Target population: Turkish- and Kurdish-speaking migrants living in Switzerland
Data collection:
- Documentation of contacts with associations and groups
- Documentation of contacts with professionals and specialized agencies that support the project
- Documentation of activities for valorization (presentations, publications)
- Questionnaire survey of course participants at the beginning of the course (T1) and three months after the stop-smoking day (T2)
- CO measurements continuously during the smoking cessation course
- Follow-up telephone survey of course participants 12 months after the smoking cessation day
- Written description and evaluation of each course by the course instructor
- Interview with the course instructors on the implementation and effect of the courses
Participation rate: Over the entire implementation period, from 2006 to 2019, 6’605 Turkish-speaking migrants in Switzerland received tobacco-related information and were offered tailored treatment for smokers and smoking relatives. From these contacts, 81 smoking-cessation courses have resulted.