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View article: Smoking Quit Attempts and Associated Factors Among Rural Adults Who Smoke Daily in the United States
Smoking Quit Attempts and Associated Factors Among Rural Adults Who Smoke Daily in the United States Open
Introduction Rural American communities are heavily affected by tobacco-related health disparities. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of quit attempts (QAs) and factors that promote or impede QA among rural adults who smoke daily.…
View article: Exploring the associations between serious psychological distress and the quantity or frequency of tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use among pregnant women in the United States
Exploring the associations between serious psychological distress and the quantity or frequency of tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use among pregnant women in the United States Open
View article: Efficacy of a Gender-Relevant Smoking Cessation Intervention Among Women in Brazil: Findings from a Group Randomized Controlled Trial
Efficacy of a Gender-Relevant Smoking Cessation Intervention Among Women in Brazil: Findings from a Group Randomized Controlled Trial Open
Background: There is scarcity of smoking cessation programs that take gender into account during its development, implementation, and evaluation. We evaluated the efficacy of a theory-based, culturally, and gender-relevant sm…
View article: 187. Experiences of Discrimination, COVID-19 Related Mental Health and Substance Use Among Hispanic Youth
187. Experiences of Discrimination, COVID-19 Related Mental Health and Substance Use Among Hispanic Youth Open
View article: Pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs and the impact on women
Pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs and the impact on women Open
OBJECTIVE : To analyze the association between the pictorial graphic health warnings on cigarette packs and their impact on intention to quit smoking among women. METHODS : Population-based cross-sectional study among 265 women daily smoke…
View article: Mudança de comportamento e cessação de uso de tabaco em mulheres: uma experiência com treinamento de Agentes Comunitárias de Saúde
Mudança de comportamento e cessação de uso de tabaco em mulheres: uma experiência com treinamento de Agentes Comunitárias de Saúde Open
O conhecimento sobre mudanca de comportamento constitui importante ferramenta para auxiliar profissionais de saude a otimizar a eficacia das intervencoes com pacientes. Apesar das evidencias sobre a efetividade das atuacoes em saude de Age…
View article: Development of a gender-relevant tobacco cessation intervention for women in Brazil—an intervention mapping approach to planning
Development of a gender-relevant tobacco cessation intervention for women in Brazil—an intervention mapping approach to planning Open
The purpose of this article is to describe the development of a theory-based, culturally and gender-relevant Community Health Worker (CWH)-led tobacco cessation intervention for low-income Brazilian women who augments the tobacco cessation…
View article: Participation in Cervical Screening by Self-collection, Pap, or a Choice of Either in Brazil
Participation in Cervical Screening by Self-collection, Pap, or a Choice of Either in Brazil Open
Most cervical cancers occur in women who do not participate in cervical-cancer screening. We therefore evaluated adherence to screening for clinic-based Pap testing, self-collected sampling for HPV testing, and choice of the 2 among 483 un…
View article: Cervical Cancer Screening among Underscreened and Unscreened Brazilian Women: Training Community Health Workers to be Agents of Change
Cervical Cancer Screening among Underscreened and Unscreened Brazilian Women: Training Community Health Workers to be Agents of Change Open
Improvements in CHW knowledge about cervical cancer screening and behavior change represents a step forward toward successful interventions, but adaptations are needed to boost their self-confidence and perceived skills with regard to thei…