ERIC Number: EJ1185013
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Aug
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1090-1981
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Interpersonal Communication in Response to an Intervention and Its Impact on Smoking Cessation within a Low-Income Population
Parks, Michael J.; Kim, Soyoon
Health Education & Behavior, v45 n4 p550-558 Aug 2018
Background: It is a priority to develop population-based strategies for reducing barriers to smoking cessation among low-income populations. Harnessing secondary transmission such as interpersonal communication (IC) has helped to reduce tobacco use, but there is a dearth of quasi-experimental research that examines IC and the full spectrum of smoking cessation behaviors, particularly in the context of population-level programs. Aims: Using quasi-experimental methods, we examined IC in response to a population-level intervention and its impact on the full spectrum of smoking cessation outcomes among low-income smokers. Method: We used propensity score matching; three different propensity score matching procedures were used to estimate and approximate experimental effects. We assessed four cessation outcomes: utilization of a free tobacco quitline (QL), making a quit attempt, and being smoke-free for 7 and 30 days at follow-up. We also examined predictors of IC. Results: IC was significantly related to QL utilization (effect sizes ranging from 0.135 to 0.166), making a quit attempt (effect sizes ranging from 0.115 to 0.147), being smoke-free for 7 days (effect sizes ranging from 0.080 to 0.121), and being smoke-free for 30 days at follow-up (effect sizes ranging from 0.058 to 0.082). Program-related and participant characteristics predicted IC, such as receiving emotional direct mail materials and living with a fellow smoker. Discussion: IC in response to a population-based program affected the cessation process, and IC had a marked impact on sustained cessation. Conclusion: Population-based programs should aim to harness psychosocial dynamics such as IC to promote sustained cessation among low-income populations.
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Smoking, Predictor Variables, Barriers, Low Income, Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Effect Size, Participant Characteristics, Outcomes of Treatment, Communication Strategies, Cancer, Prevention, Telecommunications, Program Descriptions, Health Promotion, Social Differences, Health Behavior, Interviews, Statistical Analysis
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Language: English
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