Project RESIST: Evaluating the Effects of Anti-smoking Inoculation Messages Among Young Adult Sexual Minority Women
Status
Completed
Conditions
Cigarette Smoking Behavior
Treatments
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Study type
Interventional
Funder types
Other
NIH
Identifiers
Details and patient eligibility
About
Project RESIST is an R01 study funded by NCI focused on determining the effects of using culturally tailored inoculation approaches to increase resilience to tobacco marketing influences among young adult sexual minority women ages 18-30 and incorporates critical stakeholder inputs that support later adoption and implementation. The study team is utilizing formative research to design and pre-test anti-smoking messages and two national longitudinal online survey experiments.
Full description
This study will recruit 3000 young adult sexual minority women (SMW), ages 18-30 years, current smokers (n = 1500) and not current smokers (n = 1500). The study will determine the effects of varying the dose (single vs. multiple), and latency (immediate vs. delayed) of showing participants inoculation anti-smoking messages on smoking and quitting intentions. The study team hypothesize that the multiple exposures (vs. single), and delayed exposure (vs. immediate) will be associated with increased resistance to marketing, reduced smoking intention, and increased quitting intention. The study team will further explore the mechanisms of inoculation effects through emotions, beliefs, and attitudes towards tobacco companies. Participants will be asked to complete a baseline survey and then will receive an anti-smoking message in varying dosages based on the condition they are assigned with a control group receiving no message. Participants will then see a pro-smoking or threat message immediately, one week, or one month late, depending on the condition they were assigned.
Enrollment
2,591 patients
Sex
All
Ages
18 to 30 years old
Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Inclusion criteria
- Ages 18-30
- Woman
- Identifies as a sexual minority (any sexual orientation other than heterosexual)
- Lives in the United States
- Able to take surveys in English
Exclusion criteria
- Under 18 or older than 30
- Men
- Heterosexual
- Lives outside the United States
- Unable to take the survey in English
Trial design
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Interventional model
Factorial Assignment
Masking
Single Blind
2,591 participants in 18 patient groups
Currently Smoking, No Message Condition
No Intervention group
Description:
Participants will receive no anti-smoking messages. They will receive the threat message during the baseline survey. Outcomes will be measured before and immediately after seeing the threat message, and at 1 month.
Currently Smoking, Single Message Immediate
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive a single anti-smoking message followed by the threat message during the baseline survey. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking message and threat message, immediately after seeing the threat message, and at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Currently Smoking, Single Message 1 Week Delay
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive a single anti-smoking message during the baseline survey, followed by the threat message one week later in a separate survey. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking message at baseline, immediately after seeing the threat message at 1 week, and at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Currently Smoking, Single Message 1 Month Delay
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive a single anti-smoking message during the baseline survey, followed by the threat message one month later in a separate survey. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking message at baseline, and immediately after seeing the threat message at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Currently Smoking, Single Message 1 Month Delay, Repeated Exposure
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive a single anti-smoking message during the baseline survey, followed by the threat message one month later. Participants will also receive repeated exposures of a single anti-smoking message at 1, 2, and 3 weeks in separate surveys. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking message at baseline and immediately after seeing the threat message at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Currently Smoking, Three Messages Immediate
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive three anti-smoking messages, followed by the threat message during the baseline survey. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking messages and threat message, immediately after seeing the threat message, and at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Currently Smoking, Three Messages 1 Week Delay
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive three anti-smoking messages during the baseline survey, followed by the threat message one week later in a separate survey. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking messages at baseline, immediately after seeing the threat message at 1 week, and at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Currently Smoking, Three Messages 1 Month Delay
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive three anti-smoking messages during the baseline survey, followed by the threat message one month later in a separate survey. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking messages at baseline, and immediately after seeing the threat message at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Currently Smoking, Three Messages 1 Month Delay Repeat Exposure
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive three anti-smoking messages during the baseline survey, followed by the threat message one month later. Participants will also receive repeated exposures of three anti-smoking messages at 1, 2, and 3 weeks in separate surveys. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking messages at baseline and immediately after seeing the threat message at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Not Currently Smoking, No Message Condition
No Intervention group
Description:
Participants will receive no anti-smoking messages. They will receive the threat message during the baseline survey. Outcomes will be measured before and immediately after seeing the threat message, and at 1 month.
Not Currently Smoking, Single Message Immediate
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive a single anti-smoking message followed by the threat message during the baseline survey. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking message and threat message, immediately after seeing the threat message, and at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Not Currently Smoking, Single Message 1 Week Delay
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive a single anti-smoking message during the baseline survey, followed by the threat message one week later in a separate survey. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking message at baseline, immediately after seeing the threat message at 1 week, and at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Not Currently Smoking, Single Message 1 Month Delay
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive a single anti-smoking message during the baseline survey, followed by the threat message one month later in a separate survey. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking message at baseline, and immediately after seeing the threat message at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Not Currently Smoking, Single Message 1 Month Delay, Repeated Exposure
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive a single anti-smoking message during the baseline survey, followed by the threat message one month later. Participants will also receive repeated exposures of a single anti-smoking message at 1, 2, and 3 weeks in separate surveys. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking message at baseline and immediately after seeing the threat message at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Not Currently Smoking, Three Messages Immediate
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive three anti-smoking messages, followed by the threat message during the baseline survey. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking messages and threat message, immediately after seeing the threat message, and at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Not Currently Smoking, Three Messages 1 Week Delay
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive three anti-smoking messages during the baseline survey, followed by the threat message one week later in a separate survey. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking messages at baseline, immediately after seeing the threat message at 1 week, and at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Not Currently Smoking, Three Messages 1 Month Delay
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive three anti-smoking messages during the baseline survey, followed by the threat message one month later in a separate survey. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking messages at baseline, and immediately after seeing the threat message at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Not Currently Smoking, Three Messages 1 Month Delay Repeat Exposure
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive three anti-smoking messages during the baseline survey, followed by the threat message one month later. Participants will also receive repeated exposures of three anti-smoking messages at 1, 2, and 3 weeks in separate surveys. Outcomes will be measured before seeing the anti-smoking messages at baseline and immediately after seeing the threat message at 1 month.
Treatment:
Other: Culturally Tailored Anti-Smoking Messages
Trial contacts and locations
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Central trial contact
Andy Tan, PhD, MPH, MBA, MBBS
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