Cognitive Mapping Tobacco Control Advice for Dentistry: A Dental PBRN Study
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Quantitative Health SciencesDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2011-03-01Keywords
Tobacco Use DisorderNicotine
Smoking Cessation
Smoking
Dentistry
UMCCTS funding
Biostatistics
Dental Public Health and Education
Epidemiology
Health Services Research
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Objective: To identify facilitative strategies that could be used in developing a tobacco cessation program for community dental practices. Methods: Nominal group technique (NGT) meetings and a card-sort task were used to obtain formative data. A cognitive mapping approach involving multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis was used for data analysis. Results: Three NGT meetings conducted with 23 dental professionals yielded 27 nonredundant facilitative strategies. A 2-dimensional 4-cluster cognitive map provided an organizational framework for understanding these strategies. Conclusion: Views of the target population solicited in a structured format provided clear direction for designing a tobacco cessation intervention.Source
Am J Health Behav. 2011 Mar-Apr;35(2):228-39. Link to article on publisher's websiteDOI
10.5993/AJHB.35.2.10Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/47838PubMed ID
21204685Related Resources
Link to Article in PubMedae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.5993/AJHB.35.2.10