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ClearWay Minnesota’s Research Department has released a new Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and Request for Proposals (RFP).

The RFQ invites applications for formative research for survey development. ClearWay Minnesota is interested in testing existing survey items and a few new additional items for the Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey (MATS) instrument in an effort to improve the reliability of data collected in the next MATS rounds.

The key questions we seek to answer include: What are respondents’ understanding of the items assessing secondhand smoke exposure on MATS? Is there a more accurate or meaningful way to measure the location and duration of exposure on a telephone survey?

Proposals are due October 17, 2016, by 4:30 p.m. Central Time.

Full Request for Qualifications (RFQ)

Please direct questions regarding this RFQ to Senior Research Program Manager Ann St. Claire, M.P.H., at astclaire@clearwaymn.org or 952-767-1416.

The RFP invites applications for Formative and Full Standard Research Awards. The purpose of these awards is to fund research that will advance knowledge and identify practical solutions to reducing tobacco-related health disparities.

Letters of Intent are due November 11, 2016, by 4:30 p.m. CT, and Full Applications are due January 11, 2017, by 4:30 p.m. CT.

Full Request for Proposals (RFP)

Please direct questions regarding this RFP to ClearWay Minnesota Research Program Manager Dr. Erin O’Gara at eogara@clearwaymn.org or 952-767-1405.

Current Awards – 2016

• Title: Menthol-Flavored E-Cigarette Use During a Simulated Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
• Applicant Organization: University of Minnesota
• Principal Investigator: Michael Kotlyar, Pharm.D
• Amount of Award: Not to exceed $125,000
• Length of Award: 24 months

Research Funding Portfolio

The Research Funding Portfolio is a compilation of all Research awards that have been funded to date. Abstracts for any of these projects will be provided upon request.

2016

• Agent-Based Modeling to Measure the Impact of Menthol and Retailer Density Policies in Minnesota (PI: Mahoney)
• Impacts of Commercial Tobacco Marketing on American Indian Reservations (PI: Widome, Co-PI: Rhodes)
• Menthol-Flavored E-Cigarette Use During a Simulated Ban of Menthol Cigarettes (PI: Kotlyar)

2015

• Exercise to Promote Quit Attempts in Young Adults (PI: Allen)
• American Indian Health Systems Support for Improving Quit Assistance and Quit Rates (PI: Rhodes)

2014

• Effect of Banning Menthol-Flavored Cigarettes on Smoking Cessation (PI: Kotlyar)
• Efficacy of Electronic Cigarette Alone and in Combination With Nicotine Patch Among African American Menthol Smokers (PI: Okuyemi)
• Research to Measure Secondhand Smoke in Vehicles (PI: Bohac)
• Adult Foster Care: Smoke-Free Challenges and Opportunities (PI: Cork)
• Impact of Smoke-Free Policy Implementation in Public Housing Buildings (PI: Hennrikus/Widome)
• Concurrent Childhood Screening for Lead and Tobacco Smoke Exposure at Well-Child Visits (PI: Joseph)

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)

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)

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)

2009

• Tribal Tobacco Use Project (PI: Forster/Poupart)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)