Sustainability of a parental tobacco control intervention in pediatric practice.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether an evidence-based pediatric outpatient intervention for parents who smoke persisted after initial implementation.

Methods

A cluster randomized controlled trial of 20 pediatric practices in 16 states that received either Clinical and Community Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure (CEASE) intervention or usual care. The intervention provided practices with training to provide evidence-based assistance to parents who smoke. The primary outcome, assessed by the 12-month follow-up telephone survey with parents, was provision of meaningful tobacco control assistance, defined as discussing various strategies to quit smoking, discussing smoking cessation medication, or recommending the use of the state quitline after initial enrollment visit. We al

SUBMITTER: Winickoff JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4210792 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature