STORIES-Stories to Communicate Risk About Tobacco
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Peripheral Vascular Disease, Cardiology |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Cardiology / Vascular Diseases |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 19 - 78 |
| Updated: | 7/13/2016 |
| Start Date: | September 2004 |
| End Date: | August 2010 |
Partnership Programs to Reduce Cardiovascular Disparities - Deep South Partnerships for Prevention of CVD Disparities
The purpose of this study is to develop and test an intervention based on
literacy-appropriate electronic tools, tailored to the demographics and readiness for change
of the user, to promote tobacco smoking cessation in a low-literacy population.
literacy-appropriate electronic tools, tailored to the demographics and readiness for change
of the user, to promote tobacco smoking cessation in a low-literacy population.
PROJECT STORIES:
STORIES is one of two intervention trials conducted as part of the "Deep South Partnership
for the Prevention of CVD Disparities" under the NHLBI Partnership Programs to Reduce
Cardiovascular Disparities. STORIES is an innovative approach to smoking cessation programs
provided in medical facilities for patients seeking assistance with quitting smoking. Our
approach is to provide the patient with counseling prior to being discharged from the
hospital in an effort to assist them with quitting smoking. The DVD will include current and
previous smokers telling their stories regarding their tobacco use. We feel having the
patient see other people similar to them express their views, struggles and successes with
quitting smoking will motivate them to quit smoking. The patient will also receive 3 follow
up telephone calls to check on their progress. Our hypothesis is that patients exposed to
the interactive DVD will be more likely to quit, compared with those not exposed. The
specific aims for this health communication project are: (1) to develop a series of
interactive, testimonial-base stage of change-matched Health Communication DVD video
interventions targeted at low-income, low-literacy African Americans in the Deep South and a
health information interactive DVD for the patients selected in the randomized control
group; (2) to train a peer health counselor/research assistant to counsel inpatient smokers
to quit and assist the community members with learning to use the DVDs and then to follow-up
by telephone at two weeks, three months and six months after discharge following enrollment
in the project; and (3) to evaluate the impact of the intervention on processes of change
and six month cessation rates among smokers using a group-randomized controlled trial.
The study completion date listed in this record was obtained from the "End Date" entered in
the Query View Report (QVR) record.
STORIES is one of two intervention trials conducted as part of the "Deep South Partnership
for the Prevention of CVD Disparities" under the NHLBI Partnership Programs to Reduce
Cardiovascular Disparities. STORIES is an innovative approach to smoking cessation programs
provided in medical facilities for patients seeking assistance with quitting smoking. Our
approach is to provide the patient with counseling prior to being discharged from the
hospital in an effort to assist them with quitting smoking. The DVD will include current and
previous smokers telling their stories regarding their tobacco use. We feel having the
patient see other people similar to them express their views, struggles and successes with
quitting smoking will motivate them to quit smoking. The patient will also receive 3 follow
up telephone calls to check on their progress. Our hypothesis is that patients exposed to
the interactive DVD will be more likely to quit, compared with those not exposed. The
specific aims for this health communication project are: (1) to develop a series of
interactive, testimonial-base stage of change-matched Health Communication DVD video
interventions targeted at low-income, low-literacy African Americans in the Deep South and a
health information interactive DVD for the patients selected in the randomized control
group; (2) to train a peer health counselor/research assistant to counsel inpatient smokers
to quit and assist the community members with learning to use the DVDs and then to follow-up
by telephone at two weeks, three months and six months after discharge following enrollment
in the project; and (3) to evaluate the impact of the intervention on processes of change
and six month cessation rates among smokers using a group-randomized controlled trial.
The study completion date listed in this record was obtained from the "End Date" entered in
the Query View Report (QVR) record.
African American inpatients receiving treatment in the medicine unit who desire to quit
smoking.
Inclusion Criteria:
- African Americans
- Patients not previously video/interviewed talking about smoking and health
- Patients willing to provide contact information for follow up
- Patients that are able to hear, view and communicate their input on material
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients other than African American
- Admitted with issues of alcohol, drugs, and mentally unstable
- Patients leaving the state after hospitalization
- Patients without contact information for follow up
- Patients below age 19
- Non smokers
- Patients that use chewing tobacco
- Patients that are incarcerated
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