Suicide Prevention Referrals in a Mobile Health Smoking Cessation Intervention.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302690 and PMC identifier 4504314.
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Abstract
Automated mobile health (mHealth) programs deliver effective smoking cessation interventions through text message platforms. Smoking is an independent risk factor for suicide, so the Department of Veterans Affairs incorporated information about the Veterans Crisis Line into its SmokefreeVET smoking cessation text messaging program. Almost 7% of all SmokefreeVET enrollees have accessed this information. Because of the reach and automated nature of this and similar programs, we recommend including a referral to a suicide prevention hotline for all smoking cessation mHealth interventions.
Medical subject headings
- Mobile Health Units
- Smoking Cessation
- Suicide Prevention