Technology-Based Smoking Cessation for Youth Exiting Foster Care: A Pilot Randomized Trial

Authors

Jordan M. Braciszewski, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Suzanne M. Colby
Michael J. Franklin, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Robert L. Stout
Adam Vose-O'Neal
Beth C. Bock

Recommended Citation

Braciszewski JM, Colby SM, Franklin MJ, Stout RL, Vose-O'Neal A, and Bock BC. Technology-Based Smoking Cessation for Youth Exiting Foster Care: A Pilot Randomized Trial. J Public Child Welf 2024; 18(1):61-79.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Publication Title

J Public Child Welf

Abstract

Despite high rates of cigarette use, little attention has been paid to screening and cessation services for youth in foster care. Study aims were to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a technology-based smoking cessation intervention. Study enrollment, satisfaction, and engagement were high in the intervention arm, where readiness to change also significantly increased over time. Intervention and control participants significantly reduced cigarette use at 6-month follow up, though groups did not differ. Technology-based interventions appear to be attractive and offer a potentially scalable link to health care that this vulnerable population may not otherwise seek.

PubMed ID

38144460

Volume

18

Issue

1

First Page

61

Last Page

79