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Reducing Breast Cancer Risk in Korean American Women

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure Reduction
Registration Number
NCT04079556
Lead Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
Brief Summary

The goals of the study are to develop a culturally and linguistically appropriate intervention to reduce SHS exposure for LEP Korean women using a family-focused intervention approach targeting Korean Americans ages 18 and above in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, CA, and to evaluate efficacy of the proposed intervention. The study is a single group feasibility trial targeting a total of 4 lay health workers (LHW) and 24 dyads of LEP Korean women with self-reported SHS exposure at home and a male household smoker. The hypothesis is:

H. Can a family-based intervention approach reduce SHS exposure among Korean American women who live with a current smoker?

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
48
Inclusion Criteria
  • self-identified as Korean or Korean American;
  • Korean speaking;
  • reside in the San Francisco Bay Area
  • plan to stay in the area for the next 3 months
  • for women participants, the participant must report having SHS exposure at home at least 1 day in the past 7 days and live in the same household as the smoker participant to form a dyad.
  • for the smoker participants, they must be male and have smoked at least 1 cigarette daily in the past 7 days.
  • provide a valid contact telephone number for pre- and post-intervention assessments
Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
SHS exposure of non-smokers3-month

biochemically verified 7-day point prevalence of SHS exposure at 3-month post baseline (initiation of intervention)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Smoker's adoption of smoke-free rules3-month

Self-report of adoption of smoke-free home or car rules since program initiation

Smoker's Utilization of smoking cessation resources3-month

Use of evidence-based smoking cessation resources since program initiation

Smoking Abstinence3-month

biochemically verified 7-day point prevalence of SHS exposure at 3-month post baseline (initiation of intervention)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Korean Community Center of the East Bay

🇺🇸

San Leandro, California, United States

Korean Community Center of the East Bay
🇺🇸San Leandro, California, United States

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