An organisational change intervention for smoking cessation care in a medically supervised injecting centre: An acceptability study

Eliza Skelton, Billie Bonevski, Flora Tzelepis, Anthony Shakeshaft, Ashleigh Guillaumier, W Wood, Marianne Jauncey

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Abstract

Among people who inject drugs (PWIDs), the rate of smoking exceeds 80% making this population particularly susceptible to tobacco-related illnesses and in need of iSmoking cessation care (SCC). The Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) maybe a potential setting to address tobacco smoking among PWIDs. This study aimed to assess the acceptability of an organizational change intervention to integrate SCC into usual care practice at a MSIC.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberP559
Pages (from-to)S181
Number of pages1
JournalInternational Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Volume23
Issue numberSuppl 1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • smoking cessation care (SCC)
  • injecting center
  • PWID
  • MSIC
  • tobacco

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