About Baby Steps

The Baby Steps program is a component of the NCI-funded research study "Testing a Clinician and Patient Intervention to Promote smoking Cessation Among Pregnant Women," a study to develop and test the feasibility of an intervention to improve how obstetric clinicians discuss smoking with their pregnant patients.

Participants

Obstetric clinicians enrolled in the Baby Steps 3 study receive training in use of the 5 A's, a communication model they can use to assist their pregnant patients in quitting smoking.

Investigators

Kathryn Pollak, PhD
Professor in Population Health Sciences
Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Duke University School of Medicine

Judy Chang, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, and Internal Medicine
University of Pittsburgh