Development of an intervention for smoking cessation in pregnant women using a theory-based approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While the global prevalence of smoking during pregnancy is 1.7%, it rises to 8.1% in Europe, where it is the main modifiable risk factor for morbidity and mortality during pregnancy. However, pregnancy is a key time to implement smoking cessation interventions, as women are more likely to adopt health-promoting behaviours during this period. Despite the availability of resources (e.g. policies, tools) and strategies (e.g. nicotine replacement therapy) to address smoking, their implementation remains neither optimal nor systematic. To address this, a multi-disciplinary multi-professional team developed the 5A-QUIT-N intervention to promote smoking cessation in pregnant women, by mobilising health professionals and optimising existing resources. Rather than creating new re

SUBMITTER: Clet E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12023484 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature