An intervention to support postpartum women to quit smoking or remain smoke-free.
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.
Thyrian
Jochen René
JR
University of Greifswald, Germany. thyrian@uni-greifswald.de
Hannöver
Wolfgang
W
Grempler
Julia
J
Röske
Kathrin
K
John
Ulrich
U
Hapke
Ulfert
U
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*