Minority Smokers
Conditions
Keywords
Patient Navigation, Tobacco dependent, smoking, Cessation, 11-028
Brief summary
Patient navigators have been shown to assist people seeking cancer screening and other medical services. The purpose of this study is to see whether a patient navigator can link smokers to available community resources shown to help smokers quit smoking.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPatient Navigator
The pt navigator will phone (email, text, or other preferred method of contact) pts prior to the date of previously set individual goals (e.g. going to an appt, getting their cessation medications filled, etc) as a reminder & to discuss barriers such as finances, transportation or ambivalent motivation. In this manner, pts receive navigation services tailored to their individual needs & barriers. Once pts are connected with a cessation service (defined as either using cessation medication or at least 1 contact with a Quitline or community-based cessation counselor)or provider-prescribed cessation medication usage, continues the navigation intervention will be considered complete. W/I the 3 month engagement period, pts will receive up to 6 contacts from the Pt Navigator following referral from primary care provider. Consistent with recommended pt navigation practice, the navigator will provide feedback to primary care provider regarding cessation services that the pts are receiving.
Sponsors
Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at The City College of New York
NYU Langone Health
Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention
Heritage Health Center, New York
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age ≥ 18 years * Self-reported current daily smoker, as verified with a portable alveolar carbon monoxide (CO) analyzer (24 hour point prevalence); CO levels ≥ 8 ppm. * English and/or Spanish-speaking * Referred to the navigation program by their primary care clinician * At baseline, participants report at least thinking about quitting (i.e., Contemplation or Preparation stages of readiness to quit).
Exclusion criteria
* Serious, untreated psychiatric illness (e.g., schizophrenia,) or active substance abuse likely to preclude adherence to the protocol
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| patient navigation (TPN) feasibility | 1 year | To evaluate the study's potential in terms of its reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance (RE-AIM) of the intervention, tobacco-dependent patients will be asked to complete an intake interview and a telephone follow-up interview (at 3 to 6 months post-intervention). |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed