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

Kaiyong Huang, Li Yang, Jonathan P. Winickoff, Jing Liao, Guangmin Nong, Zhiyong Zhang, Xia Liang, Gang Liang and Abu S. Abdullah
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Kaiyong Huang: School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China
Li Yang: School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China
Jonathan P. Winickoff: MGH Center for Child and Adolescent Health Research and Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Jing Liao: Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China
Guangmin Nong: Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China
Zhiyong Zhang: School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China
Xia Liang: Foreign Language School, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China
Gang Liang: Pharmaceutical School, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, China
Abu S. Abdullah: Global Health Program, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan 215316, Jiangsu, China

IJERPH, 2016, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-9

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: secondhand smoke; exposure; smoking cessation intervention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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