A SELF-HELP SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM FOR INNER-CITY AFRICAN-AMERICANS - RESULTS FROM THE HARLEM HEALTH CONNECTION PROJECT

authors develop and test a culturally sensitive, low-intensity smoking cessation intervention for low-socioeconomic African Americans. Afric an American adult smokers were randomly assigned to receive either a m ulticomponent smoking cessation intervention comprising a printed guid e, a video, and a telephone booster call or health education materials not directly addressing tobacco use. The results of the study were mi xed. Although no significant effects were observed for the entire trea tment cohort, the results of post hoc analyses suggest that culturally sensitive self-help smoking cessation materials plus a single phone c ontact can produce shea-term cessation rates similar to those reported for majority populations. This conclusion should be tempered by the l ow completion rate for the booster call and several design limitations of the study.