NAQC to Partner with the University of South Carolina for “QuitConnect: A National Smoker’s Registry
Friday, October 11, 2013
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
NAQC is a sub-contractor to
the University of South Carolina on a Special Interest Project funded by the
CDC to identify potential challenges and solutions to establishing a national
quitline registry for identifying and re-engaging smokers in quitlines. While a
national quitline registry would increase the reach and impact of smoking
cessation counseling, it will also be critical to identify an approach to such
a project that addresses as many questions and concerns of the quitline
community as possible. The project has been selected to be funded, and we are
in the process of convening a workgroup of quitline stakeholder representatives
to provide guidance, feedback, and the quitline community "voice” throughout
all phases of the project.Phase one of the project consists of conducting
focus groups with quitline stakeholders. Findings will be summarized, and a
report written highlighting the potential barriers and facilitators to having
quitlines participate in a national registry. Findings will be used in Phase 2
of the project for the design of a data platform for a national registry, and
in Phase 3: a pilot project to test the feasibility of the prototype data
platform. The proposed pilot data from this research would identify whether
such a data platform is feasible for re-engaging smokers in quitline services,
and would also evaluate the most effective methods for initiating follow-up
with quitline callers. Results will be used to scale up the registry to a
national level. NAQC member participation through the workgroup will ensure
that the final registry (assuming its creation and operation are feasible) will
incorporate the feedback from, and address the concerns of, all types of
quitline stakeholders. For more information, contact Jessie Saul at jsaul@naquitline.org.
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