Published on in Vol 5, No 8 (2017): August

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Text Message-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Young Adults in Lima, Peru: Pilot Study

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Text Message-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Young Adults in Lima, Peru: Pilot Study

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Text Message-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Young Adults in Lima, Peru: Pilot Study

Dora Blitchtein-Winicki   1, 2 , MD, MPH, DrPH ;   Karine Zevallos   1, 3 , MD, MPH ;   M Reuven Samolski   1 , MD(Psych) ;   David Requena   1 , MSc, MScBMI ;   Chaska Velarde   1 , BSocSci ;   Patricia Briceño   1 , BComm ;   Marina Piazza   1, 4 , MPH, ScD ;   Michele L Ybarra   5 , MPH, PhD

1 Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Unit, Public Health Department, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

2 Executive Office of Research, Peruvian National Institute of Health, Lima, Peru

3 Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales “Maxime Kuczynski”, Peruvian National Institute of Health, Loreto, Peru

4 Peruvian National Institute of Health, Lima, Peru

5 Center for Innovative Public Health Research, San Clemente, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Dora Blitchtein-Winicki, MD, MPH, DrPH
  • Executive Office of Research
  • Peruvian National Institute of Health
  • Cápac Yupanqui 1400
  • Jesus María
  • Lima, CP 11
  • Peru
  • Phone: 51 999-090917
  • Fax: 51 748 1111
  • Email: dblit2007@gmail.com