An intervention to reduce children?s exposure to secondhand smoke in the home

Conditions

Topic: Primary Care Research Network for England / second hand smoke Not Applicable Passive smoking

Renwick C, Wu Q, Breton MO, Thorley R, Britton J, Lewis S, Ratschen E, Parrott S.

2018-11-138 citations

10.1186/s12889-018-6140-z

A randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention to reduce children’s exposure to secondhand smoke in the home

Elena Ratschen, Rebecca Thorley, Laura Jones, Magdalena Opazo Bretón, Juliette Cook et al. (9 authors)

Tobacco Control2017-04-2137 citations

10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053279

Protecting children from secondhand smoke: a mixed-methods feasibility study of a novel smoke-free home intervention.

Marsh J, McNeill A, Lewis S, Coleman T, Bains M, Larwood A, Purdy J, Jones LL.

2016-09-1210 citations

10.1186/s40814-016-0094-7

Interventions

The intervention group Following informed consent and randomisation to the intervention treatment arm, caregivers will receive a multi-component intervention involving five face to fac

Study Entry: Single Randomisation only

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Caregivers male and female, over the age of 18 years who are smokers and who report smoking in their home 2. Caregivers who have at least one child under the age of five years living with them 3. Other smoking adult household members who cohabit with a caregiver who consents to participate and admits to smoking inside the home

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Caregivers who live in refuges, sheltered or supported housing 2. Caregivers who are currently signed up to the local stop smoking service 3. Caregivers who have been signed up to the local smoke-free homes project within the last three months 4. Caregivers who are planning to move residence during the intervention period 5. Women who are pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breast feeding during the intervention period 6. Caregivers who are contraindicated for the prescription of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in average home air quality (PM2.5) between baseline and the end of the study (12 weeks), which will be compared between treatment groups (intervention vs. usual care)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Changes in salivary cotinine levels from the index child between baseline and week 12, between baseline, week 7 and week 12, between and within treatment groups 2. Changes in self-reported child SHS exposure in the home, home smoking rules, overall cigarette consumption, mental health, SHS risk knowledge, and motivation to quit between treatment groups 3. The number of quit attempts and referrals to New Leaf cessation services overall and between treatment groups 4. The number of caregivers who are quit at 12 weeks between groups 5. Use of any stop smoking medications including NRT	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Changes in salivary cotinine levels from the index child between baseline and week 12, between baseline, week 7 and week 12, between and within treatment groups 2. Changes in self-reported child SHS exposure in the home, home smoking rules, overall cigarette consumption, mental health, SHS risk knowledge, and motivation to quit between treatment groups 3. The number of quit attempts and referrals to New Leaf cessation services overall and between treatment groups 4. The number of caregivers who are quit at 12 weeks between groups 5. Use of any stop smoking medications including NRT

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed