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Automated point-of-care approaches have great potential to reach Spanish-preferring smokers
2 monthes ago | By News Medical
Researchers conducted a study examining the differences in smoking treatment between Spanish- and English-preferring primary care patients linked with evidence-based tobacco treatment using Ask-Advise-Connect .
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Smokers who receive intervention in Spanish twice as likely to cease smoking
2 monthes ago | By Healio
Smokers who preferred receiving point-of-care services in Spanish were twice as likely to refrain from smoking cigarettes after 6 months compared with those who preferred English, researchers reported in Annals of Family Medicine.
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Hispanic individuals make up 18% of the U.S. population, and smoking-related illnesses including cancer, heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death among this population, Bethany Shorey Fennell, PhD, of the department of health outcomes and behavior at the Moffitt Cancer
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