Feasibility, acceptability and impact of a telephone support service initiated in primary medical care to help Arabic smokers quit

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-281

  Girgis, Seham ^a,c   Adily, Armita ^a,b   Velasco, Maria Jose ^a   Zwar, Nicholas A ^b   Jalaludin, Bin B ^a,b   Ward, Jeanette E ^a,d,e  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d Health Perspectives Sydney   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabic speakers; general practice; randomised trial.; smoking cessation; telephone counselling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TELEPHONE SUPPORT SERVICE;

ADULT; ARABS; AUSTRALIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 80052489881     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY10066     Document Type: Article

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