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Evaluation of an Intervention for Hospitalized African American Smokers

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Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention based on the transtheoretical model of change with a sample of low-income African American smokers admitted to an indigent-care hospital. Methods: The intervention incorporated components shown to be effective in increasing cessation in other populations, tailored to a bedside counseling format with follow-up contact postdischarge. Results: Intervention patients were significantly more likely to advance in stage than were control patients. Conclusion: A hospital-offered bedside intervention offers promise in reaching underserved smokers with effective, though limited, cessation assistance.

Keywords: African American; in-patient; intervention; smoking; transtheoretical model of change

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 2: University of Pittsburgh, Office of Child Development, Pittsburgh, PA 3: Taylor Internal Medicine, Selma, AL

Publication date: 01 May 2005

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