Background Cigarette smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death world
wide. There is good evidence that brief interventions from health professionals can increase …

Objective To estimate the proportion of general practitioners (GPs) and family physicians
(FPs) with negative beliefs and attitudes towards discussing smoking cessation with …

• Provides step-by-step instructions for students who will be writing their first research
proposal in the social and behavioral sciences.• Each major section is divided into short …

Background National governments across the globe have set goals to improve healthcare
delivery. Understanding patient–provider communication is essential for the development of …

BACKGROUND: This report updates 2001 estimates of disease burden prevented and cost
effectiveness of tobacco-use screening and brief intervention relative to that of other clinical …

Objectives. We sought to determine whether US physicians' practice patterns in treating
tobacco use at ambulatory visits improved over the past decade with the appearance of …

Illnesses that are caused by smoking remain as the world's leading cause of preventable
death. Smoking and tobacco use constitute approximately 30% of all cancer-related deaths …

Smoking cessation is the only effective intervention to slow down the accelerated decline in
lung function in smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nevertheless …

Systematic social observation (SSO) came to criminology at the hand of Albert J. Reiss, Jr.,
who, in the 1960s, encouraged social scientists to shed some “nonsensical” views about the …

Background. This study documented the frequency and correlates of directly observed
physicians' counseling on dietary habits and exercise in private medical practices. Methods …