Getting evidence into practice for smoking cessation

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Getting evidence into practice for smoking cessation

Challenges to implementing research evidence Researchers and research products lack clinical credibility and fail to offer sufficient /relevant clinical guidance.

Clinicians may lack motivation or confidence to use research - problems in interpreting and using research products - too complex, academic and statistical, not a good fit with population

Confident to use research-based information but lack organisation’s support to do so.

Rycroft-Malone et al. (2004). J Clin Nursing, 13(8), 913–924. https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1365-2702.2004.01007.X

Matching Challenges with Implementation

Systems support

Connecting with people who smoke via email/text etc Flags, reminders, prompts to ask about and document smoking Links to relevant support services Dashboards showing progress and success - to build motivation of GP team