(Sean C. Lucan)

PURPOSE: Family medicine is challenged to develop its own research infrastructure and to inform and contribute to a national translational-research agenda. Toward these ends, understanding family medicine's engagement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is important. METHODS: We descriptively analyzed NIH grants to family medicine from 2002 through 2006 and the current NIH advisory committee memberships. RESULTS: Grants (and dollars) awarded to departments of family medicine increased from 89 ($25...

PURPOSE: Characterize factors associated with smoking-cessation counseling in clinical encounters. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2000 data. SETTING: U.S. households. SUBJECTS: 10,582 smokers (aged > or = 18 years) reporting one or more clinical encounters during the prior year. MEASURES: Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for quit advice associated with respondent and encounter variables...

INTRODUCTION: Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of preventable death. METHODS: Long and short "impediment profilers" (LIPs and SIPs, respectively) addressing nicotine addiction, depression, anxiety, stress, chemical dependency, weight control, and household smoking were developed and applied in a pilot smoking cessation study to tailor treatment. RESULTS: Quit rate 72 hours after the target quit date was 50%; at 8 and 12 weeks it was 61% and 39%, respectively...

OBJECTIVE: To test the effectiveness of a smoking cessation program based on "impediment profiling," the elucidation of an individual participant's personal barriers, with provision of tailored interventions accordingly. METHODS: A literature search was conducted to identify established impediments to smoking cessation. A long impediment profiler (LIP) was developed from validated survey instruments and used as a screening tool to identify individuals' barriers to quitting...