2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of a support tool for smoking cessation in pregnant women.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21792287
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Lifelong developmental nursing
Research Institution	Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
Principal Investigator	KUGAHARA Tomoko Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, 医療福祉学部, 講師 (60441482)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	母性・女性看護学 / 妊婦 / 歯周病 / 喫煙 / 唾液検査
Research Abstract	Background : Despite extensive evidence of harm to the fetus or infant, a number of pregnant women continue to smoke. Although cessation of smoking is considered one of the most important behavior changes a pregnant woman can make, some women resume smoking later in pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. Objective : To develop a support tool to promote smoking cessation among pregnant women. Design and Results : Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted among some women during lactation. This research showed that some women seemed to desire a web-based tobacco cessation program for pregnancy or web-based information on self-help smoking relapse-prevention. As a result, we constructed a web-page called "A support room for smoking control during pregnancy or lactation (in Japanese)" and used the web-page in conjunction with reproductive or postpartum health care.