Jean L. Forster's Research

Assessing Correlates of Retail Level Tobacco Marketing: Neighborhoods, Underage Sales, and Policy Options

Principal Investigator: Jean L. Forster
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Funding Agency: Minnesota Veterans Research Institute
Assessing Correlates of Retail Level Tobacco Marketing: Neighborhoods, Underage Sales, and Policy Options

Circles of Tobacco Wisdom: Building a Community-Based Best Practices Approach

Principal Investigator: Jean L. Forster
Investigators: John Poupart, American Indian Policy Center
Funding Agency: ClearWay Minnesota
Community-based participatory research project to expand and test an innovative program, Circles of Tobacco Wisdom, to engage elders more directly in addressing recreational smoking in the Twin Cities American Indian community.

Clean Indoor Air Consequences II

Principal Investigator: Jean L. Forster
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Funding Agency: ClearWay Minnesota
Clean Indoor Air Consequences II

Effect of Minnesota's Statewide Clean Indoor Air Law on Young Adult Smoking

Principal Investigator: Jean L. Forster
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Funding Agency: ClearWay Minnesota
Effect of Minnesota's Statewide Clean Indoor Air Law on Young Adult Smoking

Effects of MN State & Local Programs on Youth Tobacco Use (MN Adolescent Community Cohort Study or MACC)

Principal Investigator: Jean L. Forster
Investigators: Darin Erickson, Ph.D.; DeAnn Lazovich, Ph.D.; Toben Nelson, Sc.D; Traci Toomey, Ph.D.; Deborah Bernat, Ph.D., Florida State University; Vincent Chen, Ph.D., University of Texas at Houston; Cheryl Perry, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin Campus; Michael Willmorth, Ph.D., Clearwater Research, Boise ID
Funding Agency: National Cancer Institute
The purpose of this study is to relate implementation of programs funded by the MN tobacco prevention endowment to changes in tobacco-use behaviors and attitudes of youth within individuals, communities, and the state. This study will help to identify the most beneficial strategies and methods for local and state tobacco control programs, and to measure the overall effect of the MN tobacco prevention endowment on youth. The main outcome measures collected from telephone surveys is tobacco-use behaviors and attitudes among adolescents, and the progression of tobacco use for individuals within cohorts. These will be aggregated at the state and local level. Measures of susceptibility to tobacco use, ever use of tobacco, frequency, quantity, duration and regularity of tobacco use, and attempts to quit using tobacco will be obtained.
MACC Website

Website: http://www.epi.umn.edu/research/macc/index.shtm

Elders and Tobacco Extending Success

Principal Investigator: Jean L. Forster
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Funding Agency: ClearWay Minnesota
Elders and Tobacco Extending Success

Extending Chemical Dependency Success in Indian Country to Tobacco

Principal Investigator: Jean L. Forster
Investigators: John Poupart, American Indian Policy Center
Funding Agency: ClearWay Minnesota
Extending Success II is a pilot test of a mobilization strategy with Native American elders designed to increase awareness of the harm of and to de-normalize commercial cigarette smoking.

MN State & Local Programs Effects on Youth Tobacco Use

Principal Investigator: Jean L. Forster
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Funding Agency: NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)
MN State & Local Programs Effects on Youth Tobacco Use

Supporting Strong Tribal Tobacco Programs

Principal Investigator: Jean L. Forster
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Funding Agency: MN Department of Health
Supporting Strong Tribal Tobacco Programs

Tribal Tobacco Use Prevalence Study

Principal Investigator: Jean L. Forster
Investigators: John Poupart, M.P.A., American Indian Policy Center
Funding Agency: ClearWay Minnesota
This study surveys adults in each Indian reservation in Minnesota and the urban American Indian community to determine prevalence of traditional and commercial tobacco use, and tobacco related behaviors.

Website: http://www.epi.umn.edu/research/aictp/index.shtm

Unintended Effects of Local Clean Indoor Air Policies on Alcohol Businesses, Alcohol Policies, and Alcohol-Related Problems

Principal Investigator: Jean L. Forster
Investigators: Darin Erickson, Ph.D.; Traci Toomey, Ph.D.; Liz Klein, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Funding Agency: ClearWay Minnesota
The purpose of this study is to study the effects of local policies on alcohol businesses and their surrounding neighborhoods.