Smoking cessation intervention with pregnant women and new parents: A survey of health visitors, midwives and practice nurses

The perceived effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions aimed at pregnant women: A qualitative study of smokers, former smokers and non-smokers

“…Previous reports by the authors have considered the role of depression in smoking activity during pregnancy (Bull et al, 2003), social attitudes towards smoking in pregnancy and health professionals' experience of working with pregnant smokers within the NHS (Bull and Whitehead, 2006;Bull, 2007). Prior to the recruitment of research volunteers, a qualitative semi-structured interview schedule was developed by two of the authors based on a review of the research evidence and the information needs of EEMSPCT.…”

Smoking cessation intervention with pregnant women and new parents (part 2): A focus group study of health visitors and midwives working in the UK

“…It was felt that a focus-group methodology would be appropriate to capture a range of professional attitudes, knowledge levels and experiences of health professionals. The focus groups enabled exploration of issues that had been previously identified through a survey of health visitors, midwives and practice nurses in more depth (Bull and Whitehead, 2006).…”

“…In a previous study by the author, it was shown that health visitors, midwives and practice nurses are generally aware of the reasons why women smoking during pregnancy and knowledgeable about the main risks associated with maternal smoking. However, not all survey respondents felt confident to provide smoking cessation advice and few had read the evidence-based NICE guidelines on nicotine replacement therapies (Bull and Whitehead, 2006).…”

Primary Care Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Towards Promoting the Reduction of Children’s Secondhand Smoke Exposure: A Mixed-Methods Review and Synthesis

“…Fifteen studies were cross sectional surveys [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48] , including 5287 participants; one study also collected data from electronic healthcare records 32 . Two studies collected data solely from medical records 41,42 .…”