title: Preferences for Smoking Cessation Support from Family and Friends Among Adults with Serious Mental Illness.
abstract: Engaging natural supports may be a promising strategy to promote the use of evidence-based smoking cessation treatment for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) who smoke. This qualitative study explored preferences for support for quitting from family and friends among individuals with SMI who participated in cessation treatment. Participants were 41 individuals with SMI enrolled in a Medicaid Demonstration Project of smoking cessation at community mental health centers. Open-ended questions asked during a social network interview explored participants' preferences for more support for quitting smoking from family and friends. The qualitative data was coded and common themes were identified across the dataset. Three primary preferences emerged for smoking cessation support from family members and friends: 1) more practical support for quitting (e.g., financial help with purchasing cessation medications); 2) more emotional support for quitting (e.g., encouraging progress toward quitting); and 3) changing their own smoking behaviors in the presence of participants (e.g., don't smoke around them or offer them cigarettes). Individuals with SMI who participated in smoking cessation treatment at community mental health centers indicated several ways that family members and friends could support their efforts to quit smoking. Understanding how people with SMI want support from family and friends to quit smoking will inform strategies to leverage these natural resources to promote the use of evidence-based smoking cessation treatment and support smoking abstinence for this population.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Health and Aging, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 46 Centerra Parkway, Suite 200, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA. Kelly.A.Aschbrenner@Dartmouth.edu.|The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, USA. Kelly.A.Aschbrenner@Dartmouth.edu.|Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA. Kelly.A.Aschbrenner@Dartmouth.edu.|Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA. Kelly.A.Aschbrenner@Dartmouth.edu.
authors.forename: Kelly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Aschbrenner
authors.affiliation: Centers for Health and Aging, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 46 Centerra Parkway, Suite 200, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA.|The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, USA.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Naslund
authors.affiliation: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Lydia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.affiliation: Centers for Health and Aging, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 46 Centerra Parkway, Suite 200, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA.|The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, USA.|Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.|Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.|Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bartels
authors.affiliation: The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, USA.
authors.forename: A James
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: O'Malley
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.|Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Mary F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Brunette
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D015897:Comorbidity; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D057240:Patient Preference / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support
keywords: Serious mental illness; Smoking cessation treatment; Social networks; Social support