Intervention Study to Increase Smoking Cessation Rates Among Public Housing Residents

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

330 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-09-30

Study Completion Date

2014-09-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether public housing residents trained in Tobacco Cessation and Motivational Interviewing Techniques to become Tobacco Treatment Advocates(TTA) will be effective in increasing the quit rate of smokers in Boston Public Housing. The investigators hypothesize that smokers that receive multiple TTA visits will be more likely to (1) use smoking cessation resources and (2) quit compared to smokers who receive a single visit.

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Detailed Description

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The study is a group-randomized trial in which 10 pubic housing developments (PHDs) are randomized to the experimental condition and 10 to the control condition. All smokers who enroll in the study at a particular PHD receive the same intervention. Smokers at control sites receive written materials that offer strategies for quitting and information about availability of treatment programs, as well as a one-time meeting with a Tobacco Treatment Advocate (TTA). The intervention group receives the same written materials but also has much more extensive interactions with a TTA. TTAs provide peer counseling (Peer Counseling is defined as: performance of limited counselor functions, under counselor supervision, by person of similar age,gender, race, ethnicity and/or SES of the counselee) to smokers during in- person Motivational Enhancement meetings (target range 7-9) as well as additional in person and phone contacts, as needed for each participant, over a 6-month period. TTAs receive intensive training in motivational interviewing and smoking cessation counseling deliver the intervention components (counseling activities and provision of environmental supports) in addition to encouraging utilization of smoking cessation treatment programs such as the Smokers' QuitLine (SQL) and clinic-based programs. In order to avoid the potential for contamination due to TTAs interacting with participants at both intervention and control sites, meetings with participants at control sites are conducted by special Control TTAs. Data are collected from study participants at baseline, 3 months, 7 months and 12 months, and also from the SQL and clinics.

Conditions

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Tobacco Cessation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Extensive TTA interaction

Persons interested in quitting smoking will receive multiple in-person visits from a peer Tobacco Treatment Advocate (TTA) who will provide motivational interviewing, basic smoking cessation counseling assistance, navigation to smoking cessation resources, and social support.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Motivational interviewing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The TTA will use motivational interviewing (MI) techniques to assess the participant's motivation and readiness to quit, suggest plans, and assist the participant in selecting a method of treatment.

Smoking cessation counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The TTA will provide information to the participant regarding evidence-based treatments for smoking cessation, including counseling and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT); assist in a quit plan; and discuss issues such as obtaining social support, staying in treatment, and dealing with lapses.

Navigation to smoking cessation resources

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The TTA will assist participants in obtaining NRT and getting connected to smoking cessation counseling services, such as the Smokers' Quitline and clinic-based programs.

Social support

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Meetings with the TTA will be a source of social support for the participant as they attempt to quit or stay quit.

Minimal TTA interaction

Persons interested in quitting smoking will receive a single in-person visit from a peer Tobacco Treatment Advocate (TTA) who will provide basic smoking cessation counseling assistance.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Smoking cessation counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The TTA will provide information to the participant regarding evidence-based treatments for smoking cessation, including counseling and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT); assist in a quit plan; and discuss issues such as obtaining social support, staying in treatment, and dealing with lapses.

Interventions

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Motivational interviewing

The TTA will use motivational interviewing (MI) techniques to assess the participant's motivation and readiness to quit, suggest plans, and assist the participant in selecting a method of treatment.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Smoking cessation counseling

The TTA will provide information to the participant regarding evidence-based treatments for smoking cessation, including counseling and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT); assist in a quit plan; and discuss issues such as obtaining social support, staying in treatment, and dealing with lapses.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Navigation to smoking cessation resources

The TTA will assist participants in obtaining NRT and getting connected to smoking cessation counseling services, such as the Smokers' Quitline and clinic-based programs.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Social support

Meetings with the TTA will be a source of social support for the participant as they attempt to quit or stay quit.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Current smoker, defined as having smoked in last 100days
* Housing Sites: Sites are eligible for the study if they have 50+ smokers determined by synthetic estimates based on citywide survey data.
* Age 18-79
* Current everyday or someday smokers
* Planning to quit smoking in 30 days or thinking about quitting in next 6 months,
* Have smoked 100 cigarettes in lifetime
* Speak English or Spanish
* Plan to live in Public Housing for next 12 months
* Able and willing to provide consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Smokers less than 18 years of age at time of consent.
* Unable to communicate orally in English or Spanish.
* Currently using pharmacological treatment for smoking cessation
* Currently working with the Smokers Quitline or other Community Health Center based cessation program
* Cognitive/ psychiatric conditions that would interfere with ability to understand and participate in the study
* Have been abstinent for 7 or more days.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

79 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes