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There is an urgent need to find better ways of helping pregnant smokers to stop. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have not detected an effect of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation in pregnancy. This may be because of inadequate dosing because of faster nicotine metabolism in this group. In England, many pregnant smokers use single form and combination NRT (patch plus a faster...
to conduct a qualitative study of perceptions of experiences of childbirth from Somali health workers in the UK.in depth narrative interviews at community centres and places of work in London.eight Somali women aged between 23 and 57 years. The interviewees worked within the health sector in the UK and/or as nurses or gynaecologists in Somalia. Six of the women had also given birth in the UK.mismanagement...
to explore the self-reported smoking-cessation interventions of maternity staff with pregnant smokers, and their attitudes towards smoking in pregnancy.postal survey of all 137 maternity staff (clinical grades A–H) at a large acute hospital in London; 78 questionnaires were completed (response rate: 57%).over two-thirds of respondents (71%) reported not advising any pregnant women to give up smoking...
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