简介：Purpose:Theaimofthisstudywastoevaluatetheprogram"Nomoresmoking!It’stimeforphysicalactivity",withamixedmethodsdesign,inordertocollectinformationtoimprovetheprogramforfutureapplications.Methods:Fortypatientsacrossfiveanti-smokingclinicsinCentralGreececompletedtheprogram.Counselors’recordsandparticipants’questionnairesandinterviewswereusedasdatainordertoevaluatetheprograms’processandoutcome.Results:Quantitativemeasuresbeforeandaftertheprogramrevealedsignificantdifferencesonsmokingbehavior,physicalactivity(PA)behavior,self-efficacy,andsmokinghabitmeasures.QualitativedataimpliedthatthepromotionofPAasacessationaidwasperceivedaspositivebytheparticipantsandbothparticipants’andcounselors’statementswereencouragingfortheeffectivenessofPApromotionduringtheprogramasacessation-aidtechnique.Conclusion:Evaluationofthe"Nomoresmoking!It’stimeforphysicalactivity"programshowedencouragingresults.PeoplewhotrytoquitsmokingcanbecomemorephysicallyactivethroughtargetedinterventionandtheyregardPAasasignificantaidintheireffortstoquitsmoking.

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简介：Olderadultfallsareasignificantpublichealthproblem,butonethatisamenabletopreventiveinterventions.1,2Despitetheprogressmadeinidentifyingriskfactors,developingefficacioushealth-relatedinterventions,andpromotingevidencebasedprogramsinthecommunity,muchworkremainsbeforethesestrategiesarebroadlyavailableandeffectivelyusedtoreducefall-relatedinjuries.3AsNewtonandScottFindlay4havepointedout,thetranslationofbasicscientificknowledgeintoclinicalstudies,andthetransformationofclinicalstudiesintoimprovementsinhealthservicesandpublichealthpractices,remainmajorobstaclestowidespreadadoption.

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