Published on in Vol 5, No 4 (2021): April

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/21481, first published .
Written Advice Given by African American Smokers to Their Peers: Qualitative Study of Motivational Messages

Written Advice Given by African American Smokers to Their Peers: Qualitative Study of Motivational Messages

Written Advice Given by African American Smokers to Their Peers: Qualitative Study of Motivational Messages

Catherine S Nagawa   1 , MS ;   Jamie M Faro   1 , PhD ;   Anitha J Menon   2 , PhD ;   Mayuko Ito Fukunaga   1, 3, 4 , MD ;   Jessica H Williams   5 , PhD ;   Dalton Mourao   3 , BSc ;   Oluwabunmi M Emidio   1 , MD, MPH ;   Maryann Davis   6 , PhD ;   Lori Pbert   1 , PhD ;   Sarah L Cutrona   1, 7 , MD, MPH ;   Thomas K Houston   8 , MD, MPH ;   Rajani S Sadasivam   1 , PhD

1 Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

2 Department of Psychology, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

3 Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

4 Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, MA, United States

5 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

6 Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

7 Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, United States

8 Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Catherine S Nagawa, MS
  • Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
  • University of Massachusetts Medical School
  • 368 Plantation Street
  • Worcester, MA
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 508-856-8999
  • Email: catherine.nagawa@umassmed.edu