Developing and Pilot Testing an Intervention to Reduce Household Shisha Smoke Exposure Within Somali Homes

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Shisha

Treatments

Radiation: CHW-delivered intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06316947

FMCH-2024-32723

Details and patient eligibility

About

Previous qualitative research among Somali American adults in Minnesota have identified high levels of hookah or shisha (hereafter shisha) use in Somali households. Household shisha use exposes all family members, including children, to secondhand smoke (SHS) that contains toxins that can cause many different acute and chronic disease, including increased levels of several cancers such as lung, bladder, and oral cancers. Despite the high levels of shisha use, gaps in the knowledge of the risks of shisha use and how to mitigate the potential harmful health consequences of shisha use exist among Somali Americans.

This study aims to pilot test the feasibility of a newly developed CHW-delivered intervention to reduce home shisha SHS exposure with n=15 Somali families. Pre-/post-measurements of family members' (1 adult and 1 child) urine or salivary cotinine levels will be obtained along with a brief pre-/post-survey to characterize household tobacco use and the presence of home smoke-free rules.

Enrollment

15 patients

Sex

All

Ages

6+ months old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Eligible families will identify as

Somali American,
have one or more children between 6 months and 18 years of age in the home, and
have at least one adult who uses shisha at home. Families with other forms of tobacco use in addition to shisha use will be included.

Exclusion criteria

Participation in previous qualitative study to inform intervention development
Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent and complete all study procedures