caa a22 4500 606222154 CHVBK 20210128101132.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-014-0634-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-014-0634-y Examining the significance of urban-rural context in tobacco quitline use: does rurality matter? [Elektronische Daten] [Edward Griffin, Graham Moon, Ross Barnet] Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the importance of urban-rural context as a determinant of call rates to smoking cessation lines. Methods: This study used individual level New Zealand Quitline call data from 2005 to 2009, and 2006 New Zealand Census data on smoking to calculate Quitline call rates for smokers. Negative binomial regression examined the relationship between call rates and a sevenfold urban-rural classification, controlling for age, sex, ethnicity and deprivation. Results: We found a significant urban-rural gradient in the rate of smokers calling Quitline. Rates were highest among smokers in main-urban areas [0.09 (95% confidence interval (CI)=0.089, 0.091)] decreasing with successive urban-rural classifications to the lowest rate in rural/remote areas [0.036 (95% CI=0.03, 0.04)]. This association was not confounded by age, sex, ethnicity or deprivation. Conclusions: Smokers in rural areas are less likely to use the New Zealand Quitline, even after controlling for confounding factors. This suggests that the national quitline is less effective in reaching rural smokers and more attention to the promotion of smoking cessation in rural communities is needed. Swiss School of Public Health, 2014 Quitline nationallicence Smoking cessation nationallicence Urban-rural nationallicence Geographical information systems nationallicence Griffin Edward Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand aut Moon Graham Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK aut Barnet Ross GeoHealth Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand aut International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/3(2015-03-01), 327-333 1661-8556 60:3<327 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0634-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0634-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Griffin Edward Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Moon Graham Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Barnet Ross GeoHealth Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/3(2015-03-01), 327-333 1661-8556 60:3<327 2015 60 38