Internally-Developed Teen Smoking Cessation Programs: Characterizing the Unique Features of Programs Developed by Community-Based Organizations

Kymberle L. Sterling, Susan J. Curry, Sherry Emery, Amy K. Sporer, Robin J. Mermelstein, Michael Berbaum and Brian Flay
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Kymberle L. Sterling: Institute of Public Health, College of Health and Human Sciences, Georgia State University, 140 Decatur Street, Room 878, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, USA
Susan J. Curry: College of Public Health, Health Management and Policy, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, E220H1 GH, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Sherry Emery: Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 W. Roosevelt Road, Room 558, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Amy K. Sporer: Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 W. Roosevelt Road, Room 558, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Robin J. Mermelstein: Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 W. Roosevelt Road, Room 558, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Michael Berbaum: Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 W. Roosevelt Road, Room 558, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Brian Flay: Department of Public Health, Oregon State University, College of Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Waldo Hall #321, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA

IJERPH, 2009, vol. 6, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: We have compared the unique features of teen tobacco cessation programs developed internally by community-based organizations (N=75) to prepackaged programs disseminated nationally (N=234) to expand our knowledge of treatment options for teen smokers. Internally-developed programs were more likely offered in response to the sponsoring organization’s initiative (OR=2.16, p

Keywords: teens; smoking; tobacco; cessation; treatment; interventions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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