A pre-post pilot study of a brief, web-based intervention to engage disadvantaged smokers into cessation treatment

Addiction Science and Clinical Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Brunette, Mary F ^a   Gunn, William ^a,b   Alvarez, Hilary ^b   Finn, Patricia C ^b   Geiger, Pamela ^a   Ferron, Joelle C ^a   McHugo, Gregory J ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Concord Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged populations; Motivation; Technology; Tobacco cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SMOKING CESSATION; WEB-BASED INTERVENTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; INTERNET; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

NICOTINE GUM;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUNSELING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS;

EID: 84961529046     PISSN: 19400632     EISSN: 19400640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13722-015-0026-5     Document Type: Article

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