caa a22 4500 445848901 CHVBK 20180317145407.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10597-010-9310-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10597-010-9310-8 Evaluation of the CHOICES Program of Peer-to-Peer Tobacco Education and Advocacy [Elektronische Daten] [Jill Williams, Martha Dwyer, Marie Verna, Mia Zimmermann, Kunal Gandhi, Magdalena Galazyn, Nancy Szkodny, Margaret Molnar, Robert Kley, Marc Steinberg] CHOICES is a consumer driven program for addressing tobacco in people with mental illness that employs mental health peer counselors. Since 2005, CHOICES has conducted over 298 community visits reaching more than 10,000 smokers with mental illness (about 2500/year). A telephone based outcome study was conducted in 102 outpatient smokers who received a CHOICES peer-to-peer session. At 1-month follow up participants (N=86; 84%) reported smoking an average of 13 cigarettes per day which was significantly reduced from a baseline of 19 (P<0.001). Twenty-five individuals (29%) tried to quit smoking in the month after the peer session and another 47 (55%) reduced their smoking. Feedback from smokers about the program was positive. Most (N=59, 71%) said it was a lot easier to talk with a consumer about smoking compared to their psychiatrist or staff. Peer-to-peer communication about tobacco use can be effective to increase awareness and change smoking behaviors. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Smoking nationallicence Tobacco nationallicence Peer counseling nationallicence Consumer nationallicence Williams Jill Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut Dwyer Martha Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut Verna Marie UMDNJ-University Behavioral Health Care, Piscataway, NJ, USA aut Zimmermann Mia Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut Gandhi Kunal Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut Galazyn Magdalena Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut Szkodny Nancy Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut Molnar Margaret New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services, Trenton, NJ, USA aut Kley Robert Mental Health Association in New Jersey, Verona, NJ, USA aut Steinberg Marc Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/3(2011-06-01), 243-251 0010-3853 47:3<243 2011 47 10597 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9310-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9310-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Williams Jill Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dwyer Martha Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Verna Marie UMDNJ-University Behavioral Health Care, Piscataway, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zimmermann Mia Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gandhi Kunal Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Galazyn Magdalena Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Szkodny Nancy Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Molnar Margaret New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services, Trenton, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kley Robert Mental Health Association in New Jersey, Verona, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Steinberg Marc Division of Addiction Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 317 George Street, Suite 105, 08901-2008, New Brunswick, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/3(2011-06-01), 243-251 0010-3853 47:3<243 2011 47 10597 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer