Tobacco Smoking Behavior
Conditions
Keywords
Secondhand smoke, Pediatric disease
Brief summary
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a motivational interviewing intervention with families with young children ages 0-5 where smoking is happening in the home to adopt a smoke-free home plan and reduce child's second-hand smoke exposure.
Detailed description
Involuntary secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in homes is an entirely preventable public health threat that disproportionately burdens young children in communities of low socioeconomic position. Breathe Free For Kids is a community-based participatory research (CBPR) initiative to evaluate the effectiveness of Ml compared with usual best practices (UBP) by having parents voluntarily adopt smoke-free home policies to protect children from SHS. The Motivational Interviewing intervention protocol was developed in conjunction with community partners, integrated into a health department-sponsored home visiting program for high-risk children and other community-based agencies serving children, and delivered by trained community health workers.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMotivational Interview
30 - 45 minutes in-person session to deliver results of nicotine air monitor and discuss home smoking ban using motivational interview techniques
BEHAVIORALUsual best practices
Standard care delivered using informational materials
Sponsors
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
17 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Tobacco smoking occurs regularly (smoke a minimum of one cigarette/cigar per day or five cigarettes/cigars per week) inside the home or in an attached patio/porch, hallway or stairwell * Primary caregiver of child aged birth to 5 years old (inclusive) enrolled in Massachusetts Early Intervention program, Healthy Families program or the general population in Boston, Lawrence and Worcester areas. * Ability of a custodial parent aged 17 or older/legally authorized representative or primary caregiver of child enrolled in participating programs to give permission for the index child to provide saliva sample. * Participant has access to a telephone to schedule study contacts and participate in follow-up calls
Exclusion criteria
* Not able to understand English or Spanish at a 8th grade level or above * In poor physical or psychological health (self-reported and observed by Community Health Worker), for whom participating in this intervention study might compromise the child's or participant's welfare, or be impracticable * Index child is a ward of the state
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Voluntary adoption of a home smoking ban | 6 Months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-reported smoking in the home | 6 Months |
| Household nicotine concentrations | 6 Months |
| Child salivary cotinine | 6 Months |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed