A Culturally Adapted Smoking Cessation Intervention for Korean Americans: Preliminary Findings.
Korean Americans have the highest smoking rate within the Asian American population. This study examined the feasibility and acceptability of a culturally adapted telephone cessation intervention for Korean Americans. Participants were recruited from advertisements on a Korean radio station channel in New York City. All received a combination of telephone cessation counseling and nicotine patches. Thirty-one (2 women and 29 men) participated in the study. At 3-month follow-up, 14 (45.2%) reported 7-day point prevalence abstinence and 13 (41.9%) achieved 3-month prolonged abstinence. Except for two who lived alone, self-reported abstinence was corroborated by a family member. The findings point to the direction that a nationally centralized Korean-language quitline service should be established to help Korean Americans quit smoking. Furthermore, the service should be adapted at a deep level of the culture.
University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, USA sun.kim@umb.edu.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D065246:Culturally Competent Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D015277:Hotlines / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D061485:Tobacco Use Cessation Devices / Q000592:standards
D009538:Nicotine
cultural adaptation; smoking cessation; telephone counseling