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This study extends research on hospital-initiated smoking cessation by establishing the feasibility of a novel text-messaging approach for post-discharge follow up. Text messaging is a low-cost alternative to proactive telephone counseling that could help overcome resource barriers in middle and lower income countries. This hybrid texting/counseling intervention identified smokers in hospitals, established rapport through a single telephone follow-up, and expanded acceptability and reach of later support by using text-messaging, which is free of charge in this and other low-income countries. The favorable cessation outcomes achieved by the hybrid intervention provide support for a fully powered effectiveness trial.

Costa PHA, Mota DCB, Cruvinel E, Paiva FS, Ronzani TM. Metodologia de implementação de prá-ticas preventivas ao uso de drogas na atenção primária latino-americana. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2013;33(5):325-31. Como citarRev Panam Salud Publica 33 (5) Atenção primária à saúde; pesquisa participativa baseada na comunidade; detecção do abuso de substâncias; América Latina. resumo Palavras-chaveEm todo o mundo, o uso de álcool e de outras drogas contribui para configurar um novo perfil no quadro dos problemas de saúde. Segundo a Organização PanAmericana da Saúde (OPAS), em torno de 4,5 milhões de homens e 1,2 milhão de mulheres na América Latina e Caribe, em algum momento de suas vidas, sofreram transtornos causados pelo uso de drogas (1). De acordo com a literatura, os mecanismos mais efetivos na redução da vulnerabilidade da população a essas novas epidemias são aqueles que operam na prevenção das doenças e na promoção da saúde (2). Contudo, as experiências preventivas ao uso de álcool e outras drogas ainda são limitadas, apesar da importância de tais ações para mudar os indicadores de saúde geral da população.Nessa perspectiva, diversos autores (3-5) apontam o enfoque denominado

Objective A clinical trial carried out in patients hospitalized for clinical and surgical conditions. This study evaluated the effectiveness of text messaging interventions (TM) versus telephone counseling (TC) to promote smoking cessation among hospitalized smokers in a middle-income country. Seven-day abstinence was measured during follow-up phone calls one month after discharge. The comparative cost of the two interventions considered the cost of calls, time spent on phone calls and sending SMS and cost of the professional involved in the approaches. Results Past 7-day tobacco abstinence was not statistically different between groups (30.5% in TM group and 26% in TC, p = 0.318). Costs were significantly lower in the TM group (U$9.28 × U$19.45- p < 0,001). Continuous abstinence was reported by 26% of TM participants and 24.5% of TC participants (p = 0.730). In the 3-month follow-up, 7-day abstinence was 23% in the TMI and 27% in the TC (p = 0.356) group. Continuous abstinence was reported by 20% of TM participants and 24% of TC participants (p = 0.334). Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03237949 Registred on: 30th May 2017.

El objetivo del presente estudio consistió en evaluar la literatura sobre Intervenciones Breves (IBs) en América Latina. Métodos: se realizó una búsqueda en nueve bases de datos acerca de estudios empíricos publicados en el periodo de 2005 a 2016. Resultados: luego de eliminar los duplicados y aplicar criterios de exclusión, 29 estudios fueron evaluados. El número de sesiones, la duración, la definición de IB, los instrumentos para evaluar el uso de sustancias y las características de los participantes variaron en cada estudio. Conclusiones: Aunque se han adoptado IBs en varios países de Latinoamérica, esta investigación encontró estudios únicamente de cinco países, caracterizados por una gran heterogeneidad en métodos de investigación, instrumentos y tipos de IBs.