TY - JOUR
T1 - End-of-treatment smoking cessation among African American female participants in the breathe free™ for women smoking cessation program
T2 - Results of a pilot study
AU - Fernander, Anita
AU - Bush, Heather
AU - Goldsmith-Mason, Shakira
AU - White, Pamela
AU - Obi, Brittaney
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding/Support: This research was supported by the Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program, grant 3048104060, Dr Fernander (principal investigator).
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - Objective: Quitting smoking is particularly imperative for African American women due to their disproportionate rates of smoking-related morbidity and mortality. However, very few smoking cessation interventions have demonstrated successful quit rates for African American women. This study sought to examine the Breathe Free™ for Women (BFFW) smoking cessation lifestyle program among African American female smokers. The primary objective of the pilot project was to examine end-of-treatment quit rates, and the secondary objective sought to obtain feedback from African American female participants on the acceptability of the intervention in this population. Methods: A total of 42 African American females were recruited to participate in 1 of 6 intervention cohorts. Each intervention cohort participated in 9 group sessions presented over a period of 4 weeks. Participants complete an investigator developed survey assessing current smoking status as well as impressions of each intervention session. Results: An end-of-treatment quit rate of 19% was achieved with an average study retention rate of 70%. In addition, participants' feedback indicated that the BFFW intervention offers a highly promising model for enhanced tailoring by incorporating socioculturally relevant methods, materials, and content. Conclusions: Future research must address the critical public health need for socioculturally relevant adaptations of existing and promising smoking cessation programs for African American women.
AB - Objective: Quitting smoking is particularly imperative for African American women due to their disproportionate rates of smoking-related morbidity and mortality. However, very few smoking cessation interventions have demonstrated successful quit rates for African American women. This study sought to examine the Breathe Free™ for Women (BFFW) smoking cessation lifestyle program among African American female smokers. The primary objective of the pilot project was to examine end-of-treatment quit rates, and the secondary objective sought to obtain feedback from African American female participants on the acceptability of the intervention in this population. Methods: A total of 42 African American females were recruited to participate in 1 of 6 intervention cohorts. Each intervention cohort participated in 9 group sessions presented over a period of 4 weeks. Participants complete an investigator developed survey assessing current smoking status as well as impressions of each intervention session. Results: An end-of-treatment quit rate of 19% was achieved with an average study retention rate of 70%. In addition, participants' feedback indicated that the BFFW intervention offers a highly promising model for enhanced tailoring by incorporating socioculturally relevant methods, materials, and content. Conclusions: Future research must address the critical public health need for socioculturally relevant adaptations of existing and promising smoking cessation programs for African American women.
KW - African Americans
KW - Tobacco
KW - Women's health
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U2 - 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31070-1
DO - 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31070-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 19860303
AN - SCOPUS:70350641313
SN - 0027-9684
VL - 101
SP - 1034
EP - 1040
JO - Journal of the National Medical Association
JF - Journal of the National Medical Association
IS - 10
ER -