Pamela K. Pletsch, PhD, RN

Title: Professor
Phone: (608) 263-5273
E-mail: pletsch@wisc.edu
Support Staff: Kathy Ludwig
Office Address:

K6/344 CSC
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-2455

Education:

Description of Research Focus:

The primary focus of my research has been to clarify the models, mechanisms, and contexts of smoking cessation and relapse and to develop and test tobacco control interventions for pregnant women and their families. I have completed three smoking cessation intervention studies with pregnant women. I have been a collaborating investigator on two large qualitative studies, women living with HIV and research ethics for families of children with chronic illnesses. I am currently conducting a pilot study of a smoking relapse-prevention intervention, a descriptive study of women’s sensory changes to tobacco smoke upon becoming pregnant, and am co-investigator on a large clinical trial of the use of nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation among pregnant women.

Teaching/Course Responsibilities:
(excluding independent study courses)

Honors and Awards/Professional Service:

Representative Publications:

Pollak, KI,  Oncken, CO, Lipkus, I, Peterson, BL, Swamy, GK, Pletsch, PK,  et al. ( In review).  Effectiveness of adding nicotine replacement to cognitive behavioral therapy for smoking cessation in pregnant smokers: the baby steps trial. American Journal of Public Health.

Pletsch, P.K., Pollak, K.I., Park, J.O., Oncken, C.A., Peterson, B.L., Swamy, G.K., Lyna, P. (In review). Olfactory and gustatory sensory changes to tobacco smoke in pregnant smokers. Research in Nursing and Health.

Pollak, K.I.,Oncken, C.O., Lipkus, I.M., Peterson, B.L., Swamy, G.K., Pletsch, P.K., et al., (2006). Challenges and solutions for recruiting pregnant smokers into a nicotine replacement therapy trial. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 8(4):547-554.

Pletsch, P.K. (2006). A model for postpartum smoking resumption-prevention for women who stop smoking.  Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing. 35 (2), 215-222.

Pletsch, P.K. & Kratz, A.T. (2004). Why Do Women Stop Smoking During Pregnancy? Cigarettes Taste and Smell Bad. Health Care for Women International, 25, 671-679.

Pletsch, P.K., Morgan, S., Pieper, A.F. (2003). Context and beliefs about smoking cessation. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing. 28(5), 320-325.