Helping Poor Smokers Quit
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Smoking Cessation, Smoking Cessation, Smoking Cessation, Smoking Cessation, Smoking Cessation, Smoking Cessation, Smoking Cessation, Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Consumers |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 7/28/2018 |
| Start Date: | June 5, 2017 |
| End Date: | December 2020 |
| Contact: | Christina D Roberts, MPH |
| Email: | christina.roberts@wustl.edu |
| Phone: | 314-935-2721 |
Helping the Poor Quit Smoking: Specialized Quitlines and Meeting Basic Needs
Using a 2x2 randomized factorial design, we will conduct a statewide field trial in Missouri
to compare the relative and combined effects of these two strategies for augmenting an
existing, evidence-based tobacco quitline program. Among 2000 low-income smokers, half will
receive standard Missouri quitline services and half will receive new Specialized Quitline
services targeted to this group. In each of these groups, half also will receive calls from a
trained navigator to help them address unmet Basic Needs and the accompanying psychological
distress that act as barriers to smoking cessation.
to compare the relative and combined effects of these two strategies for augmenting an
existing, evidence-based tobacco quitline program. Among 2000 low-income smokers, half will
receive standard Missouri quitline services and half will receive new Specialized Quitline
services targeted to this group. In each of these groups, half also will receive calls from a
trained navigator to help them address unmet Basic Needs and the accompanying psychological
distress that act as barriers to smoking cessation.
2-1-1 information specialists will deliver standard service, then ask a random number of
callers per day if they would be willing to answer a few health questions as part of a new
2-1-1 service. Callers eligible to receive the invitation to screen for study eligibility
will be: Missouri residents, calling for themselves, English-speaking, and not in acute
crisis. Eligible smokers will then be asked if they are willing to share their contact
information with a research team conducting a study to help smokers quit. Smokers who agree
to share their contact information will be considered "enrolled". Trained 2-1-1 operators
will record all recruitment screening data in a secure electronic database that is shared
with research staff. Research staff will attempt to reach enrolled smokers by phone by the
next business day.
Alere, through the Missouri Tobacco Quitline, will provide quitline services to smokers in
all study conditions. Contact information and study group assignment for smokers will be
provided to Alere via secure data transfer.
callers per day if they would be willing to answer a few health questions as part of a new
2-1-1 service. Callers eligible to receive the invitation to screen for study eligibility
will be: Missouri residents, calling for themselves, English-speaking, and not in acute
crisis. Eligible smokers will then be asked if they are willing to share their contact
information with a research team conducting a study to help smokers quit. Smokers who agree
to share their contact information will be considered "enrolled". Trained 2-1-1 operators
will record all recruitment screening data in a secure electronic database that is shared
with research staff. Research staff will attempt to reach enrolled smokers by phone by the
next business day.
Alere, through the Missouri Tobacco Quitline, will provide quitline services to smokers in
all study conditions. Contact information and study group assignment for smokers will be
provided to Alere via secure data transfer.
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years and older
- Missouri resident
- English speaking
- Not in crisis
- Smoke cigarettes every day of the week
- Planning to quit smoking in the next 30 days
- Comfortable receiving calls from smoking expert and project team
- Willing to provide phone numbers to be reached
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next 3 months
- Currently breastfeeding
- Insurance through employer
- Currently enrolled in smoking quitline
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