Smoking cessation counseling: training and practice among women pediatricians.
We examined characteristics associated with smoking cessation counseling among a national sample of 579 women pediatricians. Fifty-two percent of women pediatricians had received at least some training in cessation counseling and 41% counseled smoking patients at least once per year. Prevalence of counseling increased by amount of training; 20.7% of those with no training counseled at least once per year versus 62.0% of those with extensive training. Pediatricians 50-70 years of age were 1.8 times as likely as those 30-39 years of age to perform frequent counseling (p<0.01). Programs to promote smoking cessation training and counseling among pediatricians are needed.
Malarcher
Ann
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Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
Easton
Alyssa
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Husten
Corinne
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Frank
Erica
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003376:Counseling / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010819:Physician's Role; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012737:Sex Factors; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*