Research Conducted by R.K. Williams and Co-Authors Has Provided New Information about Health Promotion (A Framework for Effective Promotion of a Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Benefit)

2019 MAR 01 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine - Health Promotion. According to news reporting originating from Burlington, Vermont, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Tobacco burden is significantly greater among those insured by Medicaid, with a smoking prevalence about twice as high as the national average (28% vs. 15%). Over the past decade, smoking prevalence among those insured by Medicaid has remained relatively unchanged while overall smoking prevalence in the United States and among other insurance groups decreased.”

Financial support for this research came from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research, “This indicates need for targeting tobacco control strategies to those insured by Medicaid. In response, the Vermont Tobacco Control Program (VTCP) set out to implement best practice by making its Medicaid cessation benefit more comprehensive and raising awareness and use of the benefit to support members in quitting. The VTCP collaborated with its Medicaid and health department leadership to implement this initiative, learning and adapting processes along the way. The VTCP identified a framework and considerations for programs implementing best practice to expand access and utilization of cessation supports. Elements of success include collaboration, data sharing, and promotion. As a result, the VTCP created an infrastructure that increases access, awareness, and use of cessation supports among Medicaid members and providers.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Between 2013 and 2017, the quit ratio among Vermont Medicaid members increased from 8% to 13% and the smoking rate decreased from 36% to 31%.”

For more information on this research see: A Framework for Effective Promotion of a Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Benefit. Health Promotion Practice, 2019;():152483991982945. Health Promotion Practice can be contacted at: SAGE Publications, USA , 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. (Sage Publications - http://www.sagepub.com/; Health Promotion Practice - hpp.sagepub.com)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting R.K. Williams, 1 Vermont Dept. of Health, Burlington, VT, United States. Additional authors for this research include R.L. Brookes and E.R Singer.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839919829452. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Publisher contact information for the journal Health Promotion Practice is: SAGE Publications, USA , 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.

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