• Int J Circumpolar Health · Jan 2015

    Views on electronic cigarette use in tobacco screening and cessation in an Alaska Native healthcare setting.

    • Vanessa Y Hiratsuka, Jaedon P Avey, Susan B Trinidad, Julie A Beans, and Renee F Robinson.
    • Research Department, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AK, USA; vhiratsuka@scf.cc.
    • Int J Circumpolar Health. 2015 Jan 1; 74: 27794.

    BackgroundAmerican Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) communities confront some of the highest rates of tobacco use and its sequelae.MethodsThis formative research project sought to identify the perspectives of 41 stakeholders (community members receiving care within the healthcare system, primary care providers, and tribal healthcare system leaders) surrounding the use of pharmacogenetics toward tobacco cessation treatment in the setting of an AI/AN owned and operated health system in south central Alaska.ResultsInterviews were held with 20 adult AI/AN current and former tobacco users, 12 healthcare providers, and 9 tribal leaders. An emergent theme from data analysis was that current tobacco screening and cessation efforts lack information on electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. Perceptions of the use of e-cigarettes role in tobacco cessation varied.ConclusionPreventive screening for tobacco use and clinical cessation counseling should address e-cigarette use. Healthcare provider tobacco cessation messaging should similarly address e-cigarettes.

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