Effectiveness of a free nicotine patch program among Ch*

描述（由申请人提供）：目前的提案是烟草控制研究指导科学家奖（K01）的申请。申请人是一名拥有公共卫生硕士学位的医生。本建议旨在通过一段时间的指导活动和在强有力的准实验研究设计的背景下发展新的方法技能，成为跨学科烟草控制研究的独立研究者职业生涯的桥梁。该提案的框架是NCI资助的纽约市华人健康研究；这是一项基于人口的纵向研究，有2537名居住在纽约两个社区的华裔美国人的代表性样本。这项研究正在调查这些移民人群的烟草使用行为和其他健康指标。基线调查已于2003年完成，跟进调查将于2005年5月展开。中国健康研究的时间表与K01奖的时间表一致，并实施了纽约市卫生局基于人群的免费尼古丁贴片计划。提出的研究计划利用了这一自然实验和问卷修改的机会，并在中国研究的纵向准实验设计中发展新的假设和分析模型。该提案的主要目的是估计免费尼古丁计划对少数族裔移民群体药物治疗使用和戒烟率的总体和个人影响。此外，我将研究参与尼古丁替代疗法的华裔美国人中药物使用和戒烟的决定因素，包括行为、认知、社会和文化因素。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current proposal is an application for a mentored scientist award in tobacco control research (K01). The applicant is a physician with a master's degree in public health. This proposal intends to serve as a bridge to an independent investigator career in transdisciplinary tobacco control research through a period of mentored activities and the development of new methodological skills within the context of a strong quasiexperimental research design. The framework for the proposal is the NCI funded NYC Chinese Health Study; a population based longitudinal study with a representative sample of 2537 Chinese Americans living in two communities in NYC. The study is examining tobacco use behaviors and other health indicators among this immigrant population. The baseline survey was completed in 2003 with the follow-up survey to be implemented in May 2005. The timetable of the Chinese Health study coincides with the timetable of the K01 award and implementation of a NYC Department of Health population-based free nicotine patch program. The proposed research plan takes advantage of this natural experiment and the opportunity for questionnaire modification and development of new hypotheses and analytic models within the longitudinal quasi-experimental design of the Chinese study. The principle aim of the proposal is to estimate the population and individual-level impact of a free nicotine program on the use of pharmacotherapy and cessation rates in this minority immigrant population. In addition I will examine determinants of medication use and cessation among Chinese Americans who participate in nicotine replacement therapy, including behavioral, cognitive, social, and cultural factors.