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Dissertation
Improving the Quality of Providers' Efforts to Promote Teens' Avoidance and Cessation of Cigarettes and Marijuana
Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.), Drexel University
Jun 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00001526
Abstract
Background: Teenagers who engage in activities such as cigarette smoking, vaping, and/or marijuana are vulnerable to ill effects of those substances. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of meaningless death and poor health. While there is a decline in the number of teenagers who smoke cigarettes, marijuana and e-cigarette have become popular and are the most common forms of substance use among teenage population. Objective: To provide tools for providers to enhance follow-up interventions on teenage substance abuse. Method: A systematic search was conducted using various databases to find evidence-based studies on interventions for cessation of these substances. Inclusion criteria encompassed individuals under age twenty. Exclusion criteria included adults twenty years and older. Providers and RNs were trained to use a screening instrument to assess and provide follow-up interventions for teenagers engaged in nicotine and marijuana use. Results: A two-tailed paired samples t-test was conducted to examine whether there was a statistically significant difference in the means of the pretest and posttest scores of habits, knowledge, and skills. Results were not significant based on an alpha value of 0.05, t(3) = 2.10, p = .127 (habits), 0.05, t(3) = -1.99, p = .141 (knowledge) and 0.05, t(3) = -0.87, p = .450 (skills). Conclusion: While favorable differences were detected across some subscales, none were statistically significant. There was positive impact in participants' knowledge and skills. The providers also noted the gap in their current screening practice and were receptive to incorporate the missing process into their electronic health record.
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- Title
- Improving the Quality of Providers' Efforts to Promote Teens' Avoidance and Cessation of Cigarettes and Marijuana
- Creators
- Marian C. Buadoo-Laniyan
- Contributors
- Patti Rager Zuzelo (DNP Chair)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- 81 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Doctoral Nursing; Nursing (Graduate); College of Nursing and Health Professions; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991020220849304721