The Effect of a Pilot Pediatric In-Patient Department-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention on Parental Smoking and Children’s Secondhand Smoke (SHS) Exposure in Guangxi, China
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2016
Author(s)
Huang, Kaiyong
Yang, Li
Liao, Jing
Nong, Guangmin
Zhang, Zhiyong
Liang, Xia
Liang, Gang
Abdullah, Abu S.
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MDPI
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Huang, Kaiyong, Li Yang, Jonathan P. Winickoff, Jing Liao, Guangmin Nong, Zhiyong Zhang, Xia Liang, Gang Liang, and Abu S. Abdullah. 2016. “The Effect of a Pilot Pediatric In-Patient Department-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention on Parental Smoking and Children’s Secondhand Smoke (SHS) Exposure in Guangxi, China.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13 (11): 1109. doi:10.3390/ijerph13111109. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13111109.
Abstract
Children’s exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) at home has numerous adverse health effects. This study evaluated the effects of a pediatric in-patient department-based pilot smoking cessation intervention for household members to reduce children’s SHS exposure and encourage smoking cessation. A pre-post test design study was designed to assess the effectiveness of a telephone counseling intervention on household members of hospitalized children in pediatric departments. Data were collected with a standardized Chinese language questionnaire. At the three-month follow-up survey, the proportions of household members who reported adopting complete smoking restriction at home (55%), did not smoke at home at all (37%), did not allow others to smoke in the car (70%), or did not allow others to smoke around the child (57%) were significantly higher than the self-reported responses at the baseline survey. The proportions of household members who reported smoking at home (49%) and in the car (22%) were significantly lower than the baseline survey. Overall, 7% of the participants had reported quitting smoking after three months. Pediatric in-patient department-based telephone counseling for smoking cessation was found to be acceptable to Chinese parents. The intervention encouraged few parents to quit smoking, but encouraged more parents to take measures to reduce children’s SHS exposure.
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