title: Feasibility and efficacy of an intervention to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among infants discharged from a neonatal intensive care unit.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the feasibility and efficacy of a hospital-based, motivational intervention to reduce secondhand smoke exposure (SHSe) with mothers of infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
  
  
  METHODS
  One-hundred and forty-four mothers with infants ( ≤ 1500 g at birth or ≥ 12 h ventilation) in a NICU who reported a smoker in the household were randomized to two sessions of motivational interviewing (MI) conducted in the hospital, usual care (UC) or usual care-reduced measurement (UC-RM); follow-up occurred at 1- and 6-months post discharge.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For households that did not have a total smoking ban at baseline, 63.6% of those in the MI group instituted a ban by 1-month post discharge compared with 20% of the UC group, P<0.02. Six months post discharge, fewer smoking bans were noted in the UC-RM group relative to MI and UC, P<0.01.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A need for SHSe interventions among NICU parents exists and initial evidence suggests MI can impact SHSe after discharge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Stotts
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Northrup
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Dodrill
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tyson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Velasquez
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Hovell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005192:Family Health; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D062405:Motivational Interviewing; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution