Automated Tobacco Cessation Intervention for Parents in Pediatric Primary Care: A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT: Treatment for tobacco use for parents in pediatric primary care settings is rarely provided but may support cessation and reduce childhood tobacco smoke exposure. To study the integration of the automated Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure (eCEASE) tobacco cessation intervention into pediatric primary care via the electronic health record (EHR). This cluster-randomized clinical trial was conducted from July 16, 2021, to August 15, 2023, at 12 pediatric primary care practices in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, region. Participants included parents who used combusted tobacco in the past 7 days and attended a child's preventive health care visit. In all practices, household members completed EHR previsit questionnaires about tobacco use. Parents in intervention practices were p

SUBMITTER: Nabi-Burza E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12391990 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature