Biomarker Feedback Intervention for Smoking Cessation among Alaska Native Pregnant Women: Randomized Pilot Study

Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is a major public health problem, with documented adverse effects on maternal, fetal, and infant health [1 –3]. Among U.S. women who delivered a live birth in 2010, 11% reported smoking during the last three months of pregnancy with the highest prevalence of 26% among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) females [4]. Recent nationally representative estimates of smoking in pregnancy (at 3 to 5 months gestation) are 14-26%, but prevalence was not reported for AI/AN women [5,6].

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - October 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christi A. Patten, Kathryn R. Koller, Christie A. Flanagan, Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka, Christine A. Hughes, Abbie W. Wolfe, Paul A. Decker, Kristin Fruth, Tabetha A. Brockman, Molly Korpela, Diana Gamez, Carrie Bronars, Neil J. Murphy, Dorothy Hatsukami, Neal Source Type: research