Publications by authors named "L Huddlestone"
Article Synopsis
- Digital technology is being used to help people with severe mental illness (SMI) quit smoking, but its effectiveness and implementation are not well understood.
- A study reviewed 31 articles involving nearly 3,800 participants and found no strong evidence that digital interventions led to better smoking cessation outcomes, though tailored approaches were seen as acceptable.
- The conclusion emphasizes the need for well-reported, customizable interventions to improve support for smoking cessation among adults with SMI.
Background: Self-management education programmes are cost-effective in helping people with type 2 diabetes manage their diabetes, but referral and attendance rates are low. This study reports on the effectiveness of the Embedding Package, a programme designed to increase type 2 diabetes self-management programme attendance in primary care.
Methods: Using a cluster randomised design, 66 practices were randomised to: (1) a wait-list group that provided usual care for nine months before receiving the Embedding Package for nine months, or (2) an immediate group that received the Embedding Package for 18 months.
Introduction: Evidence suggests that smokers can successfully quit, remain abstinent or reduce smoking during a smoke-free mental health inpatient stay, provided behavioral/pharmacological support are offered. However, few evidence-based strategies to prevent the return to prehospital smoking behaviors post-discharge exist.
Aims And Methods: We report the development of an intervention designed to support smoking-related behavior change following discharge from a smoke-free mental health stay.
Background: Referral and uptake rates of structured self-management education (SSME) for Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in the UK are variable and relatively low. Research has documented contributing factors at patient, practitioner and organisational levels. We report a project to develop an intervention to improve referral to and uptake of SSME, involving an integrative synthesis of existing datasets and stakeholder consultation and using Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) as a flexible framework to inform the development process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Evidence-based smoking cessation and temporary abstinence interventions to address smoking in mental health settings are available, but the impact of these interventions is limited.
Aims And Methods: We aimed to identify and synthesize the perceived barriers and enablers to supporting smoking cessation in mental health settings. Six databases were searched for articles reporting the investigation of perceived barriers and enablers to supporting smoking cessation in mental health settings.