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USER MANUAL - TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. CLASSIFICATION OF ARTICLES
1.1 INTENT (DESCRIPTORS)
1.1.2 SUBINTENTS
2. USING THE DATABASE SEARCH ENGINE
2.1 EXPLORING THE SEARCH WINDOW
3. ARTICLES RESULTS WINDOW
3.1 EXPLORING THE RESULTS SEARCH WINDOW
3.2 LOOKING FOR MORE ARTICLES
3.3 EXPLORING THE DETAILED RESULTS WINDOW
1. CLASSIFICATION OF ARTICLES
After evaluating different classification schemas, the final classification was inspired from the National Organization of Tobacco Use Research Funding (NOTURF).
1.1 INTENTS (Descriptors)
INTENT 1- Capacity Building. This includes activities that support the utilization of research or building of infrastructures to carry out research.
INTENT 2- Basic research on tobacco and its use. This category includes studies of tobacco composition and production, effects on the initiation, maintenance and patterns of use, and effects of exposure on basic biological processes.
INTENT 3- Basic research on diseases related to the use of tobacco. This category includes studies of the disease processes associated with tobacco use and the effects of tobacco use or exposure on the whole organism.
INTENT 4- Research on interventions delivered to populations. Studies in this group are on developing, implementing, replicating or evaluating interventions for large groups, communities, or populations to prevent, treat or reduce tobacco use or its effects.
INTENT 5- Individual Interventions. Studies in this group are on developing, implementing, replicating or evaluating interventions for individuals or small groups to prevent or treat tobacco use or exposure.
1.1.2 SUBINTENTS
Under intent 1 (Capacity Building) the articles were further channeled into one of the following subintents:
a• Dissemination of research results, interventions, or other information on tobacco use, related disease, tobacco control activities, etc.
b• Evaluation of the delivery of programs or interventions (process evaluation), or of program fidelity. This should not include evaluation of impacts or outcomes of programs, as that would be classified as intervention research (population or individual).
c• Implementation of programs, policies, services, etc. This may include training of providers of these services.
d• Development of methods and measures for conducting research.
e• Technical assistance or support for the provision of programs and services.
f• Other capacity-building activities (these may be specified in the “notes” section).
Under intent 2 (Basic research on tobacco and its use) the articles were further channeled into one of the following subintents:
a• Behavioral and cognitive: basic psychological research on or etiology of on behavior and cognition, such as beliefs about tobacco use, patterns of use and acquisition, etc.
b• Biobehavior: how biological processes associated with tobacco use affect behaviors that may or may not be related to use of tobacco or other substances of abuse; this may include studies of physical addiction and its manifestation.
c• Farming and Industry: the ways in which tobacco is grown and treated for consumption, the economics around tobacco production and sales, legal issues, and the activities of tobacco producers such as marketing practices.
d• Genetics: the effects genes may have on initiation or continuation of tobacco use or on the biological processing of the chemicals delivered by tobacco, or the effects tobacco use may have on the expression or mutation of genes.
e• Growth and development: the ways in which tobacco use affects normal human or animal growth and development; this may be at any course in the lifespan, including prenatal.
f• Immunological and vaccine: studies of the relationship between tobacco use and the immune system, such as tobacco’s effects on immunity or the development of vaccines and immune enhancers to prevent addiction or disease (chemoprevention).
g• Neurosciences: basic biological and chemical research on the neurological processes involved in tobacco use, addiction, mental health, etc.
h• Pharmaceutical development: research to develop drugs for the treatment of tobacco addiction/dependency/abuse.
i• Product composition and exposure/harm reduction: the chemical components of tobacco and tobacco smoke, or the delivery of those into the body and exploration of ways in which the harm caused by tobacco use or exposure may be lessened, such as through product modification.
j• Other: basic research not related to disease that is not described by any of the above categories; the notes section should be used to describe the type of research.
Under intent 3 (Basic research on diseases related to the use of tobacco) the articles were further channeled into one of the following subintents:
a. Cancer — digestive: colorectal, stomach, esophogael, etc.
b. Cancer — lung: any type of cancer originating in or metastasizing to the human lung.
c. Cancer — other: may be any type of human or animal cancer that is associated with tobacco, such as skin, lung, etc.
d. Cancer — reproductive: includes breast, ovarian, prostate, testicular, etc.
e. Cardiovascular and circulatory disorders: any disorder of the cardiovascular system of the body that is associated with tobacco use, such as high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, etc., and disorders of the body’s circulatory system associated with tobacco use, such as stroke, blood clots, etc.
f. Mental health: psychiatric or psychological disorders which may influence or be affected by tobacco use, such as depression, illicit drug use, attention deficit disorders, etc.
g. Oral/dental health: disorders of the mouth that are associated with tobacco use, such as gum disease and tooth decay, including oral cancers.
h. Respiratory diseases: non-cancerous disorders of the respiratory system such as emphysema, asthma, cardio-obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), etc.
i. Other diseases: disorders associated with tobacco use that are not described above, such as diabetes, osteoporosis, skin diseases excluding cancers, etc.; the notes section should be used to indicate the type of disease.
j. Death from tobacco
k. General diseases due to tobacco
l- chronic diseases due to tobacco
Under intent 4 (Research on interventions delivered to populations.) the articles were further channeled into one of the following subintents:
a• Communications/media/public education: information delivered through materials or messages without the accompaniment of individual counseling or advice (through any media channels such as television, newspaper, magazine, Internet, tobacco package labels, etc.) aimed at preventing or denormalizing tobacco use, increasing awareness of the harms of tobacco, encouraging cessation or increasing awareness of available supports and services.
b• Policies — industry: restrictions on the production and composition of tobacco products, as well as restrictions on marketing and promotion activities (formerly within State and National Policies); includes broad-based strategies to increase compliance with regulations.
c• Policies — users: regulations affecting price or access, such as product taxation or restrictions on where, how or by whom products may be purchased (formerly within State and National Policies and Community Policies); restrictions on use of tobacco products in public spaces (such as schools, restaurants, or work places) or by particular individuals or groups; includes broad-based strategies to increase compliance with regulations.
d• Services — health care system: activities, policies, protocols, etc. aimed at improving the quality and delivery of services (such as smoking cessation) within various channels of the health care system (formerly Health care services and delivery).
e• Services — tailored broad delivery: behavior change interventions available to the public but delivered to individuals, internet communities or telephone hotlines/quitlines (formerly Computer/Internet and Telephone within Individual Interventions).
f• Other population interventions: any other activities aimed at groups of people that are not adequately described by the categories above; the notes section should be used to indicate the type of intervention.
Under intent 5 (Individual Intervention) the articles were further channeled into one of the following subintents:
a- Adherence: interventions to increase adherence to protocols around the delivery of interventions, and interventions aimed at increasing individuals’ adherence to treatment regimens (formerly Adherence Studies).
b• Combined prevention and cessation: behavioral interventions, which address both prevention and cessation goals (and possibly reduction of use), such as with mixed groups of users and non-users.
c• Education: tailored delivery of information and/or advice to increase knowledge or awareness of the effects of tobacco use, or to change attitudes around tobacco use (denormalization), etc.
d• Prevention — exposure: interventions aimed at preventing xposure to secondhand smoke (ETS).
e• Prevention — use: behavioral interventions aimed at preventing nitiation or reversing the trajectory of early (experimental) tobacco use.
f• Treatment — behavioral: interventions focused on changing individuals’ behaviors around tobacco use in order to treat dependence; may include group counseling; (note if pharmacological adjuncts are in any way as supplement to or part of the intervention).
g• Treatment — pharmacological: use of drugs (NRT or other) or supplements to treat nicotine dependence or its effects, such as weight gain or depression (note if behavioral counseling is offered as supplement to or part of the treatment program).
h• Treatment — relapse prevention: interventions to increase success in quit attempts or improve adherence to treatment plans and recommendations (formerly Behavioral Interventions or Adherence Studies).
i• Treatment — self-help: tailored delivery of information, materials or advice to support individuals in attempts to quit on their own.
j• Other individual interventions: other interventions directed at individuals or small groups that are not described by the above; the notes section should be used to indicate the type of intervention.
2. USING THE DATABASE SEARCH ENGINE
2.1 EXPLORING THE SEARCH WINDOW
Depending on which windows platform you are using and which internet explorer you will currently need to be on the current page
* Phonetic search is allowed for these fields, in case the correct spelling is unknown.
3. ARTICLES RESULTS WINDOW
3.1 EXPLORING THE RESULTS SEARCH WINDOW
As example I have tried to search for articles available in the database published by authors with “Maalouf” as last name. After entering the word “Maalouf” in the AUTHOR field and clicking on search you will get a result window looking as follows:
These results are the brief summaries of the articles that match your search criteria, they can link you to the article of interest. Clicking in the box next to the article of interest to select more detailed view, multiple selection is possible.
You can either:
“Display” detailed results
“Save” in html or excel (.xls) format
or
“Print” the article(s) selected
3.2 LOOKING FOR MORE ARTICLES
The search strategy is saved below the result window in case of any search refinement is required.
3.3 EXPLORING THE DETAILED RESULT DISPLAY WINDOW
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