The investigators are implementing a stepwise approach to cessation with a public health focus to improve health outcomes for the investigators' pediatric patients. The investigators are focusing on addressing caregiver smoking as a modifiable risk factor during time of child's hospitalization as a window of opportunity to provide counseling and education to families on secondhand and third hand smoke exposure as well as information on NRT products to heighten caregiver contemplation for quitting. One of the central goals of the investigators' project is to increase immediate access to Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) resources for families during hospitalization which pediatric providers could potentially dose and prescribe to caregivers who are screened positive for smoking. Long-term cessation care is provided by referrals to both the MD Quitline and the John Hopkins Tobacco Treatment Clinic. Both are provided to allow participants options that the participants would find preferable from an insurance and provider perspective.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Nicotine replacement therapy
Nicotine replacement therapy
Nicotine replacement therapy
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Change in Self-reported attempts to quit smoking
Change in caregiver self-reported tobacco cessation attempt in the past 14-days.
Time frame: Baseline, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months
Change in Frequency of usage of outpatient tobacco cessation services
Change in frequency of caregiver self-reported usage of outpatient tobacco cessation services (Maryland Quitline or Johns Hopkins Tobacco Treatment Clinic).
Time frame: Baseline, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months
Change in Usage of nicotine replacement therapy products
Change in caregiver self-reported usage of nicotine replacement therapy in the past 14-days.
Time frame: Baseline, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months
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