Mayo Clinic, 13400 East Shea Boulevard, MCCRB C-301, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2012 Nov;102(11):2123-8. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300529. Epub 2012 Sep 20.
This study was designed to better understand how the network of quitlines in the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) interact and share new knowledge on quitline practices.
Network relationship data were collected from all 63 publicly funded quitlines in North America, including information sharing, partner trust, and reputation.
There was a strong tendency for US and Canadian quitlines to seek information from other quitlines in the same country, with few seeking information from quitlines from the other country. Quitlines with the highest reputation tended to more centrally located in the network, but the NAQC coordinating organization is highly central to the quitline network-thus demonstrating their role as a broker of quitline information.
This first "snapshot" of US and Canadian quitlines demonstrated that smoking cessation quitlines in North America are not isolated, but are part of an interconnected network, with some organizations more central than others. As quitline use expands with the inclusion of national toll-free numbers on cigarette packs, how quitlines share information to improve practice will become increasingly important.
本研究旨在更好地了解北美戒烟热线联盟（NAQC）中的戒烟热线网络如何相互作用并分享戒烟热线实践的新知识。
从北美 63 家公共资助的戒烟热线收集网络关系数据，包括信息共享、伙伴信任和声誉。
美国和加拿大的戒烟热线强烈倾向于向同一国家的其他戒烟热线寻求信息，而很少向其他国家的戒烟热线寻求信息。声誉最高的戒烟热线往往位于网络的中心位置，但 NAQC 协调组织在戒烟热线网络中处于高度中心地位，这表明了他们作为戒烟热线信息经纪人的角色。
这是对美国和加拿大戒烟热线的首次“快照”显示，北美的戒烟热线并非孤立存在，而是相互关联的网络的一部分，其中一些组织比其他组织更具中心地位。随着包括香烟包装上的全国免费电话号码在内的戒烟热线使用的扩大，戒烟热线如何共享信息以改善实践将变得越来越重要。
