Reducing Tobacco Use Disparities Among Low-Income Adults

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Conditions studied: Cigarette Smoking, Nicotine Dependence

In brief

Most smokers, especially those who are poor, do not receive smoking cessation treatment during their healthcare visits. This study is evaluating a novel population health management intervention for low-income smokers. Automated via an EHR system, which is bidirectionally linked with the Illinois Tobacco Quitline, the intervention comprises a mailed letter and text messaging designed to motivate low-income patients, most of whom are not ready to quit, to accept and use proactive quitline treatment. Increased access to free effective treatment via the integration of healthcare systems and state quitline services may be especially significant in its impact on low-income smokers who are underserved and who carry a much greater burden of tobacco-related disease.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03077737

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

190

Starts

2017-04-21

Expected to finish

2018-08-31

Last updated by the study team

2022-01-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Men and women who are 18 years of age or older
• A patient who receives healthcare at one of the seven Near North Health Service Corporation community health centers in Chicago
• Daily or weekly cigarette smoker
• One or more healthcare visits within the past 12 months

You may not qualify if…

• Language preference other than English or Spanish for their healthcare
• No telephone number or address listed in the EHR system
• Lives with another patient who is already enrolled in the study

Where it is running

• Northwestern University Feingberg School of Medicine, Dept. of Preventive Medicine — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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