The Impact of a Tobacco Control Intervention in African-American Families
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Conditions studied: Tobacco Prevention, Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure, Tobacco Cessation
In brief
The purpose of this randomized control trial is to evaluate the effects of a multi-component intervention aimed at: 1. preventing tobacco initiation in youth 2. promoting anti-tobacco socialization in the home 3. decreasing environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children 4. promoting successful cessation in parent/guardian smokers. Control arm participants receive general health education. This family-based approach is implemented with school systems as the primary point of entry.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01164306
- Run by
- Augusta University
- People needed
- 688
- Starts
- 2007-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-02-02
Who can join
Age: 8 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- child being of African-American ethnicity
- in a 4th grade classroom of randomized schools
- parent or guardian that 4th grade child resides with at least 50% of the time
- have access to a telephone or mobile phone
You may not qualify if…
- not being a child of African-American ethnicity
- not being a parent or guardian that an eligible child lives with at least 50% of the time
- not having access to a telephone or cell phone
Where it is running
- Georgia Health Sciences University — Augusta, Georgia, United States
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