Text Messages in Preventing Tobacco Use in Young Adults

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

781 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-09-20

Study Completion Date

2021-01-29

Brief Summary

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This trial studies how well text messages work in preventing tobacco use in young adults. Text messaging may help to teach young adults about the risks of tobacco products.

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Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess baseline knowledge and risk perceptions about the use of conventional and new and emerging tobacco products among a subset of community college students from the two participating Houston Community College (HCC) campuses (Central and Coleman campuses). (Phase 1.1) II. Test the text messages with university students enrolled in the health communications academic programs. (Phase 1.2) III. Assess the awareness, attitudes, receptivity, and comprehension of the harmful effects of conventional and new and emerging tobacco products among young adults. (Phase 2) IV. Identify the most effective combinations of text message framing for communicating information about the potential harmful effects of tobacco products to young adults. (Phase 2) V. To obtain an objective measure of the psychological (i.e., emotional and cognitive) effect of the messages on young adults. (Phase 3)

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. Define and analyze key moderators of young adult awareness, attitudes, receptivity, and understanding of the harmful risks and constituents of conventional, new and emerging tobacco products. (Phase 2)

OUTLINE:

PHASE I: Participants attend focus group over 2 hours.

PHASE II: Participants receive 2 text messages per day for 30 days at baseline and after 3 months.

PHASE III: Participants read 64 computer messages with or without images over 30 minutes and have their facial expressions assessed.

Conditions

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Healthy Subject

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Prevention (text messages, computer messages)

PHASE I: Participants attend focus group over 2 hours.

PHASE II: Participants receive 2 text messages per day for 30 days at baseline and after 3 months.

PHASE III: Participants read 64 computer messages with or without images over 30 minutes and have their facial expressions assessed.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Computer-Assisted Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Read computer messages

Focus Group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Attend focus group

Informational Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Receive text messages

Survey Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Complete surveys about experience

Interventions

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Computer-Assisted Intervention

Read computer messages

Intervention Type OTHER

Focus Group

Attend focus group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Informational Intervention

Receive text messages

Intervention Type OTHER

Survey Administration

Complete surveys about experience

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 18-25 (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3)
* Attend classes at either Houston Community College (HCC) Central Campus or Coleman Campus (Phase 1 and Phase 2), Spring Branch Campus (Phase 2) or the University of Houston (Phase 3)
* Own a smartphone capable of receiving texts from the study's text messaging ) resource (Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3)
* Use phone text-messaging features on a regular basis (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3)
* Provide cell phone number (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3)
* Speak and read English (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3)
* Enrolled in a communication program (Phase 1, health communication student review)
* Evidence of smoking susceptibility as defined by the Smoking Susceptibility Scale (Phase 3)