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Implementation efforts require enhancing organizational preparedness to integrate these evidence-based interventions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Purpose<\/jats:title><jats:p>When the Addressing Tobacco Through Organizational Change (ATTOC) model was evaluated in a cluster-randomized trial (with 13 clinics, 610 clients, and 222 staff) and compared with an education-only intervention, ATTOC proved to be better at having more TUD treatment, policies, and staff skills. This paper presents a secondary analysis focusing only on the ATTOC sites, examining whether clinic-level preparedness is associated with increased implementation activities and estimating the combined direct and indirect impact on patient referrals to evidence-based TUD interventions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Seven sites applied the ATTOC model over 9 months, with the ATTOC Environmental Scan (ES) conducted at baseline and 3, 6, and 9 months to assess the following: (1) the environment inside and outside the building, (2) staff training and personal tobacco use, (3) clinical TUD services and documentation, and (4) tobacco policies. Summary statistics are provided, and generalized linear mixed model analyses for repeated measures were used to assess time trends and relationships among composite preparedness, activities, and number of referrals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Over the 9-month period, significant improvements were observed in ES composite preparedness (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001) and individual ES areas (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001 for each). Eight out of 11 ATTOC Dashboard items showed significant changes, including increased number of patients treated (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.002); tobacco discussions (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.022); provision of educational brochures (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.034); referrals to a Nicotine Anonymous group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), an in-house wellness or tobacco group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), and state quitline (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.012); and documentation in treatment plans (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.008). Both composite preparedness (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.006) and composite activities (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001) were significantly associated with the number of composite referrals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Significant TUD intervention uptake was found over time through the ATTOC model organizational change intervention and tracking tools.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/frhs.2025.1587795","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,7]],"date-time":"2025-10-07T05:35:58Z","timestamp":1759815358000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Use of organizational change strategies and personalized agency feedback improves addressing tobacco in behavioral health outpatient treatment settings"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Douglas","family":"Ziedonis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Robert A.","family":"Schnoll","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Orrin","family":"Myers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thomas","family":"Anthony Chavez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amy","family":"Bachyrycz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cesar J.","family":"Ojeda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Frank T.","family":"Leone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mackenzie","family":"Hosie Quinn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Prajakta","family":"Adsul","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","first-page":"1","article-title":"Smoking and mental illness among adults in the United States","volume-title":"The CBHSQ Report","author":"Lipari","year":"2017"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"196","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMp1105248","article-title":"Smoking and mental illness \u2014 breaking the link","volume":"365","author":"Prochaska","year":"2011","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"24","DOI":"10.1111\/pcn.12365","article-title":"Tobacco smoking: from \u2018glamour\u2019 to \u2019stigma\u2019. 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