Title
Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT): opportunities for community psychologists in chronic disease prevention
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
Publication Date
1991-2
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Community Mental Health Services; Health Education; Humans; National Institutes of Health (U.S.); *Psychology; Smoking; United States
Disciplines
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities | Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms | Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Health Services Research
Abstract
Opportunities for participation in chronic disease prevention programs are discussed in the context of a description and analysis of the National Cancer Institute's Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT). COMMIT involves 11 matched pairs of communities with random assignment to the intervention condition within each pair. The 4-year intervention is guided by a partly standardized protocol and embodies a number of community psychology principles. The relative congruence of COMMIT with community psychology principles and methods is discussed with particular emphasis on Kelly's (1988) model of community research. Community psychology's participation in chronic disease prevention trials requires understanding of the programmatic framework of National Institutes of Health prevention research and recognition of the constraints imposed by the framework on community psychology practices.
Source
Am J Community Psychol. 1991 Feb;19(1):17-39.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
American journal of community psychology
Related Resources
PubMed ID
1867149
Repository Citation
Lichtenstein E, Nettekoven L, Ockene JK. (1991). Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT): opportunities for community psychologists in chronic disease prevention. Preventive and Behavioral Medicine Publications. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/prevbeh_pp/51