Impact of a tobacco cessation intervention on adherence to tobacco use treatment guidelines among village health workers in Vietnam

Background Community health workers (in Vietnam referred as village health workers - VHWs) have potential to play a key role in expanding access to evidence-based tobacco use treatment. VHWs can help smokers quit by asking patients about tobacco use, advising them to quit, and offering cessation ass...

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Main Authors: Nam Nguyen, Trang Nguyen, Nina Siman, Nancy VanDevanter, Donna Shelley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2018-03-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Impact-of-a-tobacco-cessation-intervention-on-adherence-to-tobacco-use-treatment,84132,0,2.html