Physicians' Views of Programs Incorporating Stages of Change to Reduce Smoking and Excessive Alcohol Consumption
Abstract
Family medical practice is an ideal context for the early detection and delivery of programs to reduce tobacco and excessive alcohol use. Family doctors have a high contact rate with the general public and are readily accessible. L2 A study conducted among more than 13,000 patients served by 119 family physicians in Sydney reported that 35% of men and 29% of women were smokers 3 and 12 and 10%, respectively, were drinking alcohol at levels considered hazardous or harmful. 4 Indeed, a majority of these patients felt their doctor should be interested in their smoking and drinking. -~
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For some doctors and nurses, alcohol SBI was too time-consuming and they were already too busy dealing with other problems.
“For some doctors and nurses, alcohol SBI was too time-consuming [72, 95, 106] and they were already too busy dealing with other problems [23, 47, 78, 83, 92, 106].”
Data from 6 quantitative and 1 qualitative study indicated that GPs believed in the effectiveness of brief interventions.
“data from 6 quantitative and 1 qualitative studies point otherwise [23, 64, 70, 73, 86, 106, 110].”
Alcohol was not a goal priority for GPs because they were too busy, which makes them neglect alcohol issues in favour of other presenting problems.
“Alcohol was not a goal priority for GPs because they were too busy, which makes them neglect alcohol issues in favour of other presenting problems [23, 47, 78, 83, 92, 105, 106].”
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- Authors
- Richmond, R. L., & Mendelsohn, C. P.
- Affiliations
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Richmond, Robyn L.
- Venue
- American Journal of Health Promotion
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1998-03
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 254-257
- ISSN
- 0890-1171 (ISSN-L)
- 2168-6602
- OpenAlex
- W2140189964
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Health Promotion (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Keywords
- stages of change, smoking cessation, excessive alcohol consumption, general practitioners, physician attitudes, tobacco use, hazardous drinking, primary care
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Alcoholism, Attitude of Health Personnel, Family Practice, Health Promotion, Humans, Middle Aged, New South Wales, Smoking Cessation
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