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Reducing Tobacco Exposures Among African American Women and Children
Sponsor: University of Arkansas
Summary
Secondhand smoke exposure in the home can causes sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), asthma, respiratory illnesses, and ear infections in children. In addition to cigarette smoke, exposure to other tobacco products can further compromise the safety of children in the home. This study aims to reduce the burden of multiple tobacco exposures, improve access to preventive care, and reduce the disproportionate risk for chronic diseases, including cancer, among African American women and children living in the Arkansas Delta region. Our central hypothesis is that messages delivered by a community health worker that aim to modify knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and subjective norms may influence the perceived threat of tobacco exposures and provide cues for African American women caregivers to implement comprehensive smokefree policies to protect their children from the harms of tobacco and in-turn, influence their quitting.
Official title: Reducing Tobacco Exposures Among African American Socially Disadvantaged Children and Women Caregivers in the AR Delta Region
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 50 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
200
Start Date
2020-01-15
Completion Date
2023-06-30
Last Updated
2026-09-08
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Treatment
The CHWs will go to the homes of the WCGs who enroll in the study and will use a culturally-adapted motivational interviewing protocol, educational messages pilot tested during the formative research phase, and biofeedback based on the child's saliva sample and WCG's carbon monoxide. Saliva samples will be collect from one child in the home at baseline and final. Baseline saliva data and carbon monoxide monitoring will be used to develop feedback that aims to motivate WCGs to implement and sustain comprehensive smoke free policies. The intervention will last 6 months. We will measure changes in primary and secondary outcomes at multiple assessment points.
Control
Following baseline assessment, at 1, 3, and 6 months, WCGs in the control group will educational materials in the mail. Final follow-up assessments will occur at 12 months.
Locations (1)
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States