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Native Women's Wellness: Contingency Management for Tobacco Cessation and Weight Loss
Sponsor: Washington State University
Summary
A randomized controlled trial for the efficacy of contingency management to encourage smoking cessation and weight loss.
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - 44 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
125
Start Date
2010-09
Completion Date
2015-01
Last Updated
2026-09-11
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Contingency management
Contingency management (CM) is a behavioral intervention that uses gift cards, prizes, or access to privileges to reinforce specific healthy behaviors and lifestyle changes. CM has been used successfully for a range of addictive behaviors, including cigarette smoking and heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and other illicit substance use, as well as for reducing psychiatric problems and HIV risk. CM has great potential for treating smoking and overweight/obesity, as it reinforces both short- and long-term behaviors. This is important because both smoking cessation and weight loss are highly prone to short-term relapse,