title: Do indigenous helpers foster smoking cessation in adult smokers?
abstract: An intervention based on the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change (TTM) used an indigenous helper (a helping relationship) to promote smoking cessation. The research examined whether there was a difference in post-intervention smoking behavior between smokers who had an indigenous helper compared with those who did not among adult FreshStart participants. Smoking behavior was measured in two ways: forward movement along the TTM stages of change, and point prevalence. A two-group, two-time, five-week multi-site experimental design was used. Participants (N=111) completed instruments at baseline and four weeks. The findings did not support use of the TTM construct helping relationships for smoking cessation. The use of a helping relationship did not predict smoking cessation. Nicotine replacement therapy and/or bupropion predicted smoking behavior in all analyses.
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, 3601 4th St., MS 6264, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA. Susan.andersen@ttuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*