Healthy families: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment intervention for caregivers to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among pediatric emergency patients

• Main Authors: E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens (Author), Robert T. Ammerman (Author), Jane C. Khoury (Author), Lara Stone (Author), Gabe T. Meyers (Author), John K. Witry (Author), Ashley L. Merianos (Author), Tierney F. Mancuso (Author), Kristin M. W. Stackpole (Author), Berkeley L. Bennett (Author), Laura Akers (Author), Judith S. Gordon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Involuntary exposure to secondhand smoke (SHSe) is an important cause of morbidity in children who present to the pediatric emergency department (PED) and urgent care (UC). SHSe interventions delivered in the PED and UC would benefit both the smoker and child, but there have been...