Primary care relevant interventions for tobacco use prevention and cessation in children and adolescents: a systematic evidence review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Patnode CD, O'Connor E, Whitlock EP, Perdue LA, Soh C
Record ID 32013000758
English
Authors' objectives: To systematically review evidence for the efficacy and harms of primary care interventions to prevent tobacco initiation and encourage tobacco cessation among children and adolescents.
Authors' recommendations: Interventions designed to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use among children and adolescents represent a clinically and methodologically heterogeneous body of literature. Overall, methodological differences between the included trials limits our ability to determine if the relatively small effect found on smoking initiation in this subset of trials represents true benefit across this body of literature. In particular, the measurement of smoking status, including what constituted smoking initiation and cessation, varied across all studies. In addition, the diversity of both the components and the intensity of the interventions limit our ability to draw conclusions about common efficacious elements.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2012
URL for published report: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK114973/pdf/TOC.pdf
URL for additional information: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK114973/
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: United States
MeSH Terms
  • Adolescent
  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Child
  • Primary Health Care
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Bupropion
  • Smoking
Contact
Organisation Name: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Contact Address: Center for Outcomes and Evidence Technology Assessment Program, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. Tel: +1 301 427 1610; Fax: +1 301 427 1639;
Contact Name: martin.erlichman@ahrq.hhs.gov
Contact Email: martin.erlichman@ahrq.hhs.gov
Copyright: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
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