Barriers and facilitators to smoking cessation in pregnancy and in the post-partum period: The health care professionals' perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Health care professionals and the health care environment play a central role in protecting pregnant and post-partum women and their infants from smoking-related harms. This study aimed to better understand the health professional's perspective on how interactions between women, health care professionals, and the environment influence how smoking is managed.

Design

Semi-structured interviews and focus groups.

Methods

Data were from 48 health care staff involved in antenatal or post-partum care at two UK sites, including midwives, obstetricians, health visitors, GPs, pharmacists, service commissioners, and Stop Smoking Service (SSS) advisors and managers. Thematic analysis was guided by a social-ecological framework (SEF).

Results

Themes were divided

SUBMITTER: Naughton F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6100096 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature