Short-term impact of the EuroPean Accredited Curriculum on Tobacco Treatment Training (EPACTT) program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION The aim of this pilot study was to assess the short-term effectiveness of the EuroPean Accredited Curriculum on Tobacco Treatment Training intervention in improving health care providers' knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy related to tobacco dependence treatment. METHODS A pre-post pilot study was conducted. The two-day training intervention took place in Brussels in April 2016. Health care professionals from six European countries (Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Romania and Greece) were purposively invited to participate in the study. Evaluation was performed before the intervention, immediately after, and at approximately two months following the intervention. Changes in outcomes of interest were examined before and after exposure to the intervention program. RESULTS In all, 47 health care professionals participated in the training of which 40 completed the evaluation surveys. Significant increases in providers' self-efficacy and perceived behavioral control related to tobacco treatment delivery were documented immediately following the training and at the 2 months follow-up. Significant improvement in provider knowledge and attitudes were observed in some items assessed. CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrate that training is able to improve provider self-efficacy related to tobacco treatment delivery in this crossnational European sample of health care professionals. Additional research is required to examine the generalizability of our findings.

Impact of the ENSP eLearning platform on improving knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy for treating tobacco dependence: An assessment across 15 European countries

“…A score of 80% or higher was required to pass the test. The tools used to evaluate the training curriculum have been previously tested in several studies conducted from members of our team [7][8][9][10][11] .…”