Short report: Paediatricians' attitude towards counselling parents postpartum about their smoking behaviour

European Journal of Public Health
Wolfgang HannöverUlrich John

Abstract

To investigate the attitudes of paediatricians in private practice towards counselling smoking parents of infants on their smoking behaviour. Questionnaires were mailed to 188 eligible paediatricians in Mecklenburg-West Pommerania. The response rate to this survey was 62%. With regard to risk factors, 54% of respondents counsel parents on the occasion of well-child visits. Around 89% grant Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) a high priority with regard to counselling and 26% of respondents obtain smoking status from parents routinely. From the sample, 66% wish to be trained in a brief intervention for counselling in everyday practice. Smoking and ETS are seen as prominent health threats and paediatricians look for brief interventions to be used in clinical practice.

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