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Trial of community outreach smoking cessation workers
Rachna Begh, Research Associate, University of Birmingham, UK and Farooq Shah, Birmingham East and North PCT Stop Smoking
Service, UK
Abstract
This presentation highlights the role of community outreach workers in promoting smoking cessation in Pakistani and Bangladeshi male smokers. The presentation will consist of an introduction and overview of the pilot randomised controlled trial currently taking place in Birmingham, and a description of the experiences and challenges faced by four trained outreach workers whilst working in the community. The presentation will detail the approaches and techniques used by the outreach workers to drive Pakistani and Bangladeshi smokers to access existing stop smoking services. We will read about their initiatives to increase service uptake and their reflections on what it has been like to approach Pakistani and Bangladeshi smokers in various locations, such as barber shops, butchers shops and taxi ranks.
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About the presenters
Rachna Begh is a Research Associate at the University of Birmingham. She is currently Study Coordinator on a project looking at the impact of community outreach work on increasing throughput of Bangladeshi and Pakistani smokers to existing Stop Smoking Services in the Birmingham area. She has recently completed a Masters in Research in Clinical Psychology, having carried out a qualitative study investigating patients’ experiences of functional electrical stimulation at the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre.
Farooq is currently working as a community outreach worker for the Redesigning Stop Smoking Services (RS3) study. Prior to this, Farooq worked as a trained stop smoking advisor for 3 years for Heart of Birmingham PCT Stop Smoking Service.
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