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Reducing Breast Cancer Risk in Korean American Women

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure Reduction
Interventions
Behavioral: Tobacco LHW
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
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Tobacco LHWTobacco LHWQuit Smoking For a Healthy Family - family-based psycho-education intervention using lay health worker (LHW) outreach.
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

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San Leandro, California, United States

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