University of Arizona, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tucson, 85724, USA.
Am J Prev Med. 2010 Mar;38(3 Suppl):S319-26. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.12.009.
Quitlines and worksite-sponsored cessation programs are effective and highly accessible, but limited by low utilization. Efforts to encourage use of cessation aids have focused almost exclusively on the smoker, overlooking the potential for friends, family, co-workers, and others in a tobacco user's social network to influence quitting and use of effective treatment.
Longitudinal, observational pilot feasibility study with 6-week follow-up survey.
SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: Employees of three national corporations, with a combined target audience of 102,100 employees.
The Helpers Program offers web-based, brief intervention training to activate social networks of tobacco users to encourage quitting and use of effective treatment. Helpers was offered from January 10 to March 31, 2008, as a treatment engagement strategy, together with Free & Clear's telephone/web-based cessation services.
Website utilization, training completion, post-training changes in knowledge and self-efficacy with delivery of brief interventions, referrals to Free & Clear, and use of brief intervention training.
There were 19,109 unique visitors to the Helpers website. Of these, 4727 created user accounts; 1427 registered for Helpers Training; 766 completed training. There were 445 visits to the referral page and 201 e-mail or letter referrals generated. There were 67 requests for technical support. Of follow-up survey respondents (n=289), 78.9% reported offering a brief intervention.
Offering the Helpers Program website to a large, diverse audience as part of an employer-sponsored worksite health promotion program is both feasible and well accepted by employees. Website users will participate in training, encourage quitting, and refer smokers to quitline services.
戒烟热线和工作场所赞助的戒烟计划是有效的，而且非常容易获得，但利用率低。鼓励使用戒烟辅助工具的努力几乎完全集中在吸烟者身上，而忽略了朋友、家人、同事和烟草使用者社交网络中的其他人对戒烟和使用有效治疗方法的潜在影响。
具有 6 周随访调查的纵向观察性试点可行性研究。
设置/参与者：三家全国性公司的员工，合计目标受众为 102100 名员工。
“帮手计划”为烟草使用者的社交网络提供基于网络的简短干预培训，以鼓励戒烟和使用有效治疗方法。“帮手计划”于 2008 年 1 月 10 日至 3 月 31 日提供，作为一种治疗参与策略，同时提供 Free & Clear 的电话/基于网络的戒烟服务。
网站利用率、培训完成情况、培训后提供简短干预措施的知识和自我效能变化、转介到 Free & Clear 以及简短干预培训的使用情况。
有 19109 名唯一访客访问了“帮手”网站。其中，4727 人创建了用户账户；1427 人注册参加了“帮手培训”；766 人完成了培训。有 445 次访问了转介页面，并生成了 201 封电子邮件或信件转介。有 67 次技术支持请求。在参加随访调查的受访者（n=289）中，78.9%的人报告提供了简短干预。
作为雇主赞助的工作场所健康促进计划的一部分，向大量不同的受众提供“帮手”计划网站不仅可行，而且受到员工的欢迎。网站用户将参加培训，鼓励戒烟，并将吸烟者转介给戒烟热线服务。
