Suicide prevention referrals in a mobile health smoking cessation intervention

D.E. Christofferson, K. Hamlett-Berry and E. Augustson

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 8, e7-e9

Abstract: Automated mobile health (mHealth) programs deliver effective smoking cessation interventions through text message platforms. Smoking is an independent risk factor for suicide, so the Department of Veterans Affairs incorporated information about the Veterans Crisis Line into its SmokefreeVET smoking cessation text messaging program. Almost 7% of all SmokefreeVET enrollees have accessed this information. Because of the reach and automated nature of this and similar programs, we recommend including a referral to a suicide prevention hotline for all smoking cessation mHealth interventions. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: government; human; preventive health service; procedures; psychology; risk factor; smoking; smoking cessation; suicide; text messaging; United States, Humans; Mobile Health Units; Risk Factors; Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Suicide; Text Messaging; United States; United States Department of Veterans Affairs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302690

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