Prospective Evaluation of a Comprehensive Smoke-Free Public Housing Policy in a Multi-State Setting
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
- Enrollment
- 238
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in cigarettes smoked in the home
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The primary objective of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of an enhanced intervention vs. a standard intervention to complement a comprehensive smoke-free policy, in a multi-site, privately managed affordable housing context.
Detailed Description
Beacon Communities, a private property management company, is unveiling a comprehensive smoking ban at all 52 of its properties. A multi-component, "enhanced" intervention designed to promote, strengthen, and maintain a smoke-free policy across public housing developments will be implemented prior to commencement of the smoke-free policy. The enhanced intervention will be tested against a standard intervention of educational materials and information on cessation options. This study will be open to residents at 12 Beacon Communities properties at which a Resident Service Coordinator (RSC) is located. The primary objective of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of enhanced intervention vs. standard intervention to support a comprehensive smoke-free policy, in a multi-site, privately managed affordable housing context. A further objective is to develop a toolkit of strategies for the large-scale implementation and maintenance of a smoke-free policy in multi-unit affordable housing developments. The toolkit will be the first to be developed directly from an extensive two-stage qualitative analysis and will apply the lessons learned in this study to provide a sustainable resource for property managers seeking to implement smoke-free policies.
Investigators
Vaughan Rees
Director of the Center for Global Tobacco Control; Lecturer on Social and Behavioral Sciences
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Aged 18 and over
- •Able to speak English or Spanish
- •A resident of Beacon Communities housing development (12 selected sites)
- •Thinks that he/she will be living in his/her Beacon Community for at least the next 12 months
- •For Smokers:
- •Have smoked cigarettes or e-cigarettes in the last week
- •For Non-Smokers:
- •Self-reported exposure to secondhand smoke in the previous 2 months
Exclusion Criteria
- •Have another household member enrolled in the study
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in cigarettes smoked in the home
Time Frame: 12 months
Cigarettes smoked in the home (defined as self-reported number of cigarettes smoked in the home in past 30 days) at the 12-month follow up assessment, compared with pre-baseline level.
Secondary Outcomes
- Air quality(12 months)
- Change in motivation to quit smoking(12 months)