title: Screening and brief intervention for tobacco use by student health providers on college campuses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study assessed college students' reports of tobacco screening and brief intervention by student health center providers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 3,800 students from 8 universities in North Carolina.
  
  
  METHODS
  Web-based survey of a stratified random sample of undergraduates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-three percent reported ever visiting their student health center. Of those, 62% reported being screened for tobacco use. Logistic regression revealed screening was higher among females and smokers, compared to nonsmokers. Among students who were screened and who reported tobacco use, 50% reported being advised to quit or reduce use. Brief intervention was more likely among current daily smokers compared to current nondaily smokers, as well as at schools with higher smoking rates. Screening and brief intervention were more likely at schools with lower clinic caseloads.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results highlight the need to encourage college health providers to screen every patient at every visit and to provide brief intervention for tobacco users.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA. esutfin@wakehealth.edu
authors.forename: Erin L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Sutfin
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: McNamara
authors.forename: Jill N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Blocker
authors.forename: Edward H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Ip
authors.forename: Mary Claire
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolfson
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009657:North Carolina; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013333:Student Health Services / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014495:Universities