Trial reportPublic health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Pregnancy and medical cost outcomes of a self-help prenatal smoking cessation program in a HMO.
Trial report in Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking in pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking in pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Systematic critical review of previous economic evaluations of smoking cessation during pregnancy.BMJ open · 2015Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking in pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Interventions for promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2009Pooled it
- Recommended cessation counselling for pregnant women who smoke: a review of the evidence.Tobacco control · 2000Pooled it
- Economic evaluations of smoking cessation and relapse prevention programs for pregnant women: a systematic review.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes ResearchPooled it
- Health education for pregnant smokers: its behavioral impact and cost benefit.American journal of public health · 1993Trial
- Cost-effectiveness of motivational interviewing for smoking cessation and relapse prevention among low-income pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes ResearchTrial
- Evaluating Cost-effectiveness of Interventions That Affect Fertility and Childbearing: How Health Effects Are Measured Matters.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2015Review
- Understanding maternal smoking during pregnancy: does residential context matter?Social science & medicine (1982) · 2013Article
- A review of economic evaluations of tobacco control programs.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2009Review
- Antismoking messages and current cigarette smoking status in Somaliland: results from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2004.Conflict and health · 2008Article
- The health benefits of smoking cessation for adult smokers and for pregnant women in Taiwan.Tobacco control · 2005Article
- The limited incorporation of economic analyses in clinical practice guidelines.Journal of general internal medicine · 2002Review
- Does smoking by pregnant women influence IQ, birth weight, and developmental disabilities in their infants? A methodological review and multivariate analysis.Neuropsychology review · 2000Review
- Perceptions of motivators and barriers to public prenatal care among first-time and follow-up adolescent patients and their providers.Maternal and child health journal · 1998Article
- Cost effectiveness of smoking-cessation therapies. Interpretation of the evidence-and implications for coverage.PharmacoEconomics · 1997Review
- Integrating individual and public health perspectives for treatment of tobacco dependence under managed health care: a combined stepped-care and matching model.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 1996Article
- Why do pregnant women smoke and can we help them quit?CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 1995Article
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Abstract
The results of a randomized clinical trial of a prenatal self-help smoking cessation program are reported in terms of the pregnancy and cost outcomes. The study population were the socioeconomically and ethnically diverse members of a large health maintenance organization (HMO) who reported that they were smoking at the time of their first prenatal visit. The intervention consisted predominantly of printed materials received through the mail. Compared with the usual care control group, women assigned to the self-help program were more likely to achieve cessation for the majority of their pregnancy (22.2 percent versus 8.6 percent), gave birth to infants weighing on average 57 grams more, and were 45 percent less likely to deliver a low birth weight infant. An economic evaluation of the self-help program was conducted from the perspective of the sponsoring HMO. Based upon the expenditures associated with the neonates' initial hospital episode, the intervention had a benefit-cost ratio of 2.8:1. These findings provide strong evidence to support widespread incorporation of smoking cessation interventions as a standard component of prenatal care.
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