Implementing Tobacco Control Assistance in Pediatric Departments of Chinese Hospitals: A Feasibility Study

Abstract

The findings of this study suggest that it is feasible to implement a system-level intervention of CEASE in the pediatric inpatient department of a major hospital in southern China. A large-scale trial incorporating measures to increase quit rates and including a long-term follow-up is needed to examine the effectiveness of CEASE implementation in China.

Prevalence and personal attitudes towards tobacco smoking among Palestinian healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study

“…Tobacco smoking among healthcare professionals negatively affects the attitude and impression of patients about healthcare professionals and negatively affects their willingness to quit smoking. Furthermore, it was found that physicians who smoke are less likely to advise their patients about smoking [ 13 , 14 ] and their smoking status influence their patients’ response to quit smoking [ 15 , 16 ]. Therefore, reducing the prevalence of tobacco smoking among healthcare professionals will effectively reduce its prevalence among the general population [ 17 ].…”

Hard to Reach or Just Not Enough? A Narrative Review of Inpatient Tobacco Cessation Programs in Pediatrics

“…However, in another study, the racial/ethnic composition of children was more diverse and almost evenly split between non-Hispanic black and white followed by Hispanic white and other racial/ethnic groups; 39% of caregivers in this study were non-Hispanic black [22]. In two different studies, children and their caregivers were Chinese and comprised the Han ethnic group [14,16].…”

“…(3) there was no intervention implemented in the study; (4) the target population comprised a combination of both inpatients and outpatients; and (5) study locations included both inpatient and outpatient settings. Fourteen articles ultimately met the criteria for an inpatient tobacco cessation program for caregivers of pediatric patients as elucidated in Figure 1 [7,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. IRB approval or an equivalent based on the country was obtained across eleven studies that involved both quality improvement and research [14][15][16][17][19][20][21][23][24][25][26].…”

“…Fourteen articles ultimately met the criteria for an inpatient tobacco cessation program for caregivers of pediatric patients as elucidated in Figure 1 [7,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. IRB approval or an equivalent based on the country was obtained across eleven studies that involved both quality improvement and research [14][15][16][17][19][20][21][23][24][25][26]. A comprehensive breakdown of each study's participant characteristics, intervention components, and tobacco reduction and cessation outcomes can be found in Table 1.…”

“…Smoking history was obtained in nine studies and specifically explored caregiver's frequency of tobacco use, prior quit attempts, number of years smoked, prior use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), baseline smoking status, and age when the caregiver began smoking [14][15][16][18][19][20][21]23,24]. Baseline smoking status was mainly determined with the administration of the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in four studies [7,15,20,21].…”