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Focus groups as an intervention for low‐income African American smokers to promote participation in subsequent intervention studies
Author(s) -
Webb Monica S.
Publication year - 2008
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.20239
Subject(s) - focus group , smoking cessation , randomized controlled trial , intervention (counseling) , odds , medicine , gerontology , african american , psychological intervention , low income , quality of life (healthcare) , psychology , logistic regression , nursing , ethnology , surgery , pathology , marketing , socioeconomics , sociology , business , history
African Americans are often underrepresented in smoking cessation research. Focus groups were examined as an intervention to increase readiness to quit smoking, the processes of change, and the odds of randomized clinical trial (RCT) participation of non‐treatment‐seeking, low‐income African American smokers. Ten focus groups were conducted. Smokers completed baseline and/or post‐group assessments of readiness to quit, the processes of change, and focus group quality. Significant increases were discerned in readiness to quit smoking and the processes of change. Seventy‐six percent of participants enrolled in a self‐help RCT, which was associated with readiness to quit smoking and plans to set a quit date. One‐session focus groups among low‐income African American smokers appear to facilitate cognitive changes and participation in RCTs. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 31:141–151, 2008