Using Digital Technologies to Reach Tobacco Users Who Want to Quit: Evidence From the National Cancer Institute's Smokefree.gov Initiative.

Autor: Prutzman YM; Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland. Electronic address: huntym@mail.nih.gov., Wiseman KP; Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia., Grady MA; Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland., Budenz A; Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland., Grenen EG; ICF, Fairfax, Virginia., Vercammen LK; ICF, Fairfax, Virginia., Keefe BP; ICF, Fairfax, Virginia., Bloch MH; Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of preventive medicine [Am J Prev Med] 2021 Mar; Vol. 60 (3 Suppl 2), pp. S172-S184.
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.08.008
Abstrakt: The rapid growth of smartphone ownership and broadband access has created new opportunities to reach smokers with cessation information and support using digital technologies. These technologies can both complement and be integrated with traditional support modalities such as telephone quitlines and 1-on-1 clinical cessation counseling. The National Cancer Institute's Smokefree.gov Initiative provides free, evidence-based cessation support to the public through a multimodal suite of digital interventions, including several mobile-optimized websites, text messaging programs, and 2 mobile applications. In addition to digital resources directed at the general population, the Smokefree.gov Initiative includes population-specific resources targeted to adolescents, women, military veterans, Spanish speakers, older adults, and other populations. This paper describes the reach and use of the Smokefree.gov Initiative's resources over a 5-year period between 2014 and 2018, including how users interact with the program's digital content in ways that facilitate engagement with live counseling support. Use of Smokefree.gov Initiative resources has grown steadily over time; in 2018 alone, approximately 7-8 million people accessed Smokefree.gov Initiative web- and mobile-based resources. Smokefree.gov Initiative utilization data show that people take advantage of the full range of technology tools and options offered as part of the Smokefree.gov Initiative's multiplatform intervention. The Smokefree.gov Initiative experience suggests that offering different, complementary technology options to meet the needs and preferences of smokers has the potential to meaningfully expand the reach of cessation treatment.
(Published by Elsevier Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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