title: Secondhand smoke exposure assessment and counseling in the Chinese pediatric setting: a qualitative study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Assisting smoking parents to quit smoking and eliminating the secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure of their children is a global health priority. Engaging healthcare workers in developing countries to address this priority has been a challenge. This study intends to explore issues around current practice related to SHS exposure assessment and counseling and identify barriers to SHS exposure reduction counseling in the Chinese pediatric setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted qualitative interviews (11 focus groups discussions (FGDs) with pediatricians, 6 FGDs with pediatric nurses and 11 in-depth interviews (IDIs) with hospital administrators) among 101 health-care professionals (HCP) from 5 hospitals in four major cities of Guangxi Province, China. All FGDs/ IDIs were audio recorded and analysed thematically.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings suggest that few Chinese pediatricians routinely address the SHS exposure of children in their usual practice. All HCPs felt the need for clinical interventions to promote SHS exposure reduction for children. Primary barriers to SHS exposure reduction counseling in the Chinese pediatric setting included: lack of skills and training in tobacco use reduction and cessation counseling; time constraints and heavy workloads, uncertainty about the usefulness of smoking cessation interventions and lack of hospital-wide systems requiring pediatricians to record tobacco use or SHS exposure information. Ideas for overcoming these barriers were building capacity of pediatricians, collaboration with international organization to initiate training, engaging top level leaders in the effort and ensuring financial resources to support the program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study among hospital administrators and service providers in China demonstrated a high level of interest in delivering SHS exposure reduction interventions in the pediatric setting. The findings can inform the creation and delivery of clinical interventions in China to promote SHS exposure reduction to children in the pediatric setting.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: Global Health Initiative, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu Province 215347, China. asm.abdullah@graduate.hku.hk.
authors.forename: Abu S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Abdullah
authors.forename: Guangmin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nong
authors.forename: Kaiyong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Longde
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Zhenyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jonathan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Winickoff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002681:China; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents; D010372:Pediatrics; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution