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The Role of Tobacco Cessation and Prevention to Combat
COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality in Rural Areas
1.
Project Title:
The Role of Tobacco Cessation and Prevention to Combat
COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality in Rural Areas
2. Problem Statement
a) Background
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has reached
pandemic proportions with a large global footprint. In
December 2019, COVID-19 was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei
Province, China. On 28 January 2020, the National Health
Commission of People’s Republic of China released national
strategies for assisting prevention efforts for rural areas and the
older adult population. Nevertheless, this outbreak was not
contained, and as of 04 April 2020, it has spread to 181
countries resulting in about 1,160,000 cases and 62,400 deaths
worldwide.
To date, a total of 290,600 cases and 7,830 deaths have been
reported in the United States (U.S.), with numbers climbing
disproportionately on a day-to-day basis. New epidemiologic
and clinical evidence is constantly evolving related to this
infection while the pandemic is hastily progressing worldwide.
Rapid efforts are needed to protect vulnerable populations
including those living in rural areas. For example, before this
pandemic, U.S. urban hospitals were over twice as likely to
have growth in number of adult intensive care unit (ICU) beds
available over a one-year period when compared to rural
hospitals. Thus, rural hospitals are not as likely to have the
higher level of resources and medical care needed for this crisis.
Preventive and resource allocation strategies (e.g., ventilator
availability) are needed to reach and care for
b) What is its objective or goal?
This proposal will fill the current research-to-practice gap, by
examining the role of tobacco cessation in combating COVID-
19 morbidity and mortality in rural areas.
3. Project Questions
a) Hypothesis, focusing areas or problems
We hypothesized that smoking behavior may be associated with
adverse progression of COVID-19. This is characterized by
more severe symptoms and the need for higher level care (e.g.,
intensive care), which is already inadequate in rural areas.
b) What do you expect to learn?
We assume that tobacco users living in U.S. rural areas may
represent an additional subgroup at risk for higher COVID-19-
related morbidity. Irrespective of COVID-19, individuals living
in rural areas have high rates of tobacco use and related
morbidity compared to individuals living in urban or
metropolitan areas due to several factors including: low income,
low educational attainment, higher social acceptability to
tobacco use, permissive tobacco control policies, and lack of
healthcare access.
4. Approach for the Project
a) Methodology
A secondary data analysis will be completed to ascertain the
Role of Tobacco Cessation and Prevention in combating
COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality in Rural Areas. Data bases
like PubMed, Medline, Scopus, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Google
scholar, and Cochrane library are going to be used to complete
data review.
b) Required resources/data
Data will be assessed and analyzed from the quality secondary
sources of data and the convenient sample collected.
5. Expected Outcomes
a) Answers to the Project Questions
Irrespective of COVID-19, individuals living in rural areas have
high rates of tobacco use and related morbidity compared to
individuals living in urban or metropolitan areas due to several
factors including: low income, low educational attainment,
higher social acceptability to tobacco use, permissive tobacco
control policies, and lack of healthcare access.
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  • 2. hospitals. Thus, rural hospitals are not as likely to have the higher level of resources and medical care needed for this crisis. Preventive and resource allocation strategies (e.g., ventilator availability) are needed to reach and care for b) What is its objective or goal? This proposal will fill the current research-to-practice gap, by examining the role of tobacco cessation in combating COVID- 19 morbidity and mortality in rural areas. 3. Project Questions a) Hypothesis, focusing areas or problems We hypothesized that smoking behavior may be associated with adverse progression of COVID-19. This is characterized by more severe symptoms and the need for higher level care (e.g., intensive care), which is already inadequate in rural areas. b) What do you expect to learn? We assume that tobacco users living in U.S. rural areas may represent an additional subgroup at risk for higher COVID-19- related morbidity. Irrespective of COVID-19, individuals living in rural areas have high rates of tobacco use and related morbidity compared to individuals living in urban or metropolitan areas due to several factors including: low income, low educational attainment, higher social acceptability to tobacco use, permissive tobacco control policies, and lack of healthcare access. 4. Approach for the Project a) Methodology
  • 3. A secondary data analysis will be completed to ascertain the Role of Tobacco Cessation and Prevention in combating COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality in Rural Areas. Data bases like PubMed, Medline, Scopus, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Google scholar, and Cochrane library are going to be used to complete data review. b) Required resources/data Data will be assessed and analyzed from the quality secondary sources of data and the convenient sample collected. 5. Expected Outcomes a) Answers to the Project Questions Irrespective of COVID-19, individuals living in rural areas have high rates of tobacco use and related morbidity compared to individuals living in urban or metropolitan areas due to several factors including: low income, low educational attainment, higher social acceptability to tobacco use, permissive tobacco control policies, and lack of healthcare access. 5 pages