Identifying effective smoking interventions

Authors:
Hilary Wareing, Bryan Stoten and Aaron Bonannon

Presenter:
Hilary Wareing
Co Director, Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre, Warwick, UK

Aaron Bohannon
Regional Improvement Manager (Stop Smoking Services), Government Office, West Midlands, UK

Abstract
The prevalence of smoking in pregnancy varies significantly between Primary Care Trusts in England and between socio-economic categories. Smoking prevalence in pregnancy is about 30% amongst routine and manual occupations compared with 7% amongst professional occupations.

Such variance is often a function of environmental circumstances, social class and ethnicity but we know that different commissioning, management systems and practice affect the prevalence of smoking in pregnancy.

Information was gathered from across the West Midlands health economy to enable a better understanding of what constitutes effective practice in identifying and supporting pregnant smokers. This will support more effective commissioning, management and practice to reduce smoking in pregnancy.

A mapping exercise was undertaken to help understand the level, figure, outcomes and key characteristics of the input from organisations in commissioning, identifying and supporting pregnant smokers to quit.

The outcomes will provide a model of best practice based upon observed correlations between best service outcomes and the commissioning, management and practice that best relate to these outcomes.

The methodology, findings and outcomes will be discussed in this presentation.

Source of funding: Government Office, West Midlands
Pfizer Ltd (grant)

Declaration of interest: none