Beta Test of a Christian Faith-Based Facebook Intervention for Smoking Cessation in Rural Communities (FaithCore): Development and Usability Study.
Pravesh SharmaBrianna N TranbyCelia C KamathTabetha A BrockmanNed LenhartBrian QuadeNate AbuanMartin HalomJamie StaplesColleen D YoungLaPrincess C BrewerChristi A PattenPublished in: JMIR formative research (2024)
This study shows that social media platform with culturally aligned and faith-aligned content and engagement strategies delivered by trained moderators are promising for smoking cessation interventions in rural communities. Our future step is to conduct a large pilot trial to evaluate the intervention's effectiveness on smoking cessation outcomes.