Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of a Social Media-Based Peer-Group Mobile Messaging Smoking Cessation Intervention Among Chinese Immigrants who Smoke: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chinese immigrants experience significant disparities in tobacco use. Culturally adapted tobacco treatments targeting this population are sparse and the use is low. The low use of these treatment programs is attributed to their exclusive focus on individuals who are ready to quit and the wide range of barriers that Chinese immigrants face to access these programs. To support Chinese immigrant smokers at all levels of readiness to quit and address their access barriers, we developed the WeChat Quit Coach, a culturally and linguistically appropriate WeChat (Tencent Holdings Limited)-based peer group mobile messaging smoking cessation intervention.

Objective

This study aims to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of WeChat Quit Coach.

Met

SUBMITTER: Jiang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11318363 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature