Suicide Prevention Referrals in a Mobile Health Smoking Cessation Intervention

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ID11018759
AuthorsDana E Christofferson (0000-0003-4733-6380, Dana E. Christofferson and Kim Hamlett-Berry are with the Office of Public Health, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. Erik Augustson is with the Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.), Kim Hamlett-Berry (Dana E. Christofferson and Kim Hamlett-Berry are with the Office of Public Health, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. Erik Augustson is with the Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.), Erik Augustson (0000-0002-9723-4078, Dana E. Christofferson and Kim Hamlett-Berry are with the Office of Public Health, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. Erik Augustson is with the Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.)
Year2015
Volume105
Issue8
Pagese7-e9
Publication date2015-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2015.302690
PMID26066949
OpenAlexW1895235862
LanguageEN
References cited6

Automated mobile health (mHealth) programs deliver effective smoking cessation interventions through text message platforms. Smoking is an independent risk factor for suicide, so the Department of Veterans Affairs incorporated information about the Veterans Crisis Line into its SmokefreeVET smoking cessation text messaging program. Almost 7% of all SmokefreeVET enrollees have accessed this information. Because of the reach and automated nature of this and similar programs, we recommend including a referral to a suicide prevention hotline for all smoking cessation mHealth interventions

Family medicine · Hotline · Intervention (counseling) · Medical emergency · mHealth · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Referral · Smoking cessation · Suicide prevention · Veterans Affairs · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Medicine · Smoking Behavior and Cessation

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