Tobacco-related practices and policies in residential perinatal drug treatment programs.
Despite serious health consequences from high rates of smoking among perinatal women, smoking cessation and/or nicotine treatment practices have yet to be broadly adopted into perinatal substance abuse treatment settings. This correlational cross-sectional survey examined tobacco-related policies, practices, knowledge, and attitudes of 31 directors of perinatal residential substance abuse treatment programs in California. We found that the directors' programs had limited on-site adoption of evidence-based practices for smoking cessation, and that directors had gaps in their knowledge of perinatal tobacco effects. Implications for tobacco policy initiatives in perinatal substance abuse treatment are discussed.
Jessup
Martha A
MA
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Institute for Health & Aging, University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA. marty.jessup@ucsf.edu
Song
Yeonsu
Y
D001290:Attitude; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000628:therapy*