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A comparison of four international surveys of tobacco dependence treatment provision: implications for monitoring the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Author(s) -
Bitton Asaf,
Raw Martin,
Richards Ann,
McNeill Ann,
Rigotti Nancy A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03060.x
Subject(s) - concordance , tobacco control , cohen's kappa , respondent , convention , government (linguistics) , kappa , environmental health , medicine , public health , political science , statistics , nursing , law , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics
Aims Article 14 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires countries to implement systems to provide tobacco dependence treatment. We report on global efforts to monitor the implementation of Article 14, and compare the surveys used in this effort. Design Cross‐sectional comparison of agreement (concordance and discordance) among the four main surveys used to monitor tobacco dependence treatment provision. Setting Four global surveys of tobacco treatment provision. Participants The four surveys were Raw et al . (2009), the Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) Monitor, World Health Organization (WHO) MPOWER survey and the FCTC Party Reports. Measurements Concordance as measured by percentage providing the same answers, as well as kappa statistic of inter‐rater agreement. Findings The four surveys used to monitor Article 14 implementation vary widely in countries sampled, questions asked, respondent characteristics and survey design. The four surveys generally show a moderate to high concordance (kappa > 0.60) with each other across most survey pairs and most domains, except for the MPOWER and FCTC Party governmental surveys (63% overall concordance, kappa = 0.26). This concordance was lower than any other survey pair examined. Government respondents to the WHO MPOWER and FCTC Party Report surveys provided answers to the same question domains with relatively poorer concordance than those from surveys of non‐governmental or mixed governmental/non‐governmental sources. Conclusions Current surveys of tobacco dependence treatment provision are in general agreement with each other except for the two official government surveys that rely on governmental respondents. We believe that this points to the continued need for independent non‐governmental monitoring of FCTC protocol implementation.