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Brief Report – A qualitative study about smoking cessation with clients of community service organisations that work with disadvantaged families
Author(s) -
Franco Lisa,
Welsby Debra,
Eccleston Philippa,
Furber Susan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
health promotion journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2201-1617
pISSN - 1036-1073
DOI - 10.1071/he11153
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , smoking cessation , focus group , qualitative research , community health , medicine , population health , family medicine , public health , nursing , psychology , political science , sociology , social science , pathology , anthropology , law
Issue addressed To determine whether clients of community service organisations (CSOs) that work with disadvantaged families consider the organisation to be a suitable avenue for the delivery of smoking cessation assistance, and to explore clients' knowledge and attitudes on smoking, and barriers to quitting. Methods Seven focus groups were undertaken with clients from CSOs that work with disadvantaged families. Participants were asked questions on effects of smoking on health, barriers to quitting smoking and whether CSOs could provide smoking cessation support. Notebased analysis was undertaken to identify issues. Results Participants view CSOs as an acceptable avenue to provide support to quit smoking. Participants had misconceptions about the effects of smoking on health and the desire to quit smoking was not a priority among many participants. Conclusions There is a need for smoking cessation support to be integrated into CSOs for disadvantaged families as clients are unlikely to seek support elsewhere. So what? As community service organisations have regular contact with disadvantaged people, the integration of smoking‐cessation assistance in their programs may contribute to a decrease in smoking among this group of people.