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Durham Housing Authority (DHA) Community Health Advisor (CHA) Smoking Cessation Project

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Smoking Cessation
Interventions
Other: Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Registration Number
NCT04114526
Lead Sponsor
Duke University
Brief Summary

Recent policy from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) mandates that all public housing units go smoke-free by August 2018. Residents in public housing units have little access to proven cessation interventions and support is imperative to increase quitting success and is currently lacking in these communities;' thus this mandate is causing stress without providing resources to quit. Using a Community Engaged Research (CEnR) approach, we propose to partner the Durham County Department of Public Health and the Durham Housing Authority to develop sustainable Community Health Advisor tobacco cessation program that can be implemented in public housing communities. To achieve this goal, we plan to build on our previous collaborations to 1) form a team of previously identified DHA residents who are activated to support smoking cessation among public housing residents who can serve as Community Health Advisors and deliver cessation interventions in DHA properties, and 2) co-develop and pilot test a Community Health Advisor smoking cessation program to promote linkages with cessation services and to provide cessation education to DHA residents. This collaboration builds on our previous work to understand barriers and identify solutions for supporting smoking cessation among DHA residents. We will work with Community Health Advisors to develop an intervention and conduct a pilot study with up to 30 participants, Our primary outcomes are feasibility and acceptability of the co-development cessation intervention. We will collect survey data for the pilot in REDCap. Potential risks of study participation include breach of confidentiality with regard to identifiable personal information and questions that might make participants feel uncomfortable.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
31
Inclusion Criteria
  • ≥18 years of age
  • current smoker (smoked in the last seven days)
  • planning on quitting in the next 6 months
  • speak English
  • currently living in DHA property
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Exclusion Criteria
  • less than18 years of
  • cognitive impairment
  • planning to move from the property in the next 2 months
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Community Health Advisor 4-step ProgramNicotine Replacement Therapy-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of people who enroll in the study as measured by enrollment log.4 months
Number of people that interact with community health advisors5 months
Number of participants who rate the intervention as helpful for quitting based on survey questionnaire.5 months
Change in number of cigarettes smoked per day as measured by questionnaireBaseline and day 28
Change in smoking cessation motivation will be self-reported on a 7-point scale.Baseline and day 28

1=not at all motivated and 7=completely motivated.

Change in smoking status as measured by self-reports.Baseline and day 28

Participants will be asked on a questionnaire, "Have you smoked in the last 7 days even a puff" and will have the option of answering "yes" or "no".

Frequency of interaction with community health advisors during intervention period will be calculated from self-reports.Day 28
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Duke University

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Durham, North Carolina, United States

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