title: The Prevalence of Tobacco Use at Federally Qualified Health Centers in the United States, 2013.
abstract: We explored tobacco use across federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and compared data on state-level tobacco use between FQHC patients and the general population. We used data from the Uniform Data System (UDS) and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to generate estimates of 2013 prevalence of tobacco use among adults aged 18 years or older. According to UDS data, the overall prevalence of tobacco use was 25.8% in FQHCs compared with 20.6% in the general population represented by BRFSS data, an average of 5.2 percentage points (range, -4.9 to 20.9) higher among FQHCs. Among FQHCs, the burden of tobacco use and the opportunity for offering cessation assistance is substantial.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio.|Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio.|Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio.|Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Flocke
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa; Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.affiliation: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina; Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Jan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Eberth
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio.|Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio.
authors.forename: Hyunyong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio.|Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio.
authors.forename: Genevieve
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Birkby
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio.|Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio.|Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trapl
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zeliadt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty; D011320:Primary Health Care; D044469:Racial Groups; D064424:Tobacco Use / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology