Journal article
“QuitLink”—a randomized controlled trial of peer worker facilitated quitline support for smokers receiving mental health services: Study protocol
AL Baker, R Borland, B Bonevski, C Segan, A Turner, L Brophy, K McCarter, PJ Kelly, JM Williams, D Baird, J Attia, R Sweeney, SL White, S Filia, D Castle
Frontiers in Psychiatry | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | Published : 2019
Abstract
Introduction: Although smokers with severe mental illnesses (SSMI) make quit attempts at comparable levels to other smokers, fewer are successful in achieving smoking cessation. Specialized smoking cessation treatments targeting their needs can be effective but have not been widely disseminated. Telephone delivered interventions, including by quitlines, show promise. However, few SSMI contact quitlines and few are referred to them by health professionals. Mental health peer workers can potentially play an important role in supporting smoking cessation. This study will apply a pragmatic model using peer workers to engage SSMI with a customized quitline service, forming the “Quitlink” interven..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This project is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1139125). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. AB and BB hold NHMRC Fellowships (APP1135901 and 1063206) and Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Faculty of Health and Medicine Gladys M Brawn Fellowships. RB holds the position of Nigel Gray Distinguished Fellow in Cancer Prevention at the Cancer Council, Victoria, Australia. Kristen McCarter holds a University of Newcastle Postdoctoral Scholarship. DB is funded by a University of Newcastle PhD scholarship.