BENNETT PARNES, MD DEBORAH S. MAIN, PHD SHERRY HOLCOMB WILSON PACE, MD Denver, Colorado Submitted, May 24, 2001. This work was presented at The North American Primary Care Research Group annual meeting; November 1999; San Diego, California. From CaReNet, Colorado Research Network, the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver. All reprint requests should be addressed to Bennett Parnes, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1180 Clermont, Denver, CO 80220. E-mail: bennett.parnes@uhcolorado.edu.
If national tobacco goals are to be realized, then socioeconomic disparities in counseling need to be addressed. Our results show that primary care providers can substantially improve the tobacco counseling rate among disadvantaged smokers. As this occurs, the rate of smoking in these patients can be expected to decrease.
*Tables W1 and W2 are available on the JFP Web site, www.jfponline.com.
Acknowledgments
We appreciate the financial support of CaReNet by the University of Colorado School of Medicine Academic Enrichment Fund. We would also like to thank the faculty, residents, and staff at the following CaReNet sites for their assistance with this study: CU Care, Denver, Colorado; St. Mary’s Family Practice, Grand Junction, Colorado; Brighton Salud Family Health Center, Brighton, Colorado; Rose Family Medicine Center, Denver, Colorado; Swedish Family Medicine Center, Littleton, Colorado; AF Williams Family Medicine Center, Denver, Colorado; and La CasaQuigg Newton Health Center, Denver, Colorado. We are also grateful to Elizabeth Staton and Michael Huiras, MD, for their comments on the manuscript. The authors deny any conflict of interest.
