The dissemination of smoking cessation methods for pregnant women: achieving the year 2000 objectives
Autor: | T. Glynn, R A Windsor, D. Ershoff, L. L. Perkins, J B Lowe, Chang Qing Li |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 1993 |
Předmět: |
Gerontology
Adult medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Health Promotion Cohort Studies Pregnancy Environmental health Epidemiology Prevalence Medicine Humans Information Services business.industry Public health Health Policy Behavior change Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease United States Health promotion Evaluation Studies as Topic Smoking cessation Health education Female Smoking Cessation business Cohort study Research Article |
Popis: | The smoking prevalence rate among adult women and pregnant women has decreased only 0.3 to 0.5% per year since 1969. Without a nationwide dissemination of efficacious smoking cessation methods based on these trends, by the year 2000 the smoking prevalence among pregnant women will be approximately 18%. This estimate is well above the US Department of Health and Human Services Year 2000 Objective of 10%. The US dissemination of tested smoking cessation methods could help an additional 12,900 to 155,000 pregnant smokers annually and 600,000 to 1,481,000 cumulatively to quit smoking during the 1990s. Dissemination could help achieve 31 to 78% of the Year 2000 Objectives for pregnancy smoking prevalence. (With dissemination, at best a 15% smoking prevalence during pregnancy, rather than the 10% objective, is likely to be observed.) Our results confirm a well-documented need for a national campaign to disseminate smoking cessation methods. |
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