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[A regional plan against tobacco smoking during pregnancy]
A Braillon1, H Robillart, M Delcroix
1Mission régionale pour l'amélioration des pratiques professionnelles, hôpital Nord, CHU d'Amiens, place Victor-Pauchet, 80054 Amiens cedex 1, France. braillon.alain@chu-amiens.fr
Objectives:
We aimed to evaluate the management of smoking cessation in private and public maternity wards of Picardy.
Materials And Methods:
All regions' wards participated and the strategy for quality improvement associated teaching sessions and availability of carbon monoxide analysers indicating foetal CO.
Results:
One hundred and thirteen professionals were enrolled in the teaching sessions. The number of analysers available rose from 25 to 61. All wards signed up the national charter "Pregnancy without smoking", whereas previously only 35% where engaged in this program.
Conclusion:
Picardy is the first region of France to offer a quality program for smoking cessation to pregnant women. Professionals' involvement in smoking cessation programs must be improved, this needs the support of health care authorities.
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