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The Head Start parent involvement program as a vehicle for smoking reduction intervention
Regnal Jones, Clara Manfredi, Robin Mermelstein, Nambury Raju and Velma Thomas

The authors report that smoking rates among low-income women have recently increased, counter to an overall national trend. The article demonstrates how Head Start can help deliver ATOD prevention services to, and promote health among, children and families in low-income communities. It highlights the implementation and evaluation of a smoking cessation program geared to mothers of children participating in Head Start programs in Chicago. The program, included in the parent involvement component of Head Start, offers strong social support for the mothers and encourages and motivates participants to stop smoking. The program evaluation found that the support program had a positive impact on participants' smoking habits over a one-year period.

Family and Community Health, April 1994, 17(1): 1-12





 

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