This study is a pragmatic two-group, multi-center, randomized controlled superiority trial, including an internal pilot, economic evaluation and process evaluation, aiming to assess the impact of a school-based comprehensive intervention on smoking cessation actions among parents who smoke.
The School-EduSmoke project will be based on the Behavior change wheel (BCW) and theoretical domain framework. The goal of our project is to promote smoking cessation actions by parents through smoking cessation education for children and their parents in schools. The programme will enhance the implementation of smoking cessation behaviours by identifying key risk factors that influence smoking behaviour, helping to design specific interventions that will particularly help to address ambivalence and defensiveness among smokers. A set of randomized controlled trials will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. The findings will provide evidence and support for the provision of low-cost, low-resource, widely accessible smoking cessation support to the smoking community, thereby promoting the effective implementation of smoke-free health actions.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
700
The Family-School based smoking cessation intervention programme will be developed using the multiple strategies provided by the BCW framework, with face-to-face + online as the primary mode of implementation. Specifically, educational training based on the school curriculum will be conducted to create a supportive environment for smokers to quit, guide smokers to discover motivation to quit, encourage smokers to cope with key barriers to quitting, as well as incorporate relapse prevention strategies, using formats such as online videos and supplemental materials, with interventions designed to help students and parents of smokers to understand the health hazards of smoking, to enhance cessation action and supportive skills, and inspire healthy action.
Dongxihu Primary School
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Biochemically validated 24-hour point smoking cessation rate at 6 month
Assessing smoking cessation in parents by measuring their urine cotinine levels
Time frame: 6-month followup
Self-reported 7-day point prevalence quit rate
Subjects reporting not smoking in the past 7-days at 6-month will be regarded asabstinence from smoking. The self-reported 7-days prevalence quit rate will be assessedat the baseline and 6-month later after the intervention. "Have you smoked a cigarette (even a puff) in the past 7 days?""
Time frame: 6 month follow-up
50% reduction in the number of cigarettes smoked
Cigarette consumption reduced by at least 50% compared with the baseline, the cigarette consumption will be assessed at the baseline and 6-month late after the intervention. "How many cigarettes do you smoke on average per day?"
Time frame: 6-month follow-up
The level of readiness to quit
"When do you plan to start quitting smoking?" The readiness to quit is divided into pre-contemplation stage (attempt to quitmore that 30 days later), contemplation stage (attempt to quit within 30 daysbut more than 7 days), preparation stage (attempt to quit within 7 days), andaction stage (quitting).
Time frame: 1-month and 6-month follow-up
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