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Evaluation of Community Health Worker Support to Help People With Serious Mental Illness to Quit Smoking
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Summary
The purpose of this study is to learn whether providing additional smoking cessation support through specially trained members of behavioral healthcare team helps people quit smoking and improve their health. Participants ages 18-75 who receive mental health services and smoke cigarettes every day may qualify for this study looking at new ways to help people quit smoking.
Official title: Evaluation of Community Health Worker Support to Improve Tobacco Use Disorder Outcomes in Medicaid Beneficiaries With Serious Mental Illness
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 75 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
937
Start Date
2026-10-01
Completion Date
2030-10
Last Updated
2026-08-27
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Integrated CHW Support intervention
Participants assigned to the Integrated CHW Support intervention will receive smoking cessation support from their Intensive Case Manager (ICM), who has completed Community Health Worker (CHW) core competency training and Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS) certification. The intervention is integrated into routine case management and includes individualized smoking cessation counseling, education, motivational support, assistance with setting quit goals, facilitation of evidence-based tobacco treatment medications through participants' healthcare providers, coordination of healthcare services, accompaniment to medical appointments when appropriate, and support addressing social determinants of health that may affect tobacco cessation (e.g., housing, transportation, food insecurity, medication access). Participants will receive approximately four in-person or community-based contacts per month, supplemented by telephone or video contacts as needed, over a 18-month intervention period.
Enhanced usual care (EUC)
Participants assigned to Enhanced Usual Care (EUC) will continue to receive standard behavioral health and case management services provided by their Intensive Case Manager (ICM). ICMs assigned to the EUC arm will not receive Community Health Worker (CHW) core competency training or Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS) certification and will not deliver the structured Integrated CHW Support intervention.
Locations (1)
Center for Addiction Medicine - Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States