Coevolution of Information Sharing and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices Among North American Tobacco Cessation Quitlines.

Publisher: American Public Health Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1254074 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1541-0048 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00900036 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Washington, DC : American Public Health Association
Original Publication: New York [etc.]

Evidence-Based Practice* ; Hotlines* ; Information Dissemination*; Smoking Cessation/*statistics & numerical data; Canada ; Data Collection ; Humans ; Interinstitutional Relations ; Longitudinal Studies ; United States

Objectives: We examined the coevolution of information sharing and implementation of evidence-based practices among US and Canadian tobacco cessation quitlines within the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC).
Methods: Web-based surveys were used to collect data from key respondents representing each of 74 participating funders of NAQC quitlines during the summer and fall of 2009, 2010, and 2011. We used stochastic actor-based models to estimate changes in information sharing and practice implementation in the NAQC network.
Results: Funders were more likely to share information within their own country and with funders that contracted with the same service provider. Funders contracting with larger service providers shared less information but implemented significantly more practices. Funders connected to larger numbers of tobacco control researchers more often received information from other funders. Intensity of ties to the NAQC network administrative organization did not influence funders' decisions to share information or implement practices.
Conclusions: Our findings show the importance of monitoring the NAQC network over time. We recommend increased cross-border information sharing and sharing of information between funders contracting with different and smaller service providers.

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P30 CA023074 United States CA NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA128638 United States CA NCI NIH HHS; CCSG-CA 023074 United States CA NCI NIH HHS; R01CA128638-04 United States CA NCI NIH HHS

Date Created: 20150717 Date Completed: 20151030 Latest Revision: 20240518

20240518

PMC4539799

10.2105/AJPH.2015.302627

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