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A school nurse-delivered intervention for overweight and obese adolescentsLori Pbert
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
J Sch Health 83:182-93. 2013..This study evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of a school nurse-delivered intervention in improving diet and activity and reducing body mass index (BMI) among overweight and obese adolescents...
Implementing state tobacco treatment services: lessons from the Massachusetts experienceLori Pbert
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Health Promot Pract 12:802-10. 2011..This case study can inform states' policies in their design of tobacco treatment services in community health settings...- An evaluation of tobacco treatment specialist counseling performance using standardized patient interviewsLori Pbert
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:119-28. 2007..Findings suggest specific components of tobacco treatment and interviewing skills that would benefit from strengthening through training and support... 
Smoking prevention and cessation intervention delivery by pediatric providers, as assessed with patient exit interviewsLori Pbert
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Pediatrics 118:e810-24. 2006..The goal was to evaluate the degree to which a smoking prevention and cessation intervention was delivered by providers to adolescents in the pediatric office setting...- Effect of a pediatric practice-based smoking prevention and cessation intervention for adolescents: a randomized, controlled trialLori Pbert
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Pediatrics 121:e738-47. 2008..The purpose of this work was to determine whether a pediatric practice-based smoking prevention and cessation intervention increases abstinence rates among adolescents... - A school nurse-delivered adolescent smoking cessation intervention: a randomized controlled trialLori Pbert
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Prev Med 43:312-20. 2006..The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of a school nurse-delivered smoking cessation intervention to improve abstinence rates among adolescents interested in quitting... - A community health center smoking-cessation intervention for pregnant and postpartum womenLori Pbert
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Am J Prev Med 26:377-85. 2004.... - Healthcare provider training in tobacco treatment: building competencyLori Pbert
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Am J Med Sci 326:242-7. 2003.... - Effectiveness of a school nurse-delivered smoking-cessation intervention for adolescentsLori Pbert
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Pediatrics 128:926-36. 2011..To evaluate the effectiveness of a school nurse-delivered smoking-cessation intervention in increasing abstinence among adolescent smokers... - The state of office-based interventions for youth tobacco useLori Pbert
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Pediatrics 111:e650-60. 2003..Pediatricians and other clinicians can and should play an important role in treating tobacco dependence in youths... - Developing and testing new smoking measures for the Health Plan Employer Data and Information SetLori Pbert
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
Med Care 41:550-9. 2003..To develop and test items for the Health Plan Employee Data and Information Set (HEDIS) that assess delivery of the full range of provider-delivered tobacco interventions... - Development of a state wide tobacco treatment specialist training and certification programme for MassachusettsL Pbert
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Tob Control 9:372-81. 2000..To describe the research conducted to structure and develop a statewide tobacco training and certification programme for tobacco treatment specialists (TTSs) in Massachusetts... - The perceptions and practices of pediatricians: tobacco interventionJ G Zapka
Divisions of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Pediatrics 103:e65. 1999.... - Smoking cessation counseling with pregnant and postpartum women: a survey of community health center providersJ G Zapka
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
Am J Public Health 90:78-84. 2000..This study assessed providers' performance of smoking cessation counseling steps with low-income pregnant and postpartum women receiving care at community health centers... - Treating nicotine dependence during pregnancy and postpartum: understanding clinician knowledge and performanceDebra P Bonollo
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
Patient Educ Couns 48:265-74. 2002..Educational programs targeting OB, WIC, and PED providers' knowledge about effective smoking cessation counseling strategies and their confidence in being effective with patients are needed... - Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 studyJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:704-10. 2007..The first study found that symptoms of dependence commonly appeared soon after the onset of intermittent smoking... - Translating efficacy research to effectiveness studies in practice: lessons from research to promote smoking cessation in community health centersJane Zapka
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Health Promot Pract 5:245-55. 2004.... - Predictors of smoking cessation in pregnancy and maintenance postpartum in low-income womenYunsheng Ma
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Matern Child Health J 9:393-402. 2005..To describe factors associated with smoking status of low-income women during pregnancy and postpartum... - Organizational systems to support publicly funded tobacco treatment servicesJane G Zapka
Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Am J Prev Med 28:338-45. 2005.... - Spontaneous cessation of smoking and alcohol use among low-income pregnant womenJudith Ockene
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Am J Prev Med 23:150-9. 2002..Some women, however, do stop spontaneously when they learn of their pregnancy. No study has investigated spontaneous cessation of both behaviors in a low-income predominantly unmarried U.S. population... - A comparison of the psychometric properties of the hooked on nicotine checklist and the modified Fagerström tolerance questionnaireRobert J Wellman
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Addict Behav 31:486-95. 2006..The most important advantage of the HONC is that it is measuring a clearly defined concept, diminished autonomy over tobacco, which begins when the sequelae of tobacco use present a barrier to quitting... - Nicotine replacement prescription practices of obstetric and pediatric cliniciansC A Oncken
Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030, USA
Obstet Gynecol 96:261-5. 2000..To assess smoking cessation counseling and nicotine replacement therapy prescription and recommendation practices among obstetric and pediatric providers... - The Physician-Delivered Smoking Intervention Project: factors that determine how much the physician intervenes with smokersJ K Ockene
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
J Gen Intern Med 9:379-84. 1994..Trained physicians are more likely to intervene with smokers who are more nicotine-dependent and who expect and desire to stop smoking... - Susceptibility to nicotine dependence: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 studyJoseph R DiFranza
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Pediatrics 120:e974-83. 2007..We studied a cohort of 1246 public school 6th-graders in 6 Massachusetts communities (mean age at baseline: 12.2 years)... - Youth tobacco control research and activities in the United States: the current national landscapeJonathan P Winickoff
MGH Center for Child and Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 5:435-54. 2003..This synthesis of current research, funding sources, programmatic activities, and collaborations in the United States will be a valuable resource for clinicians, tobacco control advocates, researchers, and program planners... - State-of-the-art interventions for office-based parental tobacco controlJonathan P Winickoff
General Pediatrics Division, MGH Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, and Tobacco Research and Treatment Center, 50 Staniford St, Suite 901, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Pediatrics 115:750-60. 2005..Ongoing research will help determine how best to implement parental smoking-cessation strategies more widely in a variety of child health care settings... - Nurse-conducted smoking cessation in patients with COPD, using nicotine sublingual tablets and behavioral supportLori Pbert
Chest 130:314-6. 2006
Research Grants
- PROVIDER AND PEER DELIVERED YOUTH SMOKING INTERVENTIONLori Pbert; Fiscal Year: 2002..abstract_text> ..
- School Nurse-delivered Smoking Cessation InterventionLori Pbert; Fiscal Year: 2006..If found effective, the study products (i.e., intervention protocol, student materials, training manual, and estimated costs of intervention implementation) will facilitate dissemination of the intervention to school nurses nationally. ..
- School Nurse-delivered Smoking Cessation InterventionLori Pbert; Fiscal Year: 2007..If found effective, the study products (i.e., intervention protocol, student materials, training manual, and estimated costs of intervention implementation) will facilitate dissemination of the intervention to school nurses nationally. ..
- School Nurse-delivered Smoking Cessation InterventionLori Pbert; Fiscal Year: 2009..If found effective, the study products (i.e., intervention protocol, student materials, training manual, and estimated costs of intervention implementation) will facilitate dissemination of the intervention to school nurses nationally. ..