VOUCHER-BASED INCENTIVES TO TREAT PREGNANT SMOKERS

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 在美国，母亲吸烟是导致妊娠结局不良和儿童发病率和死亡率的主要可预防原因。已开发出有效的干预措施用于妊娠期间戒烟，但戒烟率较低，通常低于20%。 预防产后复发的有效干预措施仍有待开发。 在这个项目中，我们将研究是否提供物质奖励的形式兑换券的零售项目视戒烟将增加戒烟率和减少复发。 我们还将调查吸烟如何影响胎儿生长，并评估妇女对环境烟雾对新生儿和儿童的有害影响的知识。 总的来说，拟议的研究有可能为我们国家最令人生畏的药物滥用问题之一的有效治疗提供重要的新信息。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Maternal cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of poor pregnancy outcomes and pediatric morbidity and mortality in the U.S. Efficacious interventions have been developed for smoking cessation during pregnancy, but cessation rates are low, typically under 20%. Efficacious intervention to prevent postpartum relapse remain to be developed. In this project we will examine whether providing material incentives in the form of vouchers exchangeable for retail items contingent on smoking abstinence will increase rates of quitting and decrease relapse. We will also investigate how smoking affects fetal growth and assess women's knowledge about the harmful effects of environmental smoke on newborns and children. Overall, the proposed studies have the potential to contribute important new information on effective treatments for one of our nation's most daunting drug abuse problems.