Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Reducing Cancer Disparities Among Latinos in Texas
Brief Summary: The goal of this research study is to learn if a wellness program can help improve diet and physical activity levels and encourage smoking cessation in Latino individuals who are overweight.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Latino adults
2. 18 years of age or older
3. Current smoker with a history of smoking an average of at least 1 cigarette per day during the last year
4. Overweight/obese (BMI greater than or equal to 25)
5. Functioning telephone number
6. Valid home address
7. Ability to engage in low to moderate physical activity as determined by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)
8. Blood Pressure readings \<140/90 mm Hg as defined by the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure; Pressure readings \>/=140/90 mm Hg will be deemed ineligible to participate and excluded from the study. They will be referred to their family physician or community services. Those ineligible based on their initial blood pressure reading are allowed to participate if they provide a letter from a physician who will continue to monitor the participant during the research study.
9. Can speak, read, and understand Spanish and/or English

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnancy or lactation
2. Participants who were recruited for the pilot and focus groups are not eligible for the randomized trial.
3. Contraindication for nicotine patch use
4. Regular use of tobacco products
5. Current use of tobacco cessation medications
6. Currently enrolled in another smoking cessation study
7. Another household member enrolled in the study
8. Scores below 38 on the Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Spanish Adults (SAHLSA)
9. Active substance abuse or dependence
10. Scores below the 6th grade literacy level on the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM)
B: Inclusion Criteria:

Inclusion criteria for screening:

* (1) Patients age 14-20 years presenting to the UMMC ED for medical care
* (2) ability to provide informed consent.
* Additional inclusion criteria for intervention based on "alcohol misuse": Participants screening positive on the AUDIT for problematic alcohol use in the past 3 months will be eligible for the randomized control trial.

Exclusion Criteria:

* (1) patients who do not understand English
* (2) patients deemed unable to provide informed consent (e.g., mental incompetence, prisoners);
* (3) adolescents ages 14-17 presenting without a parent/guardian; and
* (4) patients treated in the ED for suicide attempts or sexual assault.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* 7 grade youth
* attending participating middle schools

Exclusion Criteria:

* In grades other than 7th grade
D: Inclusion Criteria:

Public elementary schools Pre-K or K through grade 5 or 6; Schools were included in the study if they:

* Are community-based (that is, not magnet, academy, special ed., etc.),
* Have at least 60 students and two classrooms of grades 2, 3, 4, and 5,
* Have no more than 100 students or 3 classrooms per grade level,
* Have annual mobility rates no greater than 30% (meaning that approximately 15% move out of the school and 15% more into the school each year),
* Have at least 50% of students eligible for free or reduced price lunch,
* Are relatively low performing on standardized tests,
* Have not used Positive Action program in the last decade,
* Are not doing another social/character program.

All students in the study cohorts - those in grade 3 in 2004-05

Exclusion Criteria: Reverse of inclusion criteria

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Answer: A