A Multifaceted Strategy to Implement Brief Smoking Cessation Counseling During Antenatal Care in Argentina and Uruguay: A Cluster Randomized Trial

Conclusions:
The intervention showed a moderate effect in increasing the proportion of women who recalled receiving the 5As, with a third of women receiving counseling in more than one visit. However, the frequency of women who smoked until the end of the pregnancy was not significantly reduced by the intervention.

Implications:
No implementation trials of smoking cessation interventions for pregnant women have been carried out in Latin American or in middle-income countries where health care systems or capacities may differ. We evaluated a multifaceted strategy designed to increase the frequency of pregnant women who receive brief smoking cessation counseling based on the 5As in Argentina and Uruguay. We found that the intervention showed a moderate effect in increasing the proportion of women receiving the 5As, with a third of women receiving counseling in more than one visit. However, the frequency of women who smoked until the end of the pregnancy was not significantly reduced by the intervention.

Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - April 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Althabe, F., Aleman, A., Berrueta, M., Morello, P., Gibbons, L., Colomar, M., Tong, V. T., Dietz, P. M., Farr, S. L., Ciganda, A., Mazzoni, A., Llambi, L., Becu, A., Smith, R. A., Johnson, C., Belizan, J. M., Buekens, P. M. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research