Staff involvement and special follow-up time increase physicians' counseling about smoking cessation: a controlled trial. | Zendy

Carol Duncan | Zendy; M J Stein | Zendy; Steven R. Cummings | Zendy

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Staff involvement and special follow-up time increase physicians' counseling about smoking cessation: a controlled trial.

Author(s) -

Carol Duncan,

M J Stein,

Steven R. Cummings

Publication year - 1991

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.7.899

Subject(s) - smoking cessation , medicine , family medicine , health maintenance , physical therapy , health care , economics , economic growth , pathology

We compared the counseling behaviors of two groups of health maintenance organization physicians: one group received training about smoking cessation counseling; the other group received the same training plus staff support and appointment time specially designated for follow-up of smokers. We interviewed patients after their office visits to measure smoking counseling. The group receiving staff support and designated follow-up time counseled more and made more follow-up appointments about smoking.

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