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Technical report
Measurement and definition for smoking cessation intervention research: the Smoke-Free Families experience
  1. Cathy L Melvina,
  2. Pattie Tuckerb,
  3. the Smoke-Free Families Common Evaluation Measures for Pregnancy and Smoking Cessation Projects Working Group*
  1. aCecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, bDivision of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  1. Cathy L Melvin, PhD, MPH, Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, CB 7590, 725 Airport Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590, USA;cathy_melvin{at}unc.edu

Abstract

The measures, definitions, and processes used in the Smoke-Free Families clinical trials to assure consistent measurement and reporting of various aspects of the trials are described. Definitions of current smokers at different points in the pregnancy, levels of addiction, biological verification, cessation, stages of change, and intervention approaches are presented along with the rationale underlying their adoption and development.

  • smoking cessation
  • pregnancy
  • clinical trials
  • addiction

https://doi.org/10.1136/tc.9.suppl_3.iii87

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    • ↵* American Cancer Society Elaine Arkin; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health Juliette Kendrick, Ken Kolodner, Cathy Melvin, Gary Stuart, Pattie Tucker;Robert Wood Johnson Foundation C Tracy Orleans; Smoke-Free Families National Program Office (University of Alabama at Birmingham) H Pennington Whiteside, Jr, Richard Windsor; Smoke-Free Families National Advisory Committee Dianne C Barker, Ellen Gritz; Smoke-Free Families Grantees Patricia Dolan-Mullen, Laura Solomon; University of Maryland-Baltimore County Carlo C DiClemente