Process evaluation of counseling delivered by a patient navigator in an efficacious smoking cessation intervention among low-income primary care patients.

ABSTRACT: Introduction:This exploratory study examined the relationship between receipt of counseling by a patient navigator and socio-demographic characteristics of primary care patients enrolled in a smoking cessation trial. Methods:We grouped intervention participants (n?=?177) into two categories: 1) no or some contact with the navigator or 2) minimum counseling intervention dose or higher delivered. Results:In logistic regression analyses, controlling for patient race/ethnicity, education, age, gender, household annual income, stress/chaos/hassles composite score, heavy smoking, and substance use, non-Hispanic white participants had lower odds (aOR 0.30; 95% CI 0.13-0.70, p?

SUBMITTER: Quintiliani LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6542736 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature