# Implementation of Cessation Treatment in Community Based Mental Health Centers

> **NIH NIH R34** · HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · 2022 · $202,118

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMAY / ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The US Public Health Service (USPHS) designated tobacco dependence as a chronic
disease. This is especially true for smokers with serious mental illness (SMI) who make more cessation
attempts and are less successful sustaining long-term abstinence than the general population. There is a
significant health disparity wherein individuals with SMI have a higher tobacco use prevalence and a greater
risk for tobacco-related mortality than the general population. Chronic care models suggest chronic disease
management requires a multidisciplinary care team to assess tobacco use, administer treatment, support
patient self-management, and monitor progress. Proactive telephone outreach to smokers and brief provider
interventions are two effective chronic disease management strategies. Community based mental health
centers (CMHCs) are a primary treatment access point for many smokers with SMI. However, rates of
intervention with smoking by CMHC providers are low. In order to implement the chronic care model for
tobacco dependence for CMHCs, comprehensive implementation strategies are needed. OBJECTIVE: In
response to PAR-18-223 we propose formative research and a feasibility pilot trial to adapt an implementation
strategy developed by the SAMHSA-funded network of Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs) to
integrate a proactive, chronic care model of tobacco cessation treatment into CMHCs. AIMS: This study has 3
aims: (1) Adapt an evidence-based implementation strategy to CMHCs. (2) Pilot test the implementation
strategy. (3) Conduct a pilot trial to assess the feasibility, acceptability and initial effectiveness of the
implementation strategy. DESIGN: In A1, we will conduct stakeholder interviews of 22-29 patients, providers
and site leaders in 4 CMHCs guided by the Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model to
obtain information about adapting the ATTC science to service laboratory (SSL) implementation strategy. In
A2 we will pilot the SSL strategy to implement proactive tobacco-related telephone outreach calls plus brief
provider intervention in one CMHC (N=25 patients; N=33-50 providers) to obtain information on feasibility and
acceptability over a 3-month implementation period. In A3 we will conduct a pilot hybrid type 2
implementation-effectiveness trial in 3 CMHCs (N=50 patients; 96-130 providers). We will conduct 2 baseline
assessments (3 months apart) and outcomes will be assessed at 3, 6, and 12-months post implementation.
Outcomes include feasibility, acceptability, effectiveness of the implementation strategy on tobacco cessation
treatment utilization (counseling and medication) and patient effectiveness on tobacco cessation (CO
confirmed 7-day point prevalence abstinence). SIGNIFICANCE: An effective implementation strategy for
tobacco cessation treatment in CMHCs, a widespread model of care delivery, would have enormous public
health impact.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10304860
- **Project number:** 5R34DA046078-03
- **Recipient organization:** HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- **Principal Investigator:** Sandra Jane Japuntich
- **Activity code:** R34 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $202,118
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-12-01 → 2023-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10304860

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10304860, Implementation of Cessation Treatment in Community Based Mental Health Centers (5R34DA046078-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10304860. Licensed CC0.

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