This study evaluates the effectiveness of a motivational interviewing intervention with families with young children ages 0-5 where smoking is happening in the home to adopt a smoke-free home plan and reduce child's second-hand smoke exposure.
Involuntary secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in homes is an entirely preventable public health threat that disproportionately burdens young children in communities of low socioeconomic position. Breathe Free For Kids is a community-based participatory research (CBPR) initiative to evaluate the effectiveness of Ml compared with usual best practices (UBP) by having parents voluntarily adopt smoke-free home policies to protect children from SHS. The Motivational Interviewing intervention protocol was developed in conjunction with community partners, integrated into a health department-sponsored home visiting program for high-risk children and other community-based agencies serving children, and delivered by trained community health workers.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
138
30 - 45 minutes in-person session to deliver results of nicotine air monitor and discuss home smoking ban using motivational interview techniques
Standard care delivered using informational materials
Boston Alliance for Community Health
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
City of Lawrence Mayor's Health Task Force
Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States
Common Pathways
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Voluntary adoption of a home smoking ban
Time frame: 6 Months
Self-reported smoking in the home
Time frame: 6 Months
Household nicotine concentrations
Time frame: 6 Months
Child salivary cotinine
Time frame: 6 Months
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