Approach on smoking cessation by training public health providers

Authors

  • Renata Cruz Soares de Azevedo Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas; Departamento de Psicologia Médica e Psiquiatria
  • Celina Matiko Hori Higa Unicamp; Hospital de Clínicas; Ambulatório de Substâncias Psicoativas
  • Isilda Sueli Andreolli Mira de Assumpção Unicamp; HC; Ambulatório de Pneumologia
  • Rejane Firmino Fernandes Unicamp; FCM; Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Médicas
  • Marília Montoya Boscolo Unicamp; Hospital de Clínicas; Ambulatório de Substâncias Psicoativas
  • Cecília Regina Gonzaga Frazatto Unicamp; HC; Serviço de Odontologia
  • Welson Goulart Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102008005000011

Keywords:

Health Human Resource Training, Tobacco Use Cessation, Smoking^i2^sprevention & cont, Humanization of Assistance

Abstract

The study evaluated the results of a smoking cessation training program including 40 public health providers from November 2004 to March 2007. A total of 3,419 smokers received minimum individual intervention and 982 had group intervention. Of all, 9.2% quit smoking. The main difficulties for smoking cessation reported by health providers were: low patient compliance (11%); lack of medications (38%); and lack of health unit infrastructure/support (29%). The training allowed to reaching out a larger population through smoking cessation approaches at health units.

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Published

2008-04-01

Issue

Vol. 42 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Brief Communication

How to Cite

Azevedo, R. C. S. de, Higa, C. M. H., Assumpção, I. S. A. M. de, Fernandes, R. F., Boscolo, M. M., Frazatto, C. R. G., & Goulart, W. (2008). Approach on smoking cessation by training public health providers . Revista De Saúde Pública, 42(2), 353-355. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102008005000011