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 underserved urban and rural populations. Analyzes data from 5812 participants based on age, sex, race, and residence in rural compared to urban areas.

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

Preventative Medicine, 114, 102-106

09/2018

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