Acceptance of smoking cessation support and quitting behaviours of women attending Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Services for antenatal care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acceptance of smoking cessation support during antenatal care and associated quitting behaviours of pregnant Aboriginal women or women having an Aboriginal baby has not been investigated. This study aimed to determine, among pregnant women who smoke and attended AMIHS for their antenatal care: 1. The acceptance of smoking cessation support, factors associated with acceptance and barriers to acceptance; 2. The prevalence of quitting behaviours and factors associated with quitting behaviours.

Methods

A cross-sectional telephone survey of women who attended 11 AMIHSs for their antenatal care during a 12 month period in the Hunter New England Local Health District of New South Wales.

Results

One hundred women contacted consented to complete the survey (76%). Of

SUBMITTER: Daly JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7836151 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature