Secondhand Smoke Exposure Reduction Study

NCT ID: NCT01145794

Last Updated: 2011-06-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 348 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2008-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2011-06-30

Brief Summary

The high prevalence of smoking in adults in many developing countries (e.g. in China, 61% among men and 7% among women) results in many children being exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS). Although in 2001 the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended the promotion of proper smoking hygiene, (i.e. smoking away from the immediate environment of infants and children), similar recommendations in many developing countries are either scarce or non-existent. We hypothesize that implementation of a package of smoking hygiene intervention measures delivered by community health workers (CHWs) will reduce Chinese children's exposure to SHS and improve their respiratory health.

Conditions

Secondhand Smoking

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Interventions

smoking hygiene intervention

The intervention, SHI, will address SHS and quitting. It will include behavioral counseling to address health hazards of SHS for children, brief advice to quit and to adopt a no smoking policy around children and self-help materials (related to second hand smoking).

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. household member has smoked one or more cigarettes daily for the past 30 days as self reported;

2. household smoker smokes a total of at least 10 cigarettes per week at home in the presence of the child, as self reported;

3. smoker household member and the child are living together in the same household and will live together during the entire period of the study;

4. residents of the study community;

5. able to communicate in Mandarin Chinese or local Shanghai dialect;

6. has signed an informed consent form or given verbal consent (for those who cannot read and write).

Exclusion Criteria

1. reported residential coal burning and confirmed by the interviewer;

2. households with breast-feeding child;

3. household members do not smoke at home;

4. smoker member does not live in the same household as the under 5 child;

5. non-local community resident; and

6. not able to communicate in Mandarin Chinese or Shanghai dialect.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Boston University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Boston University School of Public Health

Locations

Fu Hua

Shanghai, , China

Countries

China

Other Identifiers

China-SHARE

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id