Brief Interventions to Create Smoke-Free Home Policies in Low-Income Households

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

500 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-06-30

Study Completion Date

2013-07-31

Brief Summary

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The burden of tobacco use falls disproportionately on low-income populations, through high rates of primary smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke. The remarkable progress in creating smoke-free environments in the U.S. over the past two decades has left smoker's homes as one of the primary sources of exposure to secondhand smoke for both children and nonsmoking adults. Intervention research that identifies effective and practical strategies for reaching the minority of households that still allow smoking in the home has considerable potential to reduce smoke exposure, but suitable channels to reach low-income families are limited. The proposed research will develop, evaluate and disseminate a brief smoke-free homes intervention through the established national infrastructure of 2-1-1 call centers. 2-1-1 is a nationally designated 3-digit telephone exchange, similar to 9-1-1 for emergencies or 4-1-1 for directory assistance, that links callers to community-based health and social services.

The proposed research has four specific aims: 1) Conduct formative research on intervention messages and materials for promoting smoke-free homes in low-income populations, applicable to both smokers and nonsmokers as household change agents; 2) Conduct a randomized controlled trial in the Atlanta 2-1-1 service area to evaluate the efficacy of a brief intervention to create smoke-free homes among 2-1-1 callers; 3) Conduct replication studies in Houston and North Carolina 2-1-1 systems to systematically test the intervention in varied populations and tobacco control climates, and 4) Disseminate the research-tested smoke-free homes intervention through a variety of mechanisms including a national grants program to 2-1-1 systems and through the Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium's linkages to the state and local tobacco control infrastructure in the U.S.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Chronic Diseases

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Control

Participant receives usual care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Intervention

Intervention group participants receive three sets of mailed educational materials about making their home smoke-free and one coaching call.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Educational print materials and a coaching call

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Intervention group participants receive three sets of mailed educational materials about making their home smoke-free and one coaching call.

Interventions

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Educational print materials and a coaching call

Intervention group participants receive three sets of mailed educational materials about making their home smoke-free and one coaching call.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Must be 18 years of age or older.
* Must speak and understand English.
* Must smoke and live with at least one other non-smoking person OR be a non-smoker who lives with a smoker(s).
* Must not have a total smoking ban in their home.