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The effect of a multi‐component smoking cessation intervention in African American women residing in public housing
Author(s) -
Andrews Jeannette O.,
Felton Gwen,
Ellen Wewers Mary,
Waller Jennifer,
Tingen Martha
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20174
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , intervention (counseling) , component (thermodynamics) , gerontology , public housing , african american , medicine , public health , environmental health , economic growth , sociology , nursing , economics , pathology , ethnology , physics , thermodynamics
The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of a multi‐component smoking cessation intervention in African American women residing in public housing. The intervention consisted of: (a) nurse led behavioral/empowerment counseling; (b) nicotine replacement therapy; and, (c) community health workers to enhance smoking self‐efficacy, social support, and spiritual well‐being. The results showed a 6‐month continuous smoking abstinence of 27.5% and 5.7% in the intervention and comparison groups. Changes in social support and smoking self‐efficacy over time predicted smoking abstinence, and self‐efficacy mediated 6‐month smoking abstinence outcomes. Spiritual well‐being did not predict or mediate smoking abstinence outcomes. These findings support the use of a nurse/community health worker model to deliver culturally tailored behavioral interventions with marginalized communities. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 30: 45–60, 2007