a specific SPSS compatible format. 7. Possible
measures of interest discussed were baseline smoking related measures including
demographics, intervention type and length, contact time, mediators and mediator timing,
and follow up timing.
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2. | Holly McGregor
is an advanced graduate student working with Geof Williams at the University of Rochester
Smokers Health Study. She may be
contacted at: The Department of Clinical and Social Sciences |
3. | Website reference list of articles related to analysis of tobacco cessation outcomes will be maintained. Possible consultation with PHS methodologies team to further define outcomes. |