Leveraging Technology to Promote Smoking Cessation in Urban and Rural Primary Care Medical Offices

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Study examining use of telemedicine to promote smoking cessation in 8 New York counties, comparing the effectiveness of automated voice recognition (AVR) messages directed to residents of underserved areas. Analyzes data from 5812 participants based on sociodemographic characteristics, including residence in rural versus urban areas.

Martin Mahoney, Deborah Erwin, Annamaria Twarozek, et al.

Preventative Medicine, 114, 102-106

09/2018

Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Tobacco use · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · New York