The parent-child dyad and risk perceptions among parents who quit smoking.
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SUBMITTER: Mahabee-Gittens EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4205202 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
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The parent-child dyad and risk perceptions among parents who quit smoking.
Mahabee-Gittens E Melinda EM Collins Bradley N BN Murphy Sybil S Woo Heide H Chang Yuchiao Y Dempsey Janelle J Weiley Victoria V Winickoff Jonathan P JP
American journal of preventive medicine 20140904 5
<h4>Background</h4>Most parental smokers are deeply invested in their child's health, but it is unknown what factors influence parent risk perceptions of the effects of smoking on their child's health and benefits to the child of cessation.<h4>Purpose</h4>To explore differences in former versus current smokers' beliefs about harm of continuing to smoke, benefits of quitting, and how much smoking interferes with their parenting.<h4>Methods</h4>As part of a cluster RCT to increase tobacco control ...[more]
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