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Building Tobacco Cessation Capacity in Homeless Shelters: A Pilot Study.
- Source :
- Journal of Community Health; Oct2016, Vol. 41 Issue 5, p998-1005, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Tobacco use is common among homeless adults, yet few homeless shelters offer tobacco dependence treatment. Using a pre-intervention and post-intervention study design, we pilot tested the feasibility of a capacity building intervention that consisted of a 3.5-h training for shelter staff to provide cessation counseling. Staff (n = 12) and homeless clients (n = 46) completed questionnaires at pre-intervention, post-intervention (6 weeks), and at 12-weeks follow-up. Staff completed a questionnaire on tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes toward and practices around treating tobacco dependence, and self-efficacy in providing cessation counseling (score range 1-5). Clients completed a questionnaire on tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes toward tobacco dependence, and receipt of tobacco-related services from the program (score range 1-5). We used repeated measures linear regression analysis to examine change in scores over time. From pre-intervention to post-intervention, staff knowledge (β coefficient 0.4, 95 % CI 0.1-0.8) and efficacy (β coefficient 0.4, 95 % CI 0.2-0.7) in treating tobacco dependence increased. Client receipt of tobacco-related program services increased significantly from post-intervention to follow-up (β coefficient 0.3, 95 % CI 0.1-0.5). A brief capacity building intervention has the potential to increase tobacco-related interventions among clients in homeless shelters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SMOKING prevention
CONCEPTUAL structures
CONFIDENCE intervals
COUNSELING
HEALTH behavior
HOMELESS persons
HOUSING
LONGITUDINAL method
MATHEMATICAL models
PERSONNEL management
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
SELF-efficacy
SELF-evaluation
SMOKING cessation
T-test (Statistics)
PILOT projects
THEORY
HUMAN services programs
PRE-tests & post-tests
REPEATED measures design
HEALTH literacy
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00945145
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Community Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117881257
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-016-0182-x