PMID: 8972929Nov 1, 1996Paper

Predictors of brief smoking intervention in a midwifery setting

Addiction
M CookeL Barclay

Abstract

The aims of this study were: to assess current practice in smoking cessation interventions by midwives and to examine the relationship between the use of smoking intervention, practitioner characteristics and organizational factors. A mail-out survey was sent to a random sample of 500 midwives. The response rate was 85% (n = 425). The results indicated that most midwives used minimal interventions (advice and education) for at least some of their clients. However, the more skilled and more time-intensive forms of intervention such as counselling about methods to quit, negotiating a quit date and follow-up were infrequently utilized. Moreover, participants estimated that half their smoking clients were not offered any advice about smoking. Organizational factors such as: hospital policy for smoking intervention, type of hospital, size of hospital, cohesion of staff and work pressure predicted the use of smoking interventions. Self-reported ability to intervene for smoking and the level of assessment undertaken were practitioner characteristics which predicted the use of smoking interventions. The barriers that inhibit the use of smoking intervention by midwives are discussed and methods for change canvassed.

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