Table 6 Acceptability and success of WERO
From: The WERO group stop smoking competition: main outcomes of a pre- and post- study
Overall | By group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pacific | Urban Māori | Rural Māori | ||||||
Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | |
a) Helpful activities | ||||||||
Supporting each other | 50 | 39% | 14 | 29% | 13 | 35% | 23 | 53% |
Support from our team coach | 48 | 38% | 14 | 29% | 12 | 32% | 22 | 51% |
Support from WERO co-ordinator | 48 | 38% | 18 | 38% | 5 | 14% | 25 | 58% |
Support from a stop smoking advisor | 10 | 8% | 1 | 2% | 2 | 5% | 7 | 16% |
Support from whānau | 6 | 5% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 14% |
Socialising together | 38 | 30% | 20 | 42% | 7 | 19% | 11 | 26% |
Meeting together | 42 | 33% | 21 | 44% | 5 | 14% | 16 | 37% |
Sharing our stories | 26 | 20% | 8 | 17% | 6 | 16% | 12 | 28% |
Making a commitment to our group | 35 | 27% | 9 | 19% | 7 | 19% | 19 | 44% |
Competition within team | 16 | 13% | 6 | 13% | 4 | 11% | 6 | 14% |
Competing against other teams | 40 | 31% | 20 | 42% | 9 | 24% | 11 | 26% |
Don't know | 6 | 5% | 2 | 4% | 2 | 5% | 2 | 5% |
I did not take part in any activities | 9 | 7% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 19% | 2 | 5% |
I did not find any of these helpful | 2 | 2% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 5% | 0 | 0% |
b) Successful WERO elements | ||||||||
Selected at least one | 116 | 91% | 45 | 94% | 30 | 81% | 41 | 95% |
Didn’t select any option | 34 | 27% | 3 | 6% | 7 | 19% | 2 | 5% |
Said “nothing was successful” | 3 | 2% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 8% | 0 | 0% |
Options selected | ||||||||
Getting support to stop smoking | 74 | 58% | 16 | 33% | 21 | 57% | 37 | 86% |
Raising money for a good cause | 55 | 43% | 21 | 44% | 8 | 22% | 26 | 60% |
Being in a competition | 45 | 35% | 13 | 27% | 11 | 30% | 21 | 49% |
Stopping smoking in a team | 69 | 54% | 22 | 46% | 14 | 38% | 33 | 77% |