title: An intervention to support postpartum women to quit smoking or remain smoke-free.
abstract: Effectiveness studies among pregnant and postpartum women indicate that pregnancy and the postpartum period provide a window of opportunity to promote smoking cessation and smoke-free families. Yet, there is a lack of information about interventions that are portable to routine care. The goal of this article is to describe the structure, basic strategies, and the application of a smoking cessation and relapse prevention intervention for postpartum women in the general population. By using the stages of change concept and motivational interviewing, a classification of current and former smokers is given, and basic strategies and techniques are described to counsel women postpartum with regard to smoking.
authors.affiliation: University of Greifswald, Germany. thyrian@uni-greifswald.de
authors.forename: Jochen René
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Thyrian
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hannöver
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grempler
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Röske
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: Ulfert
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hapke
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D009042:Motivation; D049590:Postpartum Period; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*