Program Name  Smoking Cessation and Reduction in Pregnancy
Company Name and Address  University of Alabama at Birmingham 
Human Studies Department 
School of Education Room 246 
901 13th Street South 
Birmingham, AL 35294-1250
Contact Person  Richard A. Windsor, Ph.D., MPH
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Program Category  High-risk, Community 
Year begun  1985 
Total number of individual participants  20,000
Number of currently actively enrolled  4,000+ 
Access to Program  Alabama Pregnant Medicaid Smokers 
Cost per participant per year  $1.50
Estimated cost savings per participant per year  1 : $7-$17
Program targeted at Healthy People 2000 goals  Yes 
Program goals (in priority order)  Maternal Infant Morbidity 
Reduce Low Birth Weight 
Smoking Cessation / Signficant Reduction During Pregnancy

 
 
 


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