Open AccessPreparedness of frontline health workers for tobacco cessation: An exploratory study from two states of India
Author(s) -
Rajmohan Panda,
Swati Srivastava,
Divya Persai,
Manu Raj Mathur,
Bhavesh Modi,
Paresh Dave,
Monika Arora
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.161301
Subject(s) - medicine , preparedness , smoking cessation , exploratory research , tobacco use , environmental health , family medicine , population , management , pathology , sociology , anthropology , economics
The 5As approach is a clinic-based approach and has been developed for primary health care providers who are uniquely positioned to interact with tobacco users. The 5As stands for: Ask about tobacco use at every visit, advise tobacco users to quit, assess readiness to quit, assist quit attempts through counseling and pharmacotherapy and arrange follow-up to prevent relapse. The present study explores whether auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs) adhere to the 3As from the recommended 5As model for tobacco cessation.