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Smoking cessation in pregnancy

Do effective programmes exist?

Bibliographic Data

ID22945146
AuthorsRaoul A Walsh (University of Newcastle Australia, corresponding author), Raoul Walsh, SELINA REDMAN (University of Newcastle Australia)
Year1993
Volume8
Issue2
Pages111-127
Publication date1993-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Promotion International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/heapro/8.2.111
OpenAlexW2038260842
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Smoking has been described as the most important cause of poor pregnancy outcome in Western countries. None the less, evidence indicates that health care providers do not routinely provide smoking cessation interventions to pregnant women. The US Surgeon General has recommended that programmes to reduce smoking during pregnancy should be expanded in the public and private sectors. A review of the literature located 20 controlled evaluations of smoking cessation interventions in pregnancy. The studies were rated using the methodological criteria outlined by Windsor and Orleans (1986). Twelve of the studies were judged methodologically inadequate and excluded from the review. The remaining studies were found to support the efficacy of cognitive behavioural smoking cessation programmes in pregnancy. There was insufficient evidence to determine whether advice, feedback or nurse home-visitation programmes increased smoking cessation rates in pregnancy under ideal conditions. None of the methodologically adequate cognitive behavioural studies fulfilled the criteria necessary for a smoking cessation programme to be incorporated into routine antenatal care. Importantly, in only two studies were the smoking cessation interventions delivered by usual care doctors or midwives. The findings indicate that it is unsurprising that health care providers do not routinely deliver smoking cessation programmes to pregnant smokers. Future research and programme needs are discussed.

Family medicine · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Smoking cessation · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Medicine · Nursing · Smoking Behavior and Cessation

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Unique citing works5
Citations per year0,17
Citation span1997 - 2019 (23)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 5
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