Smoke free families project brief
Proactive telephone peer support to help pregnant women stop smoking
Laura J Solomona, Roger H Secker-Walkerb, Brian S Flynnb, Joan M Skellyc, Eleanor L Capelessd
a Department of
Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA, b Office of Health Promotion Research,
University of Vermont, c Biometry Facility, University of Vermont, d Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vermont
Correspondence to: Laura J Solomon, PhD, Department of Psychology, Dewey Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Lsolomon@zoo.uvm.edu
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Most strategies to help pregnant women stop smoking have relied on cessation advice provided by health care professionals during prenatal visits and/or printed materials designed to encourage self quitting.1 Two meta-analyses of smoking cessation studies conducted within health care facilities1 2 revealed that repeated contact with multiple providers (physicians and non-physicians) in multiple formats (face-to-face, telephone, printed material) resulted in better cessation outcomes than single intervention offerings.
The current study built upon this earlier research and tested the
impact of physician/midwife advice to stop smoking accompanied by
printed materials with and without proactive telephone peer support
provided by a woman ex-smoker between routine prenatal visits. The
provision of proactive support, initiated by the support person, has
shown promising results with non-pregnant smokers.3 A
meta-analysis of 13 studies comparing cessation rates for proactive telephone support versus controls revealed a modest significant effect
for proactive telephone support.4 The combined approach of
health professional advice
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