Culturally specific versus standard group cognitive behavioral therapy for smoking cessation among African Americans: an RCT protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

African American smokers experience disproportionately higher rates of tobacco-related illnesses compared to Caucasians. It has been suggested that interventions targeted to specific racial/ethnic groups (i.e., culturally specific) are needed; however, the literature examining the efficacy of culturally specific interventions is equivocal. Moreover, there are few descriptions of methods used to create these interventions. The main aim of this study is to test the efficacy of a culturally specific smoking cessation intervention among African Americans.

Methods/design

A 2-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted to assess the efficacy of a culturally specific group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), compared to standard group CBT among treatment-seek

SUBMITTER: Hooper MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4269979 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature