The purpose of this study is to learn how women's smoking changes during their pregnancy and as a new mom, and to assess the help they receive from their health care providers.
Approximately 90% of women who smoked before pregnancy will be smokers within one year of delivery . This occurs even though half who smoke quit during the course of pregnancy. This is an observational, cohort study of pregnant women who smoked in the six months before becoming pregnant. Women will be followed from the first trimester to one year after the birth of their babies. The results of this study will help us to describe women's' views on the quality of tobacco counseling they receive from their doctors; understand patterns of smoking and quitting throughout pregnancy and after childbirth; and provide information needed to develop an intervention to help women quit.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
62
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Smoking status
The investigators will assess 7-day point prevalence smoking status over multiple time-points over the study period
Time frame: 1 year post-partum
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