title: Examining the effectiveness of a community-based self-help program to increase women's readiness for smoking cessation.
abstract: This study investigated the effectiveness of two components of a smoking cessation intervention: a reading manual and a series of televised programs. Female smokers in the Chicago metropolitan area with a high school education or less were interviewed at 4 different times: baseline, immediate postintervention, and 6 and 12 months. We examined the effects of several baseline measures (race, age, number of cigarettes smoked, and stage of readiness to change) and exposure to the intervention components on subsequent stage of change. Race, baseline smoking rate, baseline stage, and exposure to both intervention components had direct effects on stage at immediate postintervention, with both intervention components increasing readiness to quit. Furthermore, exposure to the manual interacted with baseline stage, such that the manual benefited women at earlier stages more than women at later stages. Effects of both components were sustained at 6 months, and the effects of the manual were sustained at 12 months.
authors.affiliation: Health Research and Policy Centers, University of Illinois at Chicago, 850 W. Jackson, Suite 400, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA. lindseyt@uic.edu
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Morera
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Crittenden
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Freels
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Flay
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Warnecke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002641:Chicago; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D013690:Television; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016387:Women's Health