title: Cognitive mapping tobacco control advice for dentistry: a dental PBRN study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify facilitative strategies that could be used in developing a tobacco cessation program for community dental practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nominal group technique (NGT) meetings and a card-sort task were used to obtain formative data. A cognitive mapping approach involving multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis was used for data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three NGT meetings conducted with 23 dental professionals yielded 27 nonredundant facilitative strategies. A 2-dimensional 4-cluster cognitive map provided an organizational framework for understanding these strategies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Views of the target population solicited in a structured format provided clear direction for designing a tobacco cessation intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Administration, School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-3361, USA.
authors.forename: Haiyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Thomas K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Houston
authors.forename: Jessica H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Gregg H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Shewchuk
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003813:Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation / Q000379:methods*