MassCONECT (Massachusetts Community Networks to Eliminate Cancer Disparities Through Education) 4 Kids: Promoting Smoke-free Homes
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Tobacco Smoking Behavior
In brief
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.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01537874
- Run by
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
- People needed
- 138
- Starts
- 2010-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-05-20
Who can join
Age: 17 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 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
You may not qualify if…
- 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
Where it is running
- Boston Alliance for Community Health — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- City of Lawrence Mayor's Health Task Force — Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States
- Common Pathways — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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