This paper presents the rationale for and description of a brief, regular, proactive telephone intervention designed to be delivered by psychology undergraduates (i.e., paraprofessionals).
Enhancing the expert system by adding proactive telephone counseling or a stimulus control computer designed to produce nicotine fading could produce preventive programs with greater population impacts.
To assess an intensive proactive telephone smoking cessation program and compare it with a similar group in face to face treatment.
The TARGIT study is a randomized two-arm clinical trial in young adults using interactive technology testing an efficacious proactive telephone Quitline versus the Quitline plus a behavioral weight management intervention focusing on smoking cessation and weight change.
We conducted a 2-arm randomized trial to test the efficacy of self-help materials with or without proactive telephone counseling to increase cessation among teen smokers.
Women will be randomised to proactive telephone peer support or to 'usual' care.
The fax referral system links patients to a free proactive telephone counseling service.
Specifically, costs are based only on those resources directly used to provide proactive telephone support.
Subsequently, the CATI randomly allocated the smoker to proactive telephone counselling (n = 769) or self-help materials (n = 793).
Proactive telephone care delivered by a dedicated feeding team shows promise for increasing breastfeeding rates 6 8 weeks after birth.
Proactive telephone care delivered by a dedicated feeding team shows promise as a cost-effective intervention for improving breastfeeding outcomes.
