TY - JOUR T1 - Individualised behavioural counselling for smoking mothers decreased children's exposure to smoke JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 10 LP - 10 DO - 10.1136/ebn.4.1.10 VL - 4 IS - 1 A2 - , Y1 - 2001/01/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/4/1/10.abstract N2 - Hovell MF, Zakarian JM, Matt GE, et al.Effect of counselling mothers on their children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: randomised controlled trial.BMJ2000 Aug 5;321:337–42OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text QUESTION: Does individualised behavioural counselling for smoking mothers reduce children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)? Randomised (allocation not concealed), blinded (outcome assessors) controlled trial with follow up at 1 year.San Diego county, California, USA.108 English and Spanish speaking mothers (mean age 29 y; 47% white, 28% Hispanic, 21% black), who smoked ≥2 cigarettes each day and exposed their child (<4 y of age) to the smoke from ≥1 cigarette each day, were identified from service sites of the supplemental nutrition programme for women, infants, and children. Women who were breast feeding and those who did not have a telephone were excluded. Follow up was ≥87%.53 mothers were allocated to individualised behavioural counselling, which comprised 3 in person and 4 telephone counselling sessions over a 3 month period. Sessions were done by trained graduate students and focused on shaping procedures … ER -