Dr. David Wetter: Social Determinants and Cigarette smoking Cessation
(Recorded April 7, 2016)
About the webinar
Wellness and well being behaviors these kinds of as smoking cessation are highly patterned on a socioeconomic gradient. Healthy People 2020 defines the social determinants of well being as the “conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, discover, function, play, worship, and age.” Illustrations of social determinants consist of economic/content resources such as cash flow, employment, and entry to educational possibilities social problems these kinds of as neighborhood difficulties and social have confidence in and, physical problems this kind of as bars and tobacco retail outlets. Dr. Wetter will current info displaying how a broad assortment of social determinants effect using tobacco cessation amid underserved populations.
About the presenter:
David W. Wetter, Ph.D., is a Professor and the Elma W. Schneider Chair in the Office of Psychology at Rice University. His operate is specific at removing disparities in wellness-connected actions by means of translational investigation. Distinct analysis foci include: theoretical models of addictive and cancer danger behaviors the advancement and analysis of theoretically-based interventions and, translational research to implement and disseminate those interventions in true entire world settings. His analysis spans the continuum from cells to modern society, and focuses on large-risk and underserved populations, with a major target on lower socioeconomic position people, minorities, and females. Dr. Wetter gained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and a M.S. in Epidemiology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has a joint appointment in the Section of Well being Disparities Analysis at MD Anderson and an adjunct appointment at The College of Texas College of Community Wellness.
Advised looking through:
• Mechanisms Linking Socioeconomic Position to Using tobacco Cessation: A Structural Equation Modeling Technique (pdf), Overall health Psychology, 2010 (https://md2k.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Businelle2010.pdf)
• The Effect of Tobacco Outlet Density and Proximity on Smoking cigarettes Cessation (pdf), American Journal of General public Wellness, February 2011 (https://md2k.org/wp-content material/uploads/2016/03/Reitzel2011.pdf)