Research provides the foundation of knowledge needed to help reduce tobacco’s harm. ClearWay MinnesotaSM supports and conducts scientific research by making grants to fund innovative research and to assess tobacco use prevalence, quitting beliefs and behaviors, secondhand smoke exposure and the impact of public policies on tobacco use with contributes to science by making grants that fund innovative research on tobacco behaviors, tobacco control policies and ways to help people quit.
Funding Opportunities
Research Request for Proposals (RFP) for Fiscal Year 2014
This RFP invites applications for Full Standard and Formative Research Awards on research to increase our understanding of the impact of menthol cigarettes on experimentation, initiation, addiction, cessation, switching between tobacco products and use of more than one tobacco product.
Letters of Interest are due November 14, 2013, by 4:30 p.m. Central Time. Full applications will be due January 30, 2014. Please direct questions regarding this RFP to ClearWay Minnesota Senior Research Program Manager Megan Whittet at 952-767-1415 or here.
Current Awards – 2013
- Title: Regulation of Menthol Cigarettes in Minnesota
- Applicant Organization: Public Health Law Center
- Principal Investigator: Michael Freiberg, J.D.
- Amount of Award: Not to exceed $125,000
- Length of Award: 12 months
- Abstract
- Title: Smoker Response to Banning of Menthol-Flavored Cigarettes
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota
- Principal Investigator: Michael Kotlyar, Pharm.D.
- Amount of Award: Not to exceed $125,000
- Length of Award: 12 months
- Abstract
- Title: Evaluation of Cessation Treatment Preferences of Menthol Smokers
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota
- Principal Investigator: Kola Okuyemi, M.D., M.P.H.
- Amount of Award: Not to exceed $125,000
- Length of Award: 12 months
- Abstract
Research Funding Portfolio
The Research Funding Portfolio is a compilation of all Research awards that have been funded to date.
2013
- The Regulation of Menthol Cigarettes in Minnesota (PI: Freiberg)
- Smoker Response to Banning of Menthol-Flavored Cigarettes (PI: Kotlyar)
- Evaluation of Cessation Treatment Preferences of Menthol Smokers (PI: Okuyemi)
Awards
Current Awards – 2013
- Title: Regulation of Menthol Cigarettes in Minnesota
- Applicant Organization: Public Health Law Center
- Principal Investigator: Michael Freiberg, J.D.
- Amount of Award: Not to exceed $125,000
- Length of Award: 12 months
- Abstract
- Title: Smoker Response to Banning of Menthol-Flavored Cigarettes
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota
- Principal Investigator: Michael Kotlyar, Pharm.D.
- Amount of Award: Not to exceed $125,000
- Length of Award: 12 months
- Abstract
- Title: Evaluation of Cessation Treatment Preferences of Menthol Smokers
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota
- Principal Investigator: Kola Okuyemi, M.D., M.P.H.
- Amount of Award: Not to exceed $125,000
- Length of Award: 12 months
- Abstract
2012
- Increasing the Use of Smoking Cessation Benefits by Unionized Blue-Collar and Service Sector Workers (PI: Weisman/Skoog)
- Using Telephone Quitlines to Help Hospitalized Patients Quit Smoking (PI: Warner)
- American Indian Systems for Tobacco Addiction Treatment (PI: Rhodes)
Awards
Increasing the Use of Smoking Cessation by Unionized Blue-Collar and Service Sector Workers
- Applicant Organization: Public Health Law Center
- Principal Investigators: Susan Weisman, J.D., and Rod Skoog
- Amount of Award: Not to exceed $750,000
- Length of Award: Three years
- Abstract
Using Telephone Quitlines to Help Hospitalized Patients Quit Smoking
- Applicant Organization: Mayo Clinic
- Principal Investigator: David Warner, M.D.
- Amount of Award: Not to exceed $726,727
- Length of Award: Three years
- Abstract
American Indian Systems for Tobacco Addiction Treatment
- Applicant Organization: American Indian Cancer Foundation
- Principal Investigator: Kristine Rhodes, M.P.H.
- Amount of Award: Not to exceed $375,000
- Length of Award: Three years
- Abstract
2010
- The Regulation of Cigarette Replacement Products in Minnesota (PI: Freiberg)
- Smoke-Free Workplace Laws and the Incidence of Acute Cardiac Events in Olmsted County, Minnesota (PI: Hurt/Roger)
- Circles of Tobacco Wisdom (PI: Forster/Poupart)
- Formative Research to Develop a Physician-Delivered Tobacco Cessation Intervention for People Living With HIV/AIDS (PI: Horvath/Worthington)
Awards
The Regulation of Cigarette Replacement Products in Minnesota
- Applicant Organization: Public Health Law Center
- Principal Investigator: Mike Freiberg, J.D.
- Amount of Award: Not to exceed $246,941
- Length of Award: Two years
- Abstract
The goal of this project is to conduct legal research that will identify and evaluate potential local and state policies in Minnesota to control the sale and use of cigarette replacement products such as dissolvable tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, snus and water pipes.
Smoke-Free Workplace Laws and the Incidence of Acute Cardiac Events in Olmsted County, Minnesota
- Applicant Organization: Mayo Clinic, Rochester
- Principal Investigators: Richard Hurt, M.D., and Veronique Roger, M.D., M.P.H.
- Amount of Award: Not to exceed $512,515
- Length of Award: Three years
- Abstract
The goal of this project is to determine if the implementation of smoke-free workplace laws in Olmsted County reduced the incidence of acute cardiac events, namely unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death.
Circles of Tobacco Wisdom
- Applicant Organization: Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Collaborating Organizations: American Indian Policy Center and Inter-Tribal Elder Services
- Principal Investigators: Jean Forster, Ph.D., M.P.H., and John Poupart, M.P.H.
- Amount of Award: Not to exceed $465,750
- Length of Award: Three years
- Abstract
The goal of this project is to expand and more fully test an innovative program, Circles of Tobacco Wisdom, to engage elders more directly in addressing recreational smoking in the Twin Cities American Indian community.
Formative Research to Develop a Physician-Delivered Tobacco Cessation Intervention for People Living With HIV/AIDS
- Applicant Organization: Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Collaborating Organization: Rainbow Health Initiative
- Principal Investigators: Keith Horvath, Ph.D., and Loretta Worthington, M.A., M.S.P.
- Amount of Award: Not to exceed $129,115
- Length of Award: 18 months
- Abstract
The goal of this Developmental Community-Academic Research Award (CARA) is to increase the understanding of the experiences that persons living with HIV/AIDS have regarding tobacco cessation messages provided by their healthcare provider, as well as tobacco-related attitudes and practices from the perspective of HIV healthcare providers.
2009
- Tribal Tobacco Use Project (PI: Forster/Poupart)
Awards
Tribal Tobacco Use Project
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota School of Public Health
- Collaborating Organization: American Indian Policy Center
- Principal Investigators: Dr. Jean Forster and John Poupart
- Amount of award: $750,000
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
2008
- Market Segmentation in Young Adults’ Responses to Minnesota’s Freedom to Breathe Act (PI: Berg)
- Secondhand Smoke and Common-Interest Communities: Policy Options (PI: Ortland/Hewett)
- Research to Support Smoke-Free Multi-Housing Policies (PI: Hewett/Gundel/Bohac)
- Effect of Minnesota’s Statewide Clean Indoor Air Law on Young Adult Smoking (PI: Bernat/Forster)
- Secondhand Smoke Monitoring to Support Smoke-Free Policies in Outdoor Settings (PI: Bohac)
- Clean Indoor Air Consequences II (PI: Forster)
- Motivating Patients in Primary Care to Utilize the Minnesota Helpline (PI: Okuyemi/Ahluwalia/Peterson/Thomas)
- An Integrated Work Safety-Smoking Cessation Program (PI: Hennrikus/Brosseau/Madsen)
- Influencing the Influencers: Motivating Taft-Hartley Health and Welfare Fund Trustees to Provide and Promote Tobacco Cessation Benefits (PI: Weisman/Skoog)
- Tobacco Prevention for Latino Youth Through Parent Education: A Community Collaborative Project (PI: Allen/Svetaz)
- Assessment of African Women’s and Children’s Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (PI: Pierce/Nambangi)
- Mobilizing African American Parents to Address the Harms of Secondhand Smoke: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project (PI: Warren/Sloan)
- Addressing Exposure to Tobacco Harm Among Russian-Speaking (Slavic) Immigrants From the Former Soviet Union (PI: Chase/Meerovich)
- Smoke-Free Casino Options: Consumer Preference for Smoke-Free Casinos and Dissemination Methods for Tribal Decision Making (PI: Day/Bordeaux)
- Extending Success II (PI: Forster/Poupart)
- Community-Based Participatory Research to Decrease Smoking Prevalence in Job Corps (PI: Mendenhall/Harper)
Awards
Influencing the Influencers: Motivating Taft-Hartley Health and Welfare Fund Trustees to Provide and Promote Tobacco Cessation Benefits
- Applicant Organization: Tobacco Law Center
- Collaborating Organizations: The University of Minnesota, UNITE HERE MN, UFCS Local 789, the Laborers’ District Council of Minnesota and North Dakota and the Minnesota Laborers Health and Welfare Fund
- Principal Investigator: Susan Weisman
- Amount of award: $516,138
- Length of award: 3 years
- Abstract
Extending CD Success in Indian Country to Tobacco
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota School of Public Health
- Collaborating Organization: American Indian Policy Center
- Principal Investigator: Jean Forster, Ph.D.
- Amount of award: $129,165
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Community-Based Participatory Research to Decrease Smoking Prevalence in a High Risk Young Adult Population
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
- Principal Investigators: Tai Mendenhall, Ph.D., L.M.F.T., and Peter Harper, M.D., M.P.H.
- Amount of award: $129,373
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Secondhand Smoke Monitoring to Support Smoke-Free Policies in Outdoor Settings
- Applicant Organization: Center for Energy and Environment
- Principal Investigators: David Bohac, P.E., and Michael Apte, Ph.D.
- Amount of award: $114,760
- Length of award: 12 months
- Abstract
Tobacco Prevention for Latino Youth Through Parent Education – A Community Collaborative Project
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota, Department of Family Medicine
- Collaborating Organization: Hennepin Family Care East Lake Clinic
- Principal Investigators: Michelle Allen, M.S., M.D., and Veronica Svetaz, M.D.
- Amount of award: $89,776
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Assessment of African Women’s and Children’s Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
- Applicant Organization: Wilder Research, Amherst A. Wilder Foundation
- Collaborating Organization: Minnesota African Women’s Association
- Principal Investigators: Alexandra Pierce, Ph.D., and Melissa Nambangi
- Amount of award: $126,440
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Mobilizing African American Parents to Address the Harms of Secondhand Smoke: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota Medical School, Program in Health Disparities Research
- Collaborating Organization: La Creche
- Principal Investigators: Jennifer Warren, Ph.D., Phylis Sloan and Kola Okuyemi, M.D., M.P.H.
- Amount of award: $126,863
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
An Integrated Work Safety/Smoking Cessation Program
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota, Department of Epidemiology
- Collaborating Organization: Carver County Public Health
- Principal Investigators: Deborah Hennrikus, Ph.D., Lisa Brosseau, Sc.D., and Rae Jean Madsen, R.N., P.H.N.
- Amount of award: $128,515
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Addressing Exposure to Tobacco Harm Among Russian-Speaking (Slavic) Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union
- Applicant Organization: Wilder Research, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
- Collaborating Organization: Slavic Community Center
- Principal Investigators: Richard Chase, Ph.D., and Gedaly Meerovich
- Amount of award: $129,318
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Smoke-Free Casino Options – Consumer Preference for Smoke-Free Casinos and Dissemination Methods for Tribal Decision Making
- Applicant Organization: Indigenous Peoples Task Force
- Principal Investigators: Sharon Day and Carolyn Bordeaux
- Amount of award: $244,962
- Length of award: 24 months
- Abstract
Market Segmentation in Young Adults’ Responses to Minnesota’s Freedom to Breathe Act
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota, Department of Medicine
- Principal Investigator: Carla Berg, Ph.D.
- Amount of award: $145,260
- Length of award: 24 months
- Abstract
Secondhand Smoke and Common Interest Communities – Policy Options
- Applicant Organization: Tobacco Law Center
- Principal Investigators: Warren Ortland, J.D., and Martha Hewett
- Amount of award: $309,452
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
Motivating Patients in Primary Care to Utilize the Minnesota Helpline
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
- Principal Investigators: Kolawole Okuyemi, M.D., M.P.H., Jasjit Ahluwalia, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., Kevin Peterson, M.D., M.P.H., and Janet Thomas, Ph.D.
- Amount of award: $493,922
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
Research to Support Smoke-Free Multi-Housing Policies
- Applicant Organization: Center for Energy and Environment
- Principal Investigators: Martha Hewett, Lara Gundel, Ph.D., and David Bohac, P.E.
- Amount of award: $516,171
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
Effect of Minnesota’s Statewide Clean Indoor Air Law on Young Adult Smoking
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Principal Investigators: Debra Bernat, Ph.D., and Jean Forster, Ph.D.
- Amount of award: $517,381
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
2006
- Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Health Impact Evaluation for Minnesota Bars and Restaurants (PI: Bohac)
- Unintended Effects of Local Clean Indoor Air Policies on Alcohol Business, Alcohol Policies and Alcohol-Related Problems (PI: Forster)
- Influences on Taft-Hartley Administrators’ and Trustees’ Decisions Regarding the Provision and Promotion of Tobacco Cessation Benefits (PI: Weisman)
- Waybinigay: Releasing Our Addictions (PI: Day)
- Increasing QUITPLAN Helpline Utilization by Surgical Patients (PI: Warner)
- Assessment of Disparities in Tobacco Use and Treatment (PI: Solberg)
- Capacity of New Nurses Entering the Minnesota Workforce to Impact Tobacco Cessation (PI: Lenz)
- Extending Community Development Success in Indian Country to Tobacco (PI: Forster/Poupart)
- Understanding Behaviors, Values, Motivations and Recommendations of Latino Subgroups in Developing Effective Community-Based Tobacco Cessation Programs (PI: Rodriguez/Contreras)
- Intervention Approaches to Reduce Tobacco Use Among Southeast Asian Communities (PI: Xiong)
- Community-Based Participatory Research to Decrease Smoking Prevalence in a High-Risk Young Adult Population (PI: Mendenhall/Harper)
- Winona County Great Expectations Coalition Against Tobacco Use (PI: Sternberg)
- Understanding Tobacco Use and Cessation Among Somalis in Minnesota (PI: DuBois/Fahia)
Awards
Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Health Impact Evaluation for Minnesota Bars and Restaurants
- Applicant Organization: Center for Energy and Environment
- Principal Investigator: David L. Bohac, P.E.
- Co-Principal Investigator: Michael G. Apte, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Amount of award: $515,947
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
Increasing QUITPLAN® Helpline Utilization by Surgical Patients
- Applicant Organization: Mayo Clinic Rochester
- Principal Investigator: David Warner
- Amount of award: $517,397
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
Unintended Effects of Local Clean Indoor Air Policies on Alcohol Businesses, Alcohol Policies and Alcohol Related Problems
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Principal Investigator: Jean Forster, Ph.D.
- Amount of award: $516,568
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
Developmental Community-Academic Research Awards
Understanding Behaviors, Values, Motivations and Recommendations of Latino Subgroups in Developing Effective Community-Based Tobacco Cessation Programs
- Applicant Organization: Centro Campesino
- Principal Investigator: Michael C. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
- Co-principal Investigator: Gloria Contreras
- Amount of award: $128,904
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Influences on Taft-Hartley Fund Administrators’ and Trustees’ Decisions Regarding the Provision and Promotion of Tobacco Cessation Benefits
- Applicant Organization: Tobacco Law Center, Inc.
- Principal Investigator: Susan Weisman
- Amount of award: $129,373
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Extending CD Success in Indian Country to Tobacco
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Principal Investigator: Jean Forster, Ph.D.
- Co-principal investigator: John Poupart, American Indian Policy Center
- Amount of award: $129,360
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Intervention Approaches to Reduce Tobacco Use Among Southeast Asian Communities
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota, General College
- Principal Investigator: Zha Blong Xiong, Ph.D.
- Amount of award: $129,226
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Community-Based Participatory Research to Decrease Smoking Prevalence in a High Risk Young Adult Population: A Collaboration between Job Corps and Family Medicine
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
- Principal Investigator: Tai J. Mendenhall, Ph.D., L.M.F.T.
- Amount of award: $124,497
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Winona County Great Expectations Coalition Against Tobacco Use
- Applicant Organization: Winona State University
- Principal Investigator: Ruth Schroeder, Ph.D., C.H.E.S., C.A.D.C. III, L.P.C.
- Co-Principal Investigators: Peter Sternberg; Sang-Min Kim
- Amount of award: $126,440
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Full Community-Academic Research Awards
Waybinigay: Releasing Our Addictions
- Applicant Organization: Indigenous Peoples Task Force
- Principal Investigator: Cecilia Martinez, Ph.D.
- Co-Principal Investigator: Sharon Day
- Amount of award: $517,495
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
Understanding Tobacco Use and Cessation Among Somalis in Minnesota
- Applicant Organization: Minnesota International Health Volunteers
- Principal Investigator: Diana K. DuBois
- Co-Principal Investigator: Saeed Fahia
- Amount of award: $508,277
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
New Tobacco Investigator Awards
Capacity of New Nurses Entering the Minnesota Workforce to Impact Tobacco Cessation
- Applicant Organization: St. Cloud State University, Department of Nursing Science
- Principal Investigator: Brenda Lenz, R.N., Ph.D.
- Co-Principal Investigator: Edward Ehlinger, M.D., M.S.P.H.
- Amount of award: $119,456
- Length of award: 30 months
- Abstract
2005
- Legal and Political Obstacles to Smoke-Free Regulation in Minnesota Multi-Jurisdictional Regions (PI: Cork)
- Creating Healthier Policies in Minnesota Casinos (PI: Day/Scott)
- Smoking Cessation in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PI: Lando)
- The Efficacy of Proactive Personal Email Support as an Addition to Minnesota’s quitplan.com Stop-Smoking Website (PI: An)
- Enhancing Smoker Utilization of Minnesota Helpline Cessation Services Through Support Persons (PI: Patten)
- A Study of Ways to Promote Smoking Cessation in West African Immigrant Communities in Minnesota (PI: Owen/Tarley)
Awards
The Efficacy of Proactive Personal Email Support as an Addition to Minnesota’s quitplan.com Stop-Smoking Website
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota, Department of Medicine
- Principal Investigator: Lawrence C. An, M.D.
- Amount of Award: $517,500
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
Legal and Political Obstacles to Smoke-Free Regulation in Minnesota Multi-Jurisdictional Regions
- Applicant organization: Tobacco Law Center
- Principal Investigator: Kerry Cork
- Amount of award: $115,000
- Length of award: 24 months
- Abstract
Enhancing Smoker Utilization of Minnesota Helpline Cessation Services Through Support Persons
- Applicant Organization: Mayo Clinic Rochester
- Principal Investigator: Christi A. Patten, Ph.D.
- Amount of Award: $501,035
- Length of Award: 36 months
- Abstract
Smoking Cessation in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota, Department of Epidemiology
- Principal Investigator: Harry Lando, Ph.D.
- Amount of award: $445,838
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
Developmental Community-Academic Research Awards
Creating Healthier Policies in Minnesota Casinos
- Applicant organization: Indigenous Peoples Task Force
- Principal Investigator: Sharon Day
- Amount of award: $128,513
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
A Study of Ways to Promote Tobacco Cessation in West African Immigrant Communities in Minnesota
- Applicant Organization: African Assistance Program
- Principal Investigator: Greg Owen
- Amount of Award: $123,607
- Length of Award: 18 months
- Abstract
2004
- First Medicines Research Planning Project (PI: Day/Hickey)
- Proactive Telephone Counseling With Rural Smokeless Tobacco Users (PI: Boyle)
- A Countywide Approach to Worksite Smoking Cessation (PI: Madsen/Henrikus)
- Tobacco Treatment Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Smokers (PI: Fu)
- Tobacco Use and Cessation Among Young Adult Enrollees of a Large Managed Care Organization (PI: McCarty)
- Reducing Harm in Minnesota Vietnamese (PI: Lando)
- Preventing Tobacco Abuse in American Indian Nations (PI: Forster/Poupart)
- Formative Quantitative Research to Prevent Tobacco Use by LGBT Youth (PI: Remafedi)
Awards
Proactive Telephone Counseling with Rural Smokeless Tobacco Users
- Applicant Organization: HealthPartners Research Foundation
- Principal Investigator: Raymond Boyle
- Amount of award: $392,367
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
New Tobacco Investigator Awards
Tobacco Use and Cessation Among Young Adult Enrollees of a Large Managed Care Organization
- Applicant Organization: HealthPartners Research Foundation
- Principal Investigator: Maribet McCarty
- Amount of award: $263,333
- Length of award: 24 months
- Abstract
Tobacco Treatment Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Smokers
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota
- Principal Investigator: Steven Fu
- Amount of award: $466,943
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
Developmental Community-Academic Research Awards
First Medicines Research Planning Project
- Applicant Organization and Community Partner: Indigenous Peoples Task Force
- Principal Investigator: Sharon Day
- Amount of award: $82,500
- Length of award: 12 months
- Abstract
A County Wide Approach to Worksite Smoking Cessation
- Applicant Organization and Community Partner: Carver County Community Health Services
- Academic Partner: University of Minnesota
- Principal Investigators: RaeJean Madsen and Deborah Hennrikus
- Amount of award: $108,087
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Reducing Tobacco Harm in Minnesota Vietnamese
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota
- Community Partner: Vietnamese Minnesotans Association
- Principal Investigator: Harry Lando
- Amount of award: $111,664
- Length of award: 18 months
- Abstract
Full Community-Academic Research Awards
Formative Quantitative Research to Prevent Tobacco Use by LGBT Youths
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota, Youth and AIDS Project
- Community Partners: YouthLink, Out4Good, and Out For Equity
- Principal Investigator: Gary Remafedi
- Amount of award: $447,974
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
Preventing Tobacco Abuse in American Indian Nations
- Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota
- Community Partner: American Indian Policy Center
- Principal Investigators: Jean Forster and John Poupart
- Amount of award: $488,747
- Length of award: 36 months
- Abstract
2002
- Support for Smoke-Free Recreation Policies in Minnesota (PI: Forster)
- Webers: A Web-Based System to Reduce College Smoking (PI: An)
- Smoking-Related Attitudes and Practices of Physicians and Nurses (PI: Braun)
- Reducing Tobacco Use Among Pregnant American Indian Woman (PI: Day/Scott)
- A Study of Sociocultural Factors Affecting Young Adults’ Smoking Behavior (PI: Steele)
- Formative Research to Prevent Tobacco Use by LGBT Youths (PI: Remafedi)
Awards
- In 2002, ClearWaySM Minnesota awarded its second round of research grants. $2 million was awarded for the following six projects:
- The University of Minnesota Youth and AIDS Project, in partnership with the school-based programs Out for Equity and Out4Good and YouthLink’s Project Offstreets, were awarded an 18-month Full CARA grant of $206,451 to qualitatively assess knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about tobacco and tobacco use among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth in the Twin Cities.
- The University of Minnesota was awarded an 18-month Full CARA grant for $212,126 to investigate the policy strategy of outdoor smoking restrictions in park and recreation locations for changing tobacco use norms. Partners on the project are the Tobacco Free Youth Recreation program of the Association of Nonsmokers-Minnesota and the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association.
- Park Nicollet Institute will receive an eight-month New Tobacco Investigator grant of $91,227 to solicit opinions of primary care physicians, specialist physicians and nurses to determine ways to increase clinic-based smoking cessation counseling.
- The University of Minnesota, Department of Medicine was awarded a three-year New Tobacco Investigator grant of $477,927 to improve upon both the reach and effectiveness of existing smoking cessation programs by developing a web-based expert system (WEBERS) to promote tobacco non-use among college students. Partners on the project include the Boynton Student Health Services of the University of Minnesota and the University of Texas, Houston.
- The University of St. Thomas, Department of Journalism will receive a three-year New Tobacco Investigator grant of $375,162 to expand the understanding of factors that cause young adults (ages 18-24) to start or stop smoking and/or to expose themselves to secondhand smoke.
- The Indigenous Peoples Task Force was awarded a two-year grant for $159,175 to assess the motivating factors to smoke and the use patterns for American Indian women who smoke during pregnancy, to build community readiness to address the issue and develop recommendations for intervention strategies. Partners on the project are Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center; Scott Consulting, and the Minnesota Department of Health.
The University of Minnesota Youth and AIDS Project, in partnership with the school-based programs Out for Equity and Out4Good and YouthLink’s Project Offstreets, were awarded an 18-month Full CARA grant of $206,451 to qualitatively assess knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about tobacco and tobacco use among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth in the Twin Cities.
- The University of Minnesota was awarded an 18-month Full CARA grant for $212,126 to investigate the policy strategy of outdoor smoking restrictions in park and recreation locations for changing tobacco use norms. Partners on the project are the Tobacco Free Youth Recreation program of the Association of Nonsmokers-Minnesota and the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association.
- Park Nicollet Institute will receive an eight-month New Tobacco Investigator grant of $91,227 to solicit opinions of primary care physicians, specialist physicians and nurses to determine ways to increase clinic-based smoking cessation counseling.
- The University of Minnesota, Department of Medicine was awarded a three-year New Tobacco Investigator grant of $477,927 to improve upon both the reach and effectiveness of existing smoking cessation programs by developing a web-based expert system (WEBERS) to promote tobacco non-use among college students. Partners on the project include the Boynton Student Health Services of the University of Minnesota and the University of Texas, Houston.
- The University of St. Thomas, Department of Journalism will receive a three-year New Tobacco Investigator grant of $375,162 to expand the understanding of factors that cause young adults (ages 18-24) to start or stop smoking and/or to expose themselves to secondhand smoke.
- The Indigenous Peoples Task Force was awarded a two-year grant for $159,175 to assess the motivating factors to smoke and the use patterns for American Indian women who smoke during pregnancy, to build community readiness to address the issue and develop recommendations for intervention strategies. Partners on the project are Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center; Scott Consulting, and the Minnesota Department of Health.
2000
- Clean Indoor Air in Apartments: Researching Effective Strategies (PI: Hewitt)
- Nicotine and Sensory Replacement for Heavy Smokers (PI: Brauer)
- Study of Tobacco Diversion Programs in Minnesota (PI: Lazovich)
- Smoking Cessation in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes (PI: Lando)
- Smoking Cessation in Surgical Patients (PI: Warner)
- Reducing Tobacco Abuse Among Urban Indian Youth (PI: Forster/Poupart)
- Hmong Youth Tobacco Study 2000 (PI: Yang)
Awards
In 2000, ClearWaySM Minnesota awarded its first round of research grants. ClearWay Minnesota awarded $2.35 million for the following seven research projects:
- The Hmong National Organization received an 18-month grant for $119,319 to create and develop a strong community-academic partnership designed to establish solid research methods about tobacco use with Hmong youth.
- The University of Minnesota, in partnership with the Indian Youth Consortium, received a grant not to exceed $123,357 for 18 months to develop a strong community-academic partnership that will produce relevant and effective information about culturally specific issues related to urban Indian youth tobacco abuse.
- The Center for Energy and Environment received a three-year grant of $470,501 to build a sound base of knowledge that will facilitate two types of interventions to reduce renters’ exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in their homes.
- The Mayo Clinic received a three-year grant of $477,076 to research strategies that will help cigarette smokers who are undergoing surgery manage and prolong abstinence in the pre- and post-operative period.
- The University of Minnesota received a three-year grant for $494,550 to lay the foundation for a clinical trial evaluating a novel approach to smoking cessation through the use of sensory replacement among heavy smokers.
- The University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology, received a three-year grant for $449,620 to research a model smoking cessation program designed to have significant health benefits for individuals with Type 2 Diabetes.
- The University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology, received a two-year grant for $210,198 to research effective elements of youth tobacco diversion programs and related strategies to impact smoking prevention and cessation.