Clinical trial NCT02492633: Prospective Evaluation of a Comprehensive Smoke-Free Public Housing Policy in a Multi-State Setting
Official title: Prospective Evaluation of a Comprehensive Smoke-Free Public Housing Policy in a Multi-State Setting
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Smoking Cessation
Keywords: Smoking cessation
Smoke-free housing
Affordable housing
Second-hand smoke
Tobacco control
Lead sponsor: Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Boston University
name: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
First posted: 2015-07-08
Enrollment: 238
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The primary objective of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of an enhanced intervention vs. a standard intervention to complement a comprehensive smoke-free policy, in a multi-site, privately managed affordable housing context.

Detailed description: Beacon Communities, a private property management company, is unveiling a comprehensive smoking ban at all 52 of its properties. A multi-component, "enhanced" intervention designed to promote, strengthen, and maintain a smoke-free policy across public housing developments will be implemented prior to commencement of the smoke-free policy. The enhanced intervention will be tested against a standard intervention of educational materials and information on cessation options. This study will be open to residents at 12 Beacon Communities properties at which a Resident Service Coordinator (RSC) is located.

The primary objective of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of enhanced intervention vs. standard intervention to support a comprehensive smoke-free policy, in a multi-site, privately managed affordable housing context. A further objective is to develop a toolkit of strategies for the large-scale implementation and maintenance of a smoke-free policy in multi-unit affordable housing developments. The toolkit will be the first to be developed directly from an extensive two-stage qualitative analysis and will apply the lessons learned in this study to provide a sustainable resource for property managers seeking to implement smoke-free policies.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Aged 18 and over
* Able to speak English or Spanish
* A resident of Beacon Communities housing development (12 selected sites)
* Thinks that he/she will be living in his/her Beacon Community for at least the next 12 months

For Smokers:

* Have smoked cigarettes or e-cigarettes in the last week

For Non-Smokers:

* Self-reported exposure to secondhand smoke in the previous 2 months

Exclusion Criteria:

* Have another household member enrolled in the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in cigarettes smoked in the home
timeFrame: 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Air quality
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Change in motivation to quit smoking
timeFrame: 12 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
name: Vaughan Rees, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References: