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A new weapon against secondhand smoke: home visits that inspire change

NCT ID NCT03476837

Prevention Sponsor: University of Arkansas Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Sep 08, 2026 · Last updated Sep 09, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This trial tests whether community health workers can help African American women caregivers in the Arkansas Delta adopt comprehensive smokefree home policies. The workers visit homes to deliver motivational interviews, share educational messages, and use feedback from a child's saliva sample and the caregiver's carbon monoxide level to encourage change. The goal is to reduce children's exposure to tobacco smoke and lower their risk of health problems like asthma and respiratory infections.

What this could mean

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Active substance
A behavioral intervention delivered by community health workers, using motivational interviewing, educational messages, and biofeedback from child saliva samples and caregiver carbon monoxide readings to encourage smokefree home policies.
What this could lead to
If effective, this approach could reduce children's exposure to secondhand smoke and lower their risk of asthma, respiratory infections, and other tobacco-related harms.
What could go wrong
The trial is relatively small and relies on self-reported changes in home rules, which may not reflect actual smoke exposure. Success depends on caregivers sustaining new policies over time.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

200 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2020

Finished

Jun 2023

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 50 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Woman Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: * African American women caregivers * Aged 18-50 * Primary caregivers of at least one child in the home aged 6 months-14 (birth parent, guardian) * Primary decision-maker in the AR home * English speaking * Can provide written informed consent * Working phone and home address * Smoked cigarettes and/or cigars for at least 1 year * Low income as defined by any indicator (e.g., Medicaid; Earned Income Tax Credit; Children's Health Insurance Plan \[ARKids\]; subsidized housing; child care subsidies; food stamps; low-income energy assistance; free/reduced lunch program; supplemental nutrition program; Head Start program) Woman Caregiver Exclusion Criteria: • Women outside of intervention counties Child Inclusion Criteria: (No longer enrolling the child bc of COVID19 and inability to collect saliva) * Live in the home with African American WCG who is the legal parent or guardian enrolled in study * Aged 6 months to 14 years * Non-tobacco user Child Exclusion Criteria: * Child who uses any form of tobacco * Does not live in the home of the WCG

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Conditions

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Tobacco Use

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Second hand tobacco smoke Tobacco use

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States

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