The objective of the proposed study is to develop and beta-test a culturally adapted, Alaska Native family-based incentives intervention for smoking cessation.
Aim 1 has two phases: In Aim 1/Phase 1, we will use qualitative in-depth individual interviews to culturally tailor and adapt the intervention. These interviews (n=36) will include Alaska Native or American Indian (AN/AI) people who smoke (n=12), family members of Alaska Native people who smoke (n=12), and stakeholders from the Alaska Tribal Health System (n=12). We will present the proposed financial incentives intervention to each group and ask them questions about possible concerns, recruitment strategies, possible risks, and appeal to Alaska Native culture. For the stakeholders, we will also ask about potential barriers of implementing the program into their organization/department. In Aim 1/Phase 2, we will beta-test and refine the intervention with 10 dyads comprising of an AN/AI person who smokes and their family member. The beta-test will last for 6 months. The dyad will receive cash rewards of increasing value over the course of the 6 months for negative, completed smoking status checks. A negative check-in counts as self-reported abstinence and biochemically confirmed abstinence: saliva cotinine sample measuring ≤ 30 n/ml (negative Alere iScreen result) and expired carbon monoxide sample measuring ≤ 6 ppm with iCOQuit device.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
58
Phase 1 participants will help inform the cultural adaptation of the study design and materials. Phase 2 will enroll 10 dyads (20 individuals) of AN/AI people who smoke and a family member. Dyad participants will help beta-test the feasibility and acceptability of the financial incentives intervention.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Change in smoking status
Number of participants to have biochemically confirmed, prolonged smoking abstinence
Time frame: 6 months, 12 months
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