Effects of a culturally specific tobacco cessation intervention among African American Quitline enrollees: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

African Americans suffer disproportionately from tobacco-related illness and have more difficulty quitting smoking than other racial/ethnic groups. Previous research indicates that African American treatment-seekers are high utilizers of tobacco quitlines, yet cessation rates via quitlines are lower relative to whites. The goal of the present study is to test the effectiveness of adding a culturally specific, video-based, adjunct to standard quitline care. It is hypothesized that the integration of an evidence-based intervention (Pathways to Freedom: Leading the Way to a Smoke-Free Community©; PTF) into quitline services will increase cessation and treatment engagement compared to control conditions, and that effects will be moderated by sociocultural factors (e.g., cult

SUBMITTER: Webb Hooper M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5763652 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature