About This Grant:
Through proactive Community Health Worker outreach in trusted settings where the priority population is comfortable, we will conduct a brief intervention through a survey tool. This tool is designed to motivate smokers to engage in evidence-based smoking cessation by interactions that 1) assess the priority population’s beliefs about quitting; 2) identify those beliefs that are likely to function as barriers to engaging in treatment; 3) using Motivational Interviewing, provide information (verbal and written) that might lead to the smoker’s revaluation of their beliefs; and 4) provide information about how to access or learn more about evidence-based treatments such as the Maine Tobacco Helpline (MTHL) or primary care practices.
