Establishment and evaluation of a smoking cessation clinic in Hong Kong: A model for the future service provider

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-244

  Abdullah, Abu Saleh M ^a,b   Hedley, Anthony J ^a,b   Chan, Sophia S C ^a   Ho, Winnie W N ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Cncl on Smoking and Hlth COSH ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Health centre; Hong Kong Chinese; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; COST; COUNSELING; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF HELP; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 4744358141     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdh147     Document Type: Article

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