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The Impact of a Tobacco Control Intervention in African-American Families


N/A
8 Years
N/A
Open (Enrolling)
Both
Tobacco Prevention, Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure, Tobacco Cessation

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Trial Information

The Impact of a Tobacco Control Intervention in African-American Families


All research participants (children and parents/guardians) will be recruited from 14 schools
(7 control and 7 intervention; 7 urban and 7 rural) in a Southeastern U.S.

Self-report measures are at: baseline, end of year one, year 2, end of year two, and years
three and four. Biological measures of salivary cotinine are at Baseline, end of treatment
(year 2) and end of study (year 4).


Inclusion Criteria:



- child being of African-American ethnicity

- in a 4th grade classroom of randomized schools

- parent or guardian that 4th grade child resides with at least 50% of the time

- have access to a telephone or mobile phone

Exclusion Criteria:

- not being a child of African-American ethnicity

- not being a parent or guardian that an eligible child lives with at least 50% of the
time

- not having access to a telephone or cell phone

Type of Study:

Interventional

Study Design:

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Outcome Measure:

Primary prevention of tobacco use in youth

Outcome Description:

Self-report and salivary cotinine is assessed to measure this outcome

Outcome Time Frame:

Baseline

Safety Issue:

No

Principal Investigator

Martha S Tingen, PhD

Investigator Role:

Principal Investigator

Investigator Affiliation:

Georgia Regents University

Authority:

United States: Institutional Review Board

Study ID:

R01CA118066

NCT ID:

NCT01164306

Start Date:

September 2007

Completion Date:

May 2013

Related Keywords:

  • Tobacco Prevention
  • Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure
  • Tobacco Cessation
  • LifeSkills Training
  • Tobacco prevention
  • Tobacco cessation
  • Healthy lifestyles
  • Tobacco control

Name

Location
Georgia Health Sciences University Augusta, Georgia  30912