title: [Approach on smoking cessation by training public health providers].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicologia Médica e Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. azevedo.renata@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Renata Cruz Soares de
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Azevedo
authors.forename: Celina Matiko Hori
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Higa
authors.forename: Isilda Sueli Andreolli Mira de
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Assumpção
authors.forename: Rejane Firmino
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Marília Montoya
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Boscolo
authors.forename: Cecília Regina Gonzaga
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Frazatto
authors.forename: Welson
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Goulart
mesh_terms: 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