An Avatar-Led Digital Smoking Cessation Program for Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults: Intervention Development and Results of a Single-Arm Pilot Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sexual and gender minority young adults have a high prevalence of smoking and unique barriers to accessing tobacco treatment.

Objective

To address these challenges as well as their preferences for sexual and gender minority-targeted interventions and digital programs, we developed and evaluated the acceptability, preliminary efficacy, and impact on theory-based change processes of an acceptance and commitment therapy-based digital program called Empowered, Queer, Quitting, and Living (EQQUAL).

Methods

Participants (n=22) of a single-arm trial conducted to evaluate the program were young adults, age 18 to 30 years, who self-identified as sexual and gender minority individuals and smoked at least one cigarette per day. All participants received access to the

SUBMITTER: Heffner JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8367141 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature