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Article

The Emerging Global Tobacco Treatment Workforce: Characteristics of Tobacco Treatment Specialists Trained in Council-Accredited Training Programs from 2017 to 2019

by
Christine E. Sheffer
1,*,
Abdulmohsen Al-Zalabani
2,
Andrée Aubrey
3,
Rasha Bader
4,
Claribel Beltrez
5,
Susan Bennett
6,
Ellen Carl
1,
Caroline Cranos
7,
Audrey Darville
8,
Jennifer Greyber
9,
Maher Karam-Hage
10,
Feras Hawari
4,
Tresza Hutcheson
11,
Victoria Hynes
12,
Chris Kotsen
13,
Frank Leone
14,
Jamie McConaha
15,
Heather McCary
16,
Crystal Meade
17,
Cara Messick
18,
Susan K. Morgan
19,
Cindy W. Morris
20,
Thomas Payne
21,
Jessica Retzlaff
22,
Wendy Santis
22,
Etta Short
23,
Therese Shumaker
6,
Michael Steinberg
5 and
Ann Wendling
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1
Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
2
Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training and Certification Program at College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah 42353, Saudi Arabia
3
Tobacco Treatment Specialist Course, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
4
Tobacco Dependence Treatment Training, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman 11941, Jordan
5
Rutgers Tobacco Dependence Program, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
6
Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program, Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
7
Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program, Center for Tobacco Treatment Research and Training, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
8
BREATHE Online Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40504, USA
9
Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program, Duke Smoking Cessation Program, Duke Cancer Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
10
Tobacco Treatment Training Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
11
Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
12
Tobacco Treatment Education & Training Program, MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence, Portland, ME 04101, USA
13
Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10022, USA
14
Comprehensive Smoking Treatment Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
15
Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training and Certificate Program, School of Pharmacy, Duquesne University, Pittsburg, PA 15282, USA
16
Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification Program, The Breathing Association, Columbus, OH 43203, USA
17
Tobacco Prevention and Control Program, Wellness and Prevention Department, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
18
National Jewish Health®, Denver, CO 80206, USA
19
Tobacco Treatment Training Program, School of Dentistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
20
Rocky Mountain Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
21
ACT Center for Tobacco Treatment, Education and Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center Cancer Institute, Jackson, MS 39213, USA
22
Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs, Inc., Madison, WI 53704, USA
23
Optum’s Quit for Life Program®, Eden Prairie, MN 55344, USA
24
Tobacco Cessation Program, Healthways, A Sharecare Company, Franklin, TN 37067, USA
 
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(5), 2416; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052416
Submission received: 5 January 2021 / Revised: 12 February 2021 / Accepted: 18 February 2021 / Published: 2 March 2021
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Abstract

Tobacco use is projected to kill 1 billion people in the 21st century. Tobacco Use Disorder (TUD) is one of the most common substance use disorders in the world. Evidence-based treatment of TUD is effective, but treatment accessibility remains very low. A dearth of specially trained clinicians is a significant barrier to treatment accessibility, even within systems of care that implement brief intervention models. The treatment of TUD is becoming more complex and tailoring treatment to address new and traditional tobacco products is needed. The Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs (Council) is the accrediting body for Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS) training programs. Between 2016 and 2019, n = 7761 trainees completed Council-accredited TTS training programs. Trainees were primarily from North America (92.6%) and the Eastern Mediterranean (6.1%) and were trained via in-person group workshops in medical and academic settings. From 2016 to 2019, the number of Council-accredited training programs increased from 14 to 22 and annual number of trainees increased by 28.5%. Trainees have diverse professional backgrounds and work in diverse settings but were primarily White (69.1%) and female (78.7%) located in North America. Nearly two-thirds intended to implement tobacco treatment services in their setting; two-thirds had been providing tobacco treatment for 1 year or less; and 20% were sent to training by their employers. These findings suggest that the training programs are contributing to the development of a new workforce of TTSs as well as the development of new programmatic tobacco treatment services in diverse settings. Developing strategies to support attendance from demographically and geographically diverse professionals might increase the proportion of trainees from marginalized groups and regions of the world with significant tobacco-related inequities.
Keywords: smoking cessation; health care professional training; tobacco dependence treatment; evidence-based practice smoking cessation; health care professional training; tobacco dependence treatment; evidence-based practice

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Sheffer, C.E.; Al-Zalabani, A.; Aubrey, A.; Bader, R.; Beltrez, C.; Bennett, S.; Carl, E.; Cranos, C.; Darville, A.; Greyber, J.; et al. The Emerging Global Tobacco Treatment Workforce: Characteristics of Tobacco Treatment Specialists Trained in Council-Accredited Training Programs from 2017 to 2019. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 2416. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052416

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Sheffer CE, Al-Zalabani A, Aubrey A, Bader R, Beltrez C, Bennett S, Carl E, Cranos C, Darville A, Greyber J, et al. The Emerging Global Tobacco Treatment Workforce: Characteristics of Tobacco Treatment Specialists Trained in Council-Accredited Training Programs from 2017 to 2019. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(5):2416. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052416

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Sheffer, Christine E., Abdulmohsen Al-Zalabani, Andrée Aubrey, Rasha Bader, Claribel Beltrez, Susan Bennett, Ellen Carl, Caroline Cranos, Audrey Darville, Jennifer Greyber, and et al. 2021. "The Emerging Global Tobacco Treatment Workforce: Characteristics of Tobacco Treatment Specialists Trained in Council-Accredited Training Programs from 2017 to 2019" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 5: 2416. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052416

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Sheffer, C. E., Al-Zalabani, A., Aubrey, A., Bader, R., Beltrez, C., Bennett, S., Carl, E., Cranos, C., Darville, A., Greyber, J., Karam-Hage, M., Hawari, F., Hutcheson, T., Hynes, V., Kotsen, C., Leone, F., McConaha, J., McCary, H., Meade, C., ... Wendling, A. (2021). The Emerging Global Tobacco Treatment Workforce: Characteristics of Tobacco Treatment Specialists Trained in Council-Accredited Training Programs from 2017 to 2019. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5), 2416. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052416

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