Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Blog 9: Stakeholders



Problem definition:There’s a higher prevalence of preterm births in the USA associated with smoking.

·        National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
o   National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
§  Produce public health guidance on interventions aimed at topping smoking in pregnancy following childbirth
§  Indirect and direct role
§  Working in: local authorities, education and wider public, private, voluntary and community sectors
§  Recommendations on the basis of reviews of evidence, economic modeling, expert advice and stakeholder comments
o   The Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee (PHIAC)
§  Set up by the NICE committee
o   Benefit from the intervention
§  are planning a pregnancy
§  are already pregnant
§  have an infant aged under 12 months.
o   How do they determine and recommend these interventions to those:
§  Carbon Monoxide content: Some suggest a CO level as low as 3 parts per million (ppm), others use a cut-off point of 6–10 ppm.
§  Take action: midwives
·      CO test and explain its physical measure or her smoking and her exposure
·      Provide information about the risk to the unborn child of smoking while pregnant
·      Health benefits of stopping
·      Normal practice to refer all women who smoke for help to quit
·      Refer to all women who smoke or have stopped smoking within the last two weeks, to NHS Stop Smoking Services
·      Help the partner’s that live in the household and second hand smoking
·      If women declines referral, leave the offer to help still
§  Take action: action for others in the public, community and voluntary sectors
·      Target:
o   GPs, practice nurses, health visitors and family nurses.
o   Obstetricians, pediatricians, sonographers and other members of the maternity team (apart from midwives).
o   Those working in youth and teenage pregnancy services, children's centers and social services.
o   Those working in fertility clinics, dental practices, community pharmacies and voluntary and community organizations.
o   Follow up interventions are effective in helping women who are pregnant to quit smoking
§  Cognitive behavior therapy
§  Motivational interviewing
§  Structured self help and support from NHS Stop Smoking Services

·      Prenatal care staff
o   Ensure services are delivered in n impartial, client centered manner
o   Sensitive to their circumstances.
o   Involve thee women in planning and development of services
o   Ensure flexible and coordinated services and take place in locations and times that are easy to access and be tailored to meet individual needs
o   Collaborate with the family nurse partnership and outreach schemes to identify additional support
o   Work in partnership with agencies that support women who have complex social and emotional needs.

·      Partners and other in the household who smoke
o   Clear advice about the danger that other people’s tobacco smoke poses t the pregnant women and babe before and after
o   Not smoking around pregnant woman, mother or baby
o   Multi component interventions that
§  Contra-indications and the potential for adverse effects from pharmacotherapies such as NRT
§  The likelihood that they will follow the course of treatment
§  Their previous experience of smoking cessation aids.

·      The Tobacco Companies
o   Tobacco/cigarretes taxes to increase
o   Might lose business
o   They don’t take advantage of this at all, they will lose customers and promotions as well
o   The issue of second hand smoking that can also affect pregnant women is an issue
·      The pharmaceutical companies
o   The use of NRT and other pharmacological supply = BAD
o   The use of this
o   Advise pregnant women who are using nicotine patches to remove them before going to bed
o   Neither vareniciline or bupropion should be offered to pregnant or breastfeeding women


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2 comments:

  1. Good list of stakeholders.
    Think of the pregnant women too.

    Am not sure what some of the acronyms in your blog mean - like NICE, NRT
    Remember to write what these stand for when working on your paper.

    I found it hard to follow the bullet points under some of the stakeholders.
    Perhaps mentioning the concerns of each stakeholder separately from the interventions would help the reader follow what each bullet point is focused on.

    For prenatal staff, how would you involve women in planning services?

    For their smoking partners, how would you pass on the advise about the danger of smoking?

    Which stakeholders would oppose your interventions? How would you address their concerns?

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  2. Great and really organized entry! There are so many stakeholders to mention when dealing with your issue and you mentioned a lot more than I thought of. My only question is if NICE works well as a stakeholder for preterm births in the USA due to smoking as NICE is a UK based organization. I'm not sure if that has any immediate impact on the research but may be worth looking into.

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