TY - JOUR
T1 - Scripted intervention
T2 - A map for smoking cessation counseling
AU - Hartmann, Katherine E.
AU - Thorp, John M.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Primary care physicians are on the front lines in the battle against cigarette smoking. To optimize our impact, obstetrician/gynecologists must learn to use intervention tools. We describe a scripted approach for physicians to use to set the course for office-based smoking cessation counseling. Five key components are incorporated: unequivocally advising cessation; acknowledging the difficulty of quitting; providing self-help materials; setting a quit date; and encouraging the patient. This script was the central component of a successful program to reduce smoking rates in the obstetric clinic at the University of North Carolina. It is brief and well- received by patients. Put into routine clinical use it will ensure that counseling arrives at the intended destination-a plan to quit and stay quit.
AB - Primary care physicians are on the front lines in the battle against cigarette smoking. To optimize our impact, obstetrician/gynecologists must learn to use intervention tools. We describe a scripted approach for physicians to use to set the course for office-based smoking cessation counseling. Five key components are incorporated: unequivocally advising cessation; acknowledging the difficulty of quitting; providing self-help materials; setting a quit date; and encouraging the patient. This script was the central component of a successful program to reduce smoking rates in the obstetric clinic at the University of North Carolina. It is brief and well- received by patients. Put into routine clinical use it will ensure that counseling arrives at the intended destination-a plan to quit and stay quit.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1068-607X(96)00034-0
DO - 10.1016/S1068-607X(96)00034-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030298260
SN - 1068-607X
VL - 3
SP - 228
EP - 232
JO - Primary Care Update for Ob/Gyns
JF - Primary Care Update for Ob/Gyns
IS - 6
ER -