To Text or Not to Text? Technology-based Cessation Communication Preferences among Urban, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Smokers | Zendy

Kassandra I. Alcaraz | Zendy; Kara Riehman | Zendy; Rhyan N. Vereen | Zendy; Jeuneviette Bontemps-Jones | Zendy; J. Lee Westmaas | Zendy

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To Text or Not to Text? Technology-based Cessation Communication Preferences among Urban, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Smokers

Author(s) -

Kassandra I. Alcaraz,

Kara Riehman,

Rhyan N. Vereen,

Jeuneviette Bontemps-Jones,

J. Lee Westmaas

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

ethnicity and disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1945-0826

pISSN - 1049-510X

DOI - 10.18865/ed.28.3.161

Subject(s) - smoking cessation , disadvantaged , psychological intervention , abstinence , medicine , psychology , nursing , political science , pathology , psychiatry , law

Effective smoking cessation interventions are needed to reduce tobacco-related disparities. Communication technology-based interventions are increasingly being employed to help smokers quit, with controlled research demonstrating efficacy of text messaging and email in increasing abstinence. Understanding preferences for such strategies among socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers can inform targeted intervention planning. The aims of this study were to: 1) examine socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers' use of and access to communication technology; and 2) elucidate preferences for receiving quitting information and support via email and text message.

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