[Approach on smoking cessation by training public health providers].
The study evaluated the results of a smoking cessation training program including 40 public health providers from November 2004 to March 2007. A total of 3,419 smokers received minimum individual intervention and 982 had group intervention. Of all, 9.2% quit smoking. The main difficulties for smoking cessation reported by health providers were: low patient compliance (11%); lack of medications (38%); and lack of health unit infrastructure/support (29%). The training allowed to reaching out a larger population through smoking cessation approaches at health units.
Azevedo
Renata Cruz Soares de
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Departamento de Psicologia Médica e Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. azevedo.renata@uol.com.br
Higa
Celina Matiko Hori
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Assumpção
Isilda Sueli Andreolli Mira de
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Fernandes
Rejane Firmino
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Boscolo
Marília Montoya
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Frazatto
Cecília Regina Gonzaga
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Goulart
Welson
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D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D017150:Public Sector; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data