Innovations in parental smoking cessation assistance delivered in the child healthcare setting.

ABSTRACT: Addressing parental smoking in the child healthcare setting improves the health of all family members. Innovative approaches, such as mobilizing technology-based platforms, may streamline screening and motivate acceptance of behavioral health services to treat tobacco use and dependence. The obective of this study was to describe innovations added to the CEASE intervention and to track 2 year post-intervention implementation data on families who were screened for tobacco use. Child healthcare practices in five states (IN, NC, OH, TN, and VA) used an electronic tablet screener to identify tobacco use within families and deliver tobacco cessation assistance to smokers. Motivational/educational videos on cessation were displayed via the screener to enhance its utility. Five CEASE intervention

SUBMITTER: Nabi-Burza E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7543078 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature