Attitudes towards SMS text message smoking cessation support: a qualitative study of pregnant smokers

Naughton, Felix, Jamison, James and Sutton, Stephen (2013) Attitudes towards SMS text message smoking cessation support: a qualitative study of pregnant smokers. Health Education Research, 28 (5). pp. 911-922. ISSN 0268-1153

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Abstract

SMS text messaging shows promise for delivering smoking cessation support. However, little is known about smokers' feelings towards receiving behavioural advice and support on their mobile phones. This article explores the attitudes of women with experience of prenatal smoking towards receiving pregnancy-related smoking cessation support by text message. Data collected by semi-structured interviews and focus group from women who received either tailored smoking cessation texts or no text support (N = 33) were analysed using thematic analysis. Three themes emerged: convenience, high expectations and perceived source. Texting was regarded as a highly convenient mode of support delivery leading to high levels of attention to messages, although high convenience sometimes resulted in the value of a text being short-lived. Many who did not receive texts had high expectations for text support to intervene with routine smoking behaviour in real time. Those who received texts (with no real-time intervention element), however, felt they were helpful and supportive. Participants discussed how factors relating to perceived source, including personalization, personal relevance and salience of text automatization, could affect message attention and impact. Our findings provide insight into how maximizing personalization and personal relevance can increase the value of text message support and reduce the risk of disengagement.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	adolescent,adult,england,female,focus groups,health knowledge,humans,mothers,pregnancy,qualitative research,smoking cessation,social support,text messaging,young adult
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2017 00:02
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 01:53
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61942
DOI:	10.1093/her/cyt057

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