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The European Journal of Public Health 2004 14(2):191-193; doi:10.1093/eurpub/14.2.191
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Smoking

The Dutch Heart Health Community Intervention ‘Hartslag Limburg’

Effects on smoking behaviour

Gaby Ronda1, Patricia Van Assema1, Math Candel2, Erik Ruland3, Mieke Steenbakkers3, Jan Van Ree4 and Johannes Brug1,5

1 Department of Health Education and Promotion, Maastricht University, The Netherlands 2 Department of Methodology and Statistics, Maastricht University, The Netherlands 3 Department of Public Health of the Regional Public Health Institute Maastricht, The Netherlands 4 Department of General Practice, Maastricht University, The Netherlands 5 Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Background and Methods: A pretest-posttest control group design with two posttests was used to evaluate the effects of a regional Dutch Heart Health Community Intervention on smoking behaviour and its determinants. At baseline, a cohort research population of 1,200 smokers was recruited in the intervention region and in a control region. Data was gathered by means of short structured telephone interviews. Results: No significant differences were found between the intervention region and the control region on smoking behaviour and its determinants. Conclusion: It is concluded that the regional intervention was unable to exceed secular trends in smoking cessation.

Keywords: cardiovascular diseases, community-based prevention, effect study, evaluation, smoking behaviour

Received 29 August 2002. Accepted 19 December 2002.

* Correspondence: Gaby Ronda, PhD, Department of Health Education and Promotion, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands, tel. +31 43 3882447, fax +31 43 3671032, e-mail: G.Ronda{at}GVO.unimaas.nl


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