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Grant Number:	1R43CA112739-01A2
Project Title:	Internet Program to Prevent Postpartum Smoking Relapse

PI Information:	Name	Email	Title
	SWARTZ, LYNNE HG.	lswartz@orcasinc.com	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): When women smokers become pregnant, about 1/3rd of them stop smoking cigarettes. Pregnancy therefore, represents an important window of opportunity for these women to build upon their cessation success toward the goal of remaining smoke-free for life. Unfortunately, the vast majority of these individuals resume smoking within a year postpartum, despite the fact that they have not smoked for an average of 7 or more months during pregnancy. As a result, an important public health opportunity is being missed to help these women maintain their nonsmoking status and therefore avoid significant smoking-related risks for both themselves and their offspring. This project will develop and evaluate an interactive, ethnically targeted Internet/CD-ROM program designed to encourage continued nonsmoking among postpartum women. The intervention will be targeted to women's race/ethnicity (Caucasian, African American, Hispanic and multiethnic) and it will focus on personalizing health risks, stress and mood management, weight management, social support, managing smoking urges, and developing a personal plan. Phase I will provide a feasibility test of this approach by targeting 1 racial/ethnic subprogram and 3 content modules with women attending a Postpartum Care Center in a large managed care hospital.

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Institution:	OREGON CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCE, INC.
	260 E. 11th Avenue
	EUGENE, OR 97401
Fiscal Year:	2006
Department:
Project Start:	07-SEP-2006
Project End:	31-AUG-2008
ICD:	NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
IRG:	ZRG1

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