A stage paradigm for integrating clinical and public health approaches to smoking cessation
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The stage paradigm can be applied to smoking cessation to integrate the best features of clinical and public health interventions. Clinical interventions for addictions usually have the highest efficacy but the lowest reach, while public health interventions reach the largest percentage of populations but have the lowest efficacy. Stage paradigm interprets behavior change as a process that progresses through six stages, namely, precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance and termination. Its application to five of the most crucial phases of interventions is examined.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 1996
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Pregnancy smoking cessation: a case of mistaken identity
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The process involved in quitting smoking is different in pregnant and nonpregnant women as pregnant women stop smoking due to external reasons rather than due to a conscious effort. The Transtheoretical Model shows that pregnant women use less experiential and behavioral processes, and coping methods. They have a higher degree of confidence, self-efficacy and motivation, and lesser temptation to smoke. The motivation by external factors may be the reason for the high level of relapse after childbirth.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 1996
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Two approaches to social support in smoking cessation: commodity model and nondirective support
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The commodity model of social support is valuable for the continued availability of support it suggests, while the value of Nondirective Support lies in its flexibility and responsiveness to the person's needs and perspectives. Under the commodity model, social support is an alternative to high-risk choices, especially if it is easily accessible and inexpensive. Nondirective Support, for its part, accepts a person's goals, cooperates without taking control and validates a person's feelings.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 1997
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