Smoking cessation intervention in parents of young children: a randomised controlled trial

Abstract

Proactive telephone counselling is an effective aid to promote smoking cessation among parents of young children.

Parental Smoking Cessation to Protect Young Children:A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

“…Ten of the studies enrolled healthy children, 13,18,21,22,24,26,29,30,33,34 five of the studies enrolled asthmatic children, 23,25,27,31,32 and three of the studies enrolled children visiting hospitals or pediatric clinics. 19,20,28 …”

“…The intervention setting was the family home in 5 studies, [22][23][24]27,34 the hospital in 4 studies, 13,19,28,32 the well-baby clinic in 4 studies, 18,26,30,33 the pediatrician' s office in 3 studies, 20,21,31 the hospital and well-baby clinic in 1 study, 29 and the hospital and family home in 1 study. 25 …”

“…Interventions included some of the following components: self-help materials (12 studies 13,18,[20][21][22]24,26,[29][30][31]33,34 ), face-toface counseling (16 studies [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] ), telephone counseling (6 studies 13,[18][19][20]32,34 ), cessation medications (2 studies 24,28 ), and cotinine feedback (1 study 32,39 20,24,32 ).…”

“…Of these, 403 articles concerned topics not relevant to this study, and 18 met the inclusion criteria for this review. 13,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] The trials were conducted in the United States, China, Norway, Scotland, Finland, Italy, and Australia between 1987 and 2010. Forty-seven studies were excluded for the following reasons: quit rates were not reported or were not reported separately for intervention and control groups, or numbers of participants were not reported (24 studies ; the study design was not a controlled trial [11 studies [59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69] ]), the interventions were not aimed at parents of young children (9 studies [70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78] ); the reporting period was less than 1 month (1 study 79 ); a protocol only was reported (1 study 80 ); the report was not in English (1 study 81 ).…”

Stages of change as a correlate of mental health symptoms in abused, low-income African American women

“…The transtheoretical model has been successfully applied to a range of populations and behaviors, including substance abuse, smoking cessation, sexual practices, fruit and vegetable intake, weight-loss, physical activity, and fitness motivation (Abdullah, Mak, Loke, & Lam, 2005;Bourdeaudhuij et al, 2005;Brown, Melchiore, Slaughter, & Huba, 2005;Clarke & Eves, 1997;de Vet, de Nooijer, de Vries, & Brug, 2005;Tassell & Flett, 2005;Wee, Davis, & Phillips, 2005). However, only recently have investigators begun to explore its use with women's experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV; Anderson, 2003;Babcock, Canady, Senior, & Eckhardt, 2005;Burke, Denison, Gielen, McDonnell, & O'Campo, 2004;Burke, Gielen, McDonnell, O'Campo, & Maman, 2001;Frasier, Slatt, Kowlowitz, & Glowa, 2001;Haggerty & Goodman, 2003;Liang, Goodman, Tummala-Narra, & Weintraub, 2005;Mayer & Liebschutz, 1998;Zink, Elder, Jacobson, & Klostermann, 2004).…”