Journal
HEALTH EDUCATION & BEHAVIOR
Volume 34, Issue 6, Pages 911-927Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106294652
Keywords
targeting; smoking cessation; African Americans
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- NICHD NIH HHS [K12 HD052027] Funding Source: Medline
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This study examines the efficacy of targeted versus standard care smoking cessation materials among urban African American smokers. Five hundred smokers (250 to each group) are randomized to receive a culturally targeted or standard care videotape and print guide. Both groups receive 8 weeks of nicotine patches and reminder telephone calls at Weeks I and 3. Process outcomes include material use and salience at I and 4 weeks postbaseline. Smoking outcomes include 7-day abstinence, smoking reduction, and readiness to quit at 4 weeks and 6 months postbaseline. Despite greater use of the targeted guide (68.8% vs. 59.6%, p < .05), intervention participants do not perceive the targeted materials as more salient, and no significant differences are found between groups on the smoking outcomes. Findings point to the importance of greater audience segmentation and individual tailoring to better match intervention materials to the needs of the priority population.
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