title: A Motivational, Gender-Sensitive Smoking Cessation Resource for Family Members of Patients With Lung Cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To gather feedback on an innovative gender-sensitive booklet that draws on emotional connections and relationship factors to motivate smoking cessation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative, descriptive.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six provinces in Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  30 family members of patients with lung cancer who were currently smoking or had recently quit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Parallel booklets for women and men were developed using language and images to emphasize family relationships and gender considerations to motivate smoking cessation. Participants were provided with the women's and men's versions of the resource, and they were asked to review the gender-specific version of the booklet that was relevant to them. Semistructured telephone interviews were conducted, and transcriptions were analyzed for themes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three themes were evident in the data, including "new perspectives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A gender-sensitive approach that focuses on relationship factors represents an acceptable way to engage relatives of patients with lung cancer in discussions to support smoking cessation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Approaches to supporting smoking cessation among relatives of patients diagnosed with lung cancer should draw on positive relationship bonds and caring connections to motivate cessation.
authors.forename: Joan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bottorff
authors.forename: Carole A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Gayle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sarbit
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.affiliation: Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention at the University of British Columbia.
authors.forename: Mary T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Torchalla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002170:Canada; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: family; gender; health promotion; lung cancer; smoking cessation; tobacco use