The Effect of a Pilot Pediatric In-Patient Department-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention on Parental Smoking and Children's Secondhand Smoke (SHS) Exposure in Guangxi, China.
Children's exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) at home has numerous adverse health effects. This study evaluated the effects of a pediatric in-patient department-based pilot smoking cessation intervention for household members to reduce children's SHS exposure and encourage smoking cessation. A pre-post test design study was designed to assess the effectiveness of a telephone counseling intervention on household members of hospitalized children in pediatric departments. Data were collected with a standardized Chinese language questionnaire. At the three-month follow-up survey, the proportions of household members who reported adopting complete smoking restriction at home (55%), did not smoke at home at all (37%), did not allow others to smoke in the car (70%), or did not allow others to smoke around the child (57%) were significantly higher than the self-reported responses at the baseline survey. The proportions of household members who reported smoking at home (49%) and in the car (22%) were significantly lower than the baseline survey. Overall, 7% of the participants had reported quitting smoking after three months. Pediatric in-patient department-based telephone counseling for smoking cessation was found to be acceptable to Chinese parents. The intervention encouraged few parents to quit smoking, but encouraged more parents to take measures to reduce children's SHS exposure.
School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China. huangka0319@sina.com.
Kaiyong
K
Huang
School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China. yangli8290@hotmail.com.
Li
L
Yang
MGH Center for Child and Adolescent Health Research and Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. jwinickoff@partners.org.
Jonathan P
JP
Winickoff
Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China. gxlmd@126.com.
Jing
J
Liao
Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China. ngm8525@hotmail.com.
Guangmin
G
Nong
School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China. rpazz@163.com.
Zhiyong
Z
Zhang
Foreign Language School, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China. xialiang17@gmail.com.
Xia
X
Liang
Pharmaceutical School, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China. lianggang22@aliyun.com.
Gang
G
Liang
Global Health Program, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan 215316, Jiangsu, China. asm.abdullah@graduate.hku.hk.|Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA. asm.abdullah@graduate.hku.hk.|Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA. asm.abdullah@graduate.hku.hk.
Abu S
AS
Abdullah
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003376:Counseling; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000032:analysis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
exposure; secondhand smoke; smoking cessation intervention