Community-based group intervention for tobacco cessation in rural Tamil Nadu, India: A cluster randomized trial

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-60

  Kumar, Muthusamy Santhosh ^a,b   Sarma, P Sankara ^a   Thankappan, Kavumpurathu Raman ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b WHO NPSP   (India)

Author keywords

Group counseling; Health education; India; Rural population; Tobacco use cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RECURRENCE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861900935     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: 18736483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2011.10.026     Document Type: Article

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