Development of SmokeFree Baby: a smoking cessation smartphone app for pregnant smokers

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 533-545

  Tombor, Ildiko ^a   Shahab, Lion ^a   Brown, Jamie ^a   Crane, David ^a   Michie, Susan ^a   West, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change interventions; Digital interventions; Incremental development; Pregnant smokers; Smartphone application; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOBILE APPLICATION; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SMARTPHONE; SMOKING; UTILIZATION;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; SMARTPHONE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84995785767     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-016-0438-0     Document Type: Article

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