Improving Household Air Quality in Homes With Children (ProjFreshAir)

San Diego State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma; Lung Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: Real-Time Intervention; Behavioral: Usual Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01634334

R01HL103684

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if real-time feedback (lights/sounds) from small smoke particle monitors and brief coaching will encourage parents to reduce young children's secondhand tobacco smoke exposure in their home.

Full description

The purpose of this efficacy study is to test whether children's home secondhand tobacco smoke exposure (measured by cotinine & nicotine assays, fine particulates and reports of smoking in the home and/or home smoking bans) can be reduced by using custom particle monitors to provide real-time feedback to household residents plus brief advice/praise.

Enrollment: 298 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Families with at least one parent or guardian (18 years of age or older),
• Household resident who smokes tobacco,
• Child under fourteen years old exposed to tobacco smoking in the home
• Plans to live in San Diego County for at least three months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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298 participants in 2 patient groups

Real-time Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Real-Time Intervention

Usual Education

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will receive usual education about secondhand and thirdhand smoke.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual Education