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Implementing Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations To Address Prenatal Smoking: A Practice Change In A Community Health Department, Rachel L. Danks

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According to the authors of current literature, pregnant women who smoke may be more resistant to change, and may not fully understand the harmful effects of smoking. Therefore, there is agreement among researchers that the use of psychosocial interventions for smoking cessation can be effective. At the time of this project many settings, including clinics, health departments, and providers, were implementing the 5As which guide healthcare and community workers to ask, advise, and assess the smoking status of pregnant women at every health visit, and then assist and arrange smoking cessation interventions if applicable. Despite these efforts, pregnant women are …