Christofferson Dana E, Hamlett-Berry Kim, Augustson Erik
Dana E. Christofferson and Kim Hamlett-Berry are with the Office of Public Health, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. Erik Augustson is with the Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Am J Public Health. 2015 Aug;105(8):e7-9. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302690. Epub 2015 Jun 11.
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.
自动化移动健康(mHealth)项目通过短信平台提供有效的戒烟干预措施。吸烟是自杀的一个独立风险因素,因此退伍军人事务部将有关退伍军人危机热线的信息纳入其“无烟退伍军人”戒烟短信项目。所有“无烟退伍军人”项目的参与者中,近7%已获取了该信息。鉴于此项目及类似项目的覆盖范围和自动化特性,我们建议在所有戒烟mHealth干预措施中加入转介至自杀预防热线的内容。