Smoking cessation in pregnant women using financial incentives: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The high prevalence of smoking pregnant women in Dutch areas with lower socioeconomic status and the consecutively harmful exposure to tobacco to both mother and child, depicted a high need for a novel intervention. According to other studies, the utilisation of financial incentives appeared to be a promising method for smoking cessation in pregnant women. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of implementing contingent financial incentives as smoking cessation support for pregnant women in the Netherlands.

Methods

Feasibility study consisting of four developmental phases: (1) acceptability of Dutch population regarding financial-incentive-intervention by conducting an online questionnaire, (2) composing a pilot study utilising the fi

SUBMITTER: Kroder TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9789602 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature