Improving Household Air Quality in Homes With Children

San Diego State University298 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine if real-time feedback (lights/sounds) from small smoke particle monitors and brief coaching will encourage parents to reduce young children's secondhand tobacco smoke exposure in their home.

The purpose of this efficacy study is to test whether children's home secondhand tobacco smoke exposure (measured by cotinine \& nicotine assays, fine particulates and reports of smoking in the home and/or home smoking bans) can be reduced by using custom particle monitors to provide real-time feedback to household residents plus brief advice/praise.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

298

Conditions

Lung Diseases Asthma

Interventions

Real-Time InterventionBEHAVIORAL

Lights and Sound Brief Coaching

Usual EducationBEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive usual education about secondhand smoke and thirdhand smoke.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Families with at least one parent or guardian (18 years of age or older), * Household resident who smokes tobacco, * Child under fourteen years old exposed to tobacco smoking in the home * Plans to live in San Diego County for at least three months.

Locations (1)

SDSU - Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health

San Diego, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Secondhand Smoke Reduction

Parental report and child urine cotinine.

Time frame: Measured from baseline upto 5 months

Secondary Outcomes

Home Smoking Ban

Parental report of home smoking ban and environmental data collection.

Time frame: Measured from baseline upto 5 months.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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