Edwin B. Fisher|Wendy Auslander|James Munro|Cynthia L. Arfken|Ross C. Brownson|N W Owens
Neighbors for a smoke free north side: evaluation of a community organization approach to promoting smoking cessation among African Americans.
Washington University in St. Louis
study evaluated community organization approach emphasized involvement audiences program planning implementation promoting nonsmoking among african american residents lowincome neighborhoodsthe quasiexperimental design involved 24month intervention 3 lowincome predominantly african american neighborhoods st louis intervention neighborhoods compared comparable untreated neighborhoods kansas citythe program successful engaging audience members governance instigating numerous diverse neighborhood activities promote nonsmoking prevalence smoking declined 34 27 program neighborhoods 34 33 comparison neighborhoods difference apparent within demographically defined subsamples indicating observed changes consistent attributable confounding demographic characteristicsa community organization approach emphasizing local authority program decisions involvement informal networks may appreciable impact smoking among residents lowincome african american neighborhoods