A Retrospective Study: Smoking in Pregnancy
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Why are Stop Smoking Interventions Effective in some Pregnant Women and not Others?
IRAS ID
108520
Contact name
Elaine Denny
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Research summary
The researcher will conduct semi-structured interviews with women who have accessed the Walsall NHS Stop Smoking Service whilst pregnant. The study will examine the women’s motivations, hopes and fears when starting the stop smoking intervention and will compare the women’s experiences. The study will gather information from women post-delivery and collect qualitative information from the mothers about what they feel contributed to their success or failure to quit smoking whilst pregnant. Ingall and Cropley (2009, p45) suggest that “there is a shortage of qualitative studies that concentrate on the specific difficulties that pregnant women face when trying to quit smoking”. The results of this study are likely to have implications for health promotion interventions aimed at supporting pregnant women to stop smoking. The research aims to gain insight into why stop smoking interventions for pregnant women work for some and not for others.
REC name
South Central - Oxford A Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/SC/0349
Date of REC Opinion
3 Jul 2013
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion