OBJECTIVE: To pilot a worksite smoking intervention. METHODS: Following baseline assessment, participants (N=6378) received cancer risk feedback; 2 annual evaluations were conducted. RESULTS: Using all data, smoking dropped from 13.7% to 8.4% and 9.3%, and smoker's readiness to quit increased. Using complete data, smoking initially increased from 5.7% to 6.7%, but subsequently decreased to 5.3%; the increase in smoker's readiness to quit remained. Being male, younger, and with lower education and self-efficacy predicted smoking. Lower age and higher self-efficacy predicted readiness to quit smoking. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support a formal evaluation of a worksite smoking intervention using cancer risk feedback.
OBJECTIVE: To pilot a worksite smoking intervention. METHODS: Following baseline assessment, participants (N=6378) received cancer risk feedback; 2 annual evaluations were conducted. RESULTS: Using all data, smoking dropped from 13.7% to 8.4% and 9.3%, and smoker's readiness to quit increased. Using complete data, smoking initially increased from 5.7% to 6.7%, but subsequently decreased to 5.3%; the increase in smoker's readiness to quit remained. Being male, younger, and with lower education and self-efficacy predicted smoking. Lower age and higher self-efficacy predicted readiness to quit smoking. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support a formal evaluation of a worksite smoking intervention using cancer risk feedback.
Authors: Carla J Berg; James F Thrasher; J Lee Westmaas; Taneisha Buchanan; Erika A Pinsker; Jasjit S Ahluwalia Journal: Prev Med Date: 2011-09-16 Impact factor: 4.018
Authors: Ana Paula Cupertino; Mercedes Saint-Elin; Johana Bravo de Los Rios; Kimberly K Engelman; K Allen Greiner; Edward F Ellerbeck; Anna M Nápoles Journal: Oncol Nurs Forum Date: 2015-01 Impact factor: 2.172