| Title: | Worksite Smoking Cessation Program: Creating Healthy and Nicotine-free Griffin Employees (CHANGE) |
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| Status: | Completed |
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| Topic: | Program or Product Development;Smoking Cessation;Worksite Wellness |
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| Funding Source: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Griffin Hospital |
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| Funding Period: | 2/02-2/03 |
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| Study Design: | Intervention Study |
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| Purpose: | To create a work-site smoking cessation program utilizing the impediment profile approach developed and tested in prior studies conducted by the PRC. |
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| Further Study Details: | This program was based on a successful smoking cessation pilot study (TISC; see below) developed by the PRC in 1999. As in the TISC study, participants completed an impediment profile questionnaire, were provided with their individual results, and were offered as many as 7 different “interventions” or programs to assist in their attempt to quit smoking. The CHANGE program used a personalized approach for its participants – tailoring the treatment to each person based on their needs. All therapies were offered at the worksite, during regular work hours, at no cost to employees and included medications and nicotine replacement, group counseling, dietary counseling, acupuncture, stress management and others. |
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| Findings: | At the end of the one-year program, 45% of participants were smoke free; those who were still smoking reported having cut down considerably on the number of cigarettes smoked daily. The success of the CHANGE program has led to incorporation of the program as a permanent benefit to hospital employees and family members. |
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| Eligibility: | Employees of Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT |
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