Families Reduce Exposure to Smoke at Home

NCT02557919 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 13-0683
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 225
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This project proposes to evaluate the effectiveness of training Head Start staff to discuss tobacco use, shs reduction and cessation in their existing encounters with parents in reducing tobacco use and exposure. Understanding the facilitators and barriers to integrating the intervention into the Head Start system will support future efforts to address tobacco use and exposure in families with small children.

Conditions

Tobacco Use Cessation; Second Hand Tobacco Smoke

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Tobacco quit attempts in the past 6 months (staff and parents)

  Parents and staff will be surveyed to determine the number of quit attempts in the past 6 months.

  Past 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Home smoking ban implemented in the past 6 months

  Past 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Motivational Interviewing Training

EXPERIMENTAL

Staff at the intervention sites were trained in basic tobacco control and motivational interviewing. Two booster trainings were held over 6 months.

Other: Motivational Interviewing Training

Usual Best Practice

OTHER

Staff at the usual best practice sites received basic tobacco control training.

Other: Usual Best Practice

Interventions

Motivational Interviewing Training OTHER

1.5 day training on Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques plus 2 booster sessions to address real experiences using MI with families.

Motivational Interviewing Training

Usual Best Practice OTHER

.5 day training on tobacco control and emerging products.

Usual Best Practice

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Parent of a child enrolled in an ABCD Early Head Start/Head Start Program
• Current smoker (1 or more cigarettes per day) and/or smoking is happening in or around (attached porches, patios, hallways) the family home by family members or regular visitors
• Able to complete a self-administered survey or request assistance from research staff
• Able to communicate in English or Spanish
• Staff member at one of the participating ABCD Head Start sites
• Willing to consent to complete the staff survey

You may not qualify if:

• Unable or unwilling to consent to participate in this research
• No smoking is happening in or around the home
• \. Unwilling or unable to consent to complete the staff survey

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH): lead
• Truth Initiative: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tobacco Use Cessation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Alan C Geller, RN, MPH

  Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Senior Lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 14, 2015
• First Posted: September 23, 2015
• Study Start: September 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2014
• Study Completion: December 1, 2014
• Last Updated: September 23, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-09