Open AccessBrief supportive telephone outreach as a recruitment and intervention strategy for smoking cessation.
Author(s) -
Harry A. Lando,
Wendy L. Hellerstedt,
Phyllis L. Pirie,
Paul G. McGovern
Publication year - 1992
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.82.1.41
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , medicine , outreach , intervention (counseling) , population , cotinine , hotline , telephone counseling , family medicine , physical therapy , gerontology , nicotine , environmental health , nursing , psychiatry , telecommunications , pathology , political science , computer science , law
Formal efforts to recruit smokers into cessation programs have failed to reach large segments of the smoking population. Telephone intervention may represent a viable strategy to promote smoking cessation. An even more promising approach may be a combination of brief telephone support and outreach to identified smokers.