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Int J Health Promot Educ. 2016;54(6):304-317. doi: 10.1080/14635240.2016.1193761. Epub 2016 Jul 14.

Training Lay Interventionists to Support Tobacco Cessation among Teachers in India.

International journal of health promotion and education

Mira Aghi, Eve Nagler, Harry Lando, Mangesh Pednekar, Prakash Gupta, Glorian Sorensen

Affiliations

  1. Healis, Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, 601/B, Great Eastern Chambers, Plot No. 28, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai - 400 614 India Tel. 91 22 2757 5487.
  2. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard School of Public Health, 450 Brookline Avenue Boston, MA 02215 USA, Tel. 617 582 8156.
  3. University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2 Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454 USA, tel. 612 624 1877.
  4. Healis, Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, 601/B, Great Eastern Chambers, Plot No. 28, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai - 400 614 India, Tel. 91 22 2757 5487.
  5. Healis, Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, 601/B, Great Eastern Chambers, Plot No. 28, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai - 400 614 India., Tel. 91 22 2757 5487.
  6. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard School of Public Health, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 USA, Tel. 617 632 2183.

PMID: 29151809 PMCID: PMC5687280 DOI: 10.1080/14635240.2016.1193761

Abstract

Despite the rapidly increasing burden of tobacco-related morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries, tobacco control initiatives - especially cessation - receive little emphasis. This is true despite low-cost methods that have potential for widespread dissemination. The purpose of this paper is to provide a case study example of how lay interventionists may be trained and supported to facilitate tobacco use cessation, based on the successful

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

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