Back to Search
Start Over
Types of Lay Health Influencers in Tobacco Cessation: A Qualitative Study.
- Source :
-
American Journal of Health Behavior . Sep/Oct2010, Vol. 34 Issue 5, p607-617. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2010
-
Abstract
- Objective: To identify types of health influencers in tobacco cessation based on the frequency and characteristics of brief intervention activities. Methods: Longitudinal qualitative interviews were completed with 28 individuals posttraining. Results: Four individuals were categorized as Rarely Active, 5 as Active With Family and Friends, 9 as Active in the Workplace, and 10 as Proactive in Multiple Settings. Unique motivators, intervention behaviors, and barriers were documented. Some individuals displayed high levels of self-efficacy necessary for expanding the reach of community-based interventions. Conclusion: Training programs need to address the impact of contextual factors on initiating and sustaining intervention activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SMOKING cessation
*TOBACCO
*SELF-efficacy
*INTERVENTION (Social services)
*HEALTH
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10873244
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Health Behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 53697945
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.34.5.10