@article{3180585,
    title = "Short-term impact of the EuroPean Accredited Curriculum on Tobacco
Treatment Training (EPACTT) program",
    author = "Peleki, Theodosia and Girvalaki, Charis and Lozano, Francisco and and Radu-Loghin, Cornel and Nguyen, Dominick and Harutyunyan, Arusyak and and Bakhturidze, George and Trofor, Antigona and Demin, Andrey and Stoyka, and Otto and Tsiou, Chrysoula and Papadakis, Sophia and Vardavas, and Constantine I. and Behrakis, Panagiotis K.",
    journal = "Tobacco Prevention and Cessation",
    year = "2018",
    volume = "4",
    publisher = "EU EUROPEAN PUBLISHING",
    doi = "10.18332/tpc/92484",
    keywords = "smoking cessation; training; evidence-based practice; health care
professionals; knowledge; attitudes",
    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
cross-national European sample of health care professionals. Additional
research is required to examine the generalizability of our findings."
}