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Study suggests kiosk helps smokers quit
May 10, 2010
The Health Behavior News Service reports that a computerized bilingual decision aid — placed in safety-net clinics and health fairs — can prompt Hispanic and other smokers to set a quit date and choose effective treatments.
The study in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved reports that a group of English- and Spanish-speaking test subjects used a kiosk to work through a smoking-cessation informational program. After completing the program, 80 percent of the test subjects reported setting a date and timeline to quit smoking.
"The kiosk and intervention appeared to be very well-received and could be an important addition to the way in which we share information about cessation treatment with smokers," said Dr. Emily Burns, an assistant professor in epidemiology at the University of Colorado School of Public Health in Denver, in the report.
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