PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES to evaluate a three-hour smoking cessation program and its effect on nurse knowledge, counseling behaviors, and confidence in counseling behaviors. DESIGN program evaluation. SETTING a Magnet-designated, 500-bed community hospital in Southern California. SAMPLE 107 nurses. METHODS program content included behavior counseling and pharmacotherapy along with role playing...

BACKGROUND Smoking cessation counseling by health professionals has been effective in increasing cessation rates. However, little is known about smoking cessation training and practices in transition countries with high smoking prevalence such as Armenia. This study identified smoking-related attitudes and behavior of physicians and nurses in a 500-bed hospital in Yerevan, Armenia, the largest ...

BACKGROUND In-patient obesity treatment programs for adolescents are associated with good success and substantial weight loss. However, maintaining weight loss remains a challenge. This article presents the concept of the TeAM (Telephone counseling as Adiposity Management) program. TeAM is an innovative, weight maintenance program for obese adolescents after in-patient therapy. It applies the c...

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group counseling behavior self-management techniques reduce nomophobia in MAN 03 Bener Meriah students. research was a quasi-experimental quantitative with non-equivalent control design. The population this were all students Meriah. purposive sampling technique used because sample should consist nomophobic Based on technique, 14 determined and ...