Qualitative analysis of social network influences on quitting smoking among individuals with serious mental illness

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• Alternative Title:
  J Ment Health
• Personal Author:
  Aschbrenner, Kelly A. ; Naslund, John A. ; Gill, Lydia ; Hughes, Terence ; O’Malley, Alistair J. ; Bartels, Stephen J. ; Brunette, Mary F.
• Description:
  Objective
  
  The prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults with serious mental illness (SMI) remains high in the United States despite the availability of effective smoking cessation treatment. Identifying social influences on smoking and smoking cessation may help enhance intervention strategies to help smokers with SMI quit. The objective of this qualitative study was to explore social network influences on efforts to quit smoking among adults with SMI enrolled in a cessation treatment program.
  
  Methods
  
  Participants were 41 individuals with SMI enrolled in a Medicaid Demonstration Project of smoking cessation at community mental health centers. A convenience sampling strategy was used to recruit participants for social network interviews exploring the influence of family, friends, peers, and significant others on quitting smoking. A team-based analysis of qualitative data involved descriptive coding, grouping coded data into categories, and identifying themes across the data.
  
  Results
  
  Social barriers to quitting smoking included pro-smoking social norms, attitudes, and behaviors of social network members, and negative interactions with network members, either specific to smoking or that triggered smoking. Social facilitators to quitting included quitting with network members, having cessation role models, and social support for quitting from network members.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Similar to the general population, social factors appear to influence efforts to quit smoking among individuals with SMI enrolled in cessation treatment. Interventions that leverage positive social influences on smoking cessation have the potential to enhance strategies to help individuals with SMI quit smoking.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Adult Family Female Friends Humans Interpersonal Relations Male Mental Disorders Middle Aged Peer Group Qualitative Research Serious Mental Illness Smoking Cessation Social Influences Social Networking Social Networks Social Support Tobacco Use Disorder

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• Source:
  J Ment Health. 28(5):475-481
• Pubmed ID:
  28675331
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5876150
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  UL1 TR001086/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P30 DA029926/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP005018/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP005018/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; KL2 TR001088/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:26625756c73a31af6221b305dd7f27879cdae3fd4f33ea405cd03f45da24aaff
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52959/cdc_52959_DS1.pdf
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