Motivational Incentives to Reduce Secondhand Smoke in NICU Infants' Homes

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Neonatal Infants

In brief

A randomized, controlled, parallel group design will be used to test whether a Secondhand Smoke Exposure program initiated in the hospital and completed in the home using motivational interviewing plus motivational incentives (MI+) is more effective than Conventional Care (CC) with Neonatal Incentives Care Unit Infants' parents.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01726062

Run by

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

People needed

360

Starts

2012-08-01

Expected to finish

2018-01-30

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-14

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Have an infant that is at least 1 week prior to the estimated date of hospital discharge in the NICU at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital (CMHH)
• Report at least one person living in the home who smokes
• Agree to attend intervention sessions and to invite other household members
• Live within 50 miles of our center
• Have access to a telephone.

You may not qualify if…

• Severe cognitive, and/or psychiatric impairment, per judgment of NICU and research staff, that precludes cooperation with study protocol
• Inability to read, write, and speak English or Spanish
• Inability or unwillingness to provide signed consent for participation
• Inability or unwillingness to meet study requirements, including home visits for data collection and intervention purposes.

Where it is running

• Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States

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