Nicotine replacement prescription practices of obstetric and pediatric clinicians
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UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral MedicineDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2000-07-26Keywords
AdultBoston
Drug Utilization
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Nicotine
*Obstetrics
*Pediatrics
Physician's Practice Patterns
Pregnancy
*Smoking Cessation
Life Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
Women's Studies
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OBJECTIVE: To assess smoking cessation counseling and nicotine replacement therapy prescription and recommendation practices among obstetric and pediatric providers. METHODS: We sent out a self-administered survey to 61 obstetric and pediatric nurse practitioners and physicians at six community health centers in the Boston area. RESULTS: Obstetric providers were more likely to view smoking cessation counseling as their responsibility in treating pregnant women than pediatric providers did in treating infants with mothers who smoked (mean +/- standard deviation [95% confidence interval] 4.5 +/- 0.76 [4.2, 4.8] versus 4.0 +/- 0.8 [3.7, 4.3] on a five-point scale; P CONCLUSION: We found that nicotine replacement therapies are commonly prescribed or recommended to pregnant smokers by obstetric providers, but less commonly to lactating women by pediatric providers.Source
Obstet Gynecol. 2000 Aug;96(2):261-5.
DOI
10.1016/S0029-7844(00)00905-4Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/50857PubMed ID
10908774Related Resources
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