Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12(1), 692-709; doi:10.3390/ijerph120100692
Reducing Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure of Preschool Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Class-Based Health Education and Smoking Cessation Counseling for Caregivers
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Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, Hunan, China
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School of Nursing, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830000, Xinjiang, China
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Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Changsha 410004, Hunan, China
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Academic Editor: Adriana Blanco Marquizo
Received: 4 December 2014 / Accepted: 6 January 2015 / Published: 13 January 2015
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tobacco Control)
Abstract
Objectives: To assess counseling to caregivers and classroom health education interventions to reduce environmental tobacco smoke exposure of children aged 5–6 years in China. Methods: In a randomized controlled trial in two preschools in Changsha, China, 65 children aged 5–6 years old and their smoker caregivers (65) were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 33) and control (no intervention) groups (n = 32). In the intervention group, caregivers received self-help materials and smoking cessation counseling from a trained counselor, while their children were given classroom-based participatory health education. Children’s urinary cotinine level and the point prevalence of caregiver quitting were measured at baseline and after 6 months. Results: At the 6-month follow-up, children’s urinary cotinine was significantly lower (Z = –3.136; p = 0.002) and caregivers’ 7-day quit rate was significantly higher (34.4% versus 0%) (p < 0.001; adjusted OR = 1.13; 95% CI: 1.02–1.26) in the intervention than control group. Conclusions: Helping caregivers quitting smoke combined with classroom-based health education was effective in reducing children’s environmental tobacco smoke exposure. Larger-scale trials are warranted. View Full-Text
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Wang, Y.; Huang, Z.; Yang, M.; Wang, F.; Xiao, S. Reducing Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure of Preschool Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Class-Based Health Education and Smoking Cessation Counseling for Caregivers. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 692-709.
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