Listed here are websites with resources available to healthcare providers serving pregnant women. (Website listing is for information only, inclusion does not constitute endorsement.)

SIDS Mid-Atlantic Smoke-Free Families Training
Free training, using ACOG materials, provided by SIDS-MA for healthcare providers in Virginia who serve pregnant women and young mothers.  For information: Email stopsmoking@sidsma.org or phone 703-933-7437: www.sidsma.org/professionals/StopSmoking.html

SMOKE-FREE FAMILIES
National program from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, includes resources for prenatal care providers: www.smokefreefamilies.org

- Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond: Learn Proven Strategies to Help Your Patients Quit
Developed by ACOG; interactive "Virtual Clinic" presents best practices for assisting patients in quitting based on USPHS evidence-based counseling techniques that take 5-10 minutes per patient; available online and also on a CD that costs $25 (plus shipping), order through ACOG or by phone (800-762-2264 x192).  For details:
www.smokefreefamilies.org/care_prof/learn_how.asp

- Making Smoking Cessation Counseling a Routine Part of Prenatal Care
Booklet published by Smoke-Free Families can be downloaded and printed: www.smokefreefamilies.org/documents/hereshow.pdf

Implementation of Pregnancy-Specific Practice Guidelines for Smoking Cessation
Manual outlining development and implementation of the Partnership for Smoke-Free Families Program which is focused on smoking cessation for pregnant women and reduction of secondhand smoke exposure among infants/young children; includes samples of program materials. Executive summary and full interior text in pdf format can be downloaded. For full interior text: www.smokefreefamilies.org/documents/PSFManual.pdf

- Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy: A Clinician's Guide to Helping Pregnant Women Quit Smoking
ACOG produced training manual provides tools to implement effective, evidence-based interventions; includes photocopy-ready office tools, case study scenarios, patient education workbook titled Need Help Putting Out that Cigarette?, laminated pocket card, and more. Slide presentation with lecture notes can be downloaded from ACOG website (http://acog.org, click on "women's health issues", click on "smoking cessation"). Three hour CME available through ACOG for completion of the program. To order a single copy: e-mail smoking@acog.org and include your name, affiliation, and mailing address.  For details: www.smokefreefamilies.org/care_prof/learn_how.asp

Implementation of Pregnancy-Specific Practice Guidelines for Smoking Cessation
Developed by a team of experts under a grant from Smoke-Free Families; quality improvement tool adapted to address specific needs of obstetric health care practice sites; includes self-assessment tool, guidelines for establishing internal and external smoking cessation resources, and recommended counseling steps; the guide was piloted in private prenatal care provider practices in Vermont: www.smokefreefamilies.org/documents/PSFManual.pdf

Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy training package with videos
Produced by Cicatelli and Associates; training package provides trainers with everything they need to train providers in how to use the 5A's intervention with clients; package consists of a training curriculum, a training videotape with video guide, a consumer videotape, and a CD containing PowerPoint slides for presentation; cost is $65: https://www.cicatelli.org/cc/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=64

Breaking the Chains patient education video
Produced by the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Copies can be ordered from Dottie Schell, Clean Air for Healthy Children and Families, Rose Tree Corporate Center II, 1400 N Providence Rd, Ste 3007, Media, PA 19063, ph 484-446-3002, fax 484-446-3255, or toll-free 1-800-375-5217.

Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond: Online Resources
Dartmouth Interactive Media Lab website with links to numerous resources for smokers & their families and for healthcare professionals: http://iml.dartmouth.edu/Smoking_linkpage/index.html

Downloadable office systems resources available, including assessment documents/tools for clinics, forms for documenting cessation counseling, patient education materials, etc:
http://iml.dartmouth.edu/Smoking_linkpage/docs.html

National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit
Coalition of organizations working to increase the number of pregnant women who quit smoking. Website has a variety of resources: www.helppregnantsmokersquit.org

BabyCenter Website
The BabyCenter.com website provides a resource for new and expectant parents called "Quitting Smoking During Pregnancy:" www.babycenter.com/pregnancy/pregquitsmoking/index

Great Start (for pregnant patients)
American Legacy Foundation provides information and a Quitline for pregnant women, English & Spanish: www.americanlegacy.org/greatstart/html

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
ACOG website includes resources for healthcare providers serving pregnant patients: www.acog.org/from_home/departments/dept_web.cfm?recno=13

Tobacco and Pregnancy Educational Materials
Resource provided by the Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care project in association with the American Association of Health Plans: www.ahip.org/content/default.aspx?docid=2271

Office of the Surgeon General
Information in full guideline (Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence) on special populations; materials available for pregnant patients; materials available in Spanish. Downloadable in text or pdf formats: www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco
Print copies also available at no cost from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality:
"
Quit Smoking Products for Consumers Order Form" is available in two formats -
Text Format
www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tobacco/order.htm
PDF format www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tobacco/order.pdf

Tobacco Education Clearinghouse of California
Patient education materials at very low prices for pregnant women and mothers of young children; materials available in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Khmer, Samoan, Laotian and Russian: www.tobaccofreecatalog.org

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