Anti-Smoking Program for Parents: Effects on Child Smoking

September 29, 2006 updated by: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Preventing Initiation of Smoking by Children

The purpose of this study is to determine whether an anti-smoking program for parents who smoke will lower the odds that their children will start smoking. The study will evaluate an activity-based program for parents and their children. The program is home-based and uses the mail for program delivery.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Youth whose parents smoke cigarettes are at high risk for early initiation of cigarette smoking, and youth who first smoke cigarettes during childhood are at high risk for subsequent addiction to tobacco. Parents influence their children's perceptions of the prevalence of smoking, the acceptability of smoking, the accessibility of cigarettes, and the personal and social consequences of smoking. All parents, including parents who smoke, can engage in anti-smoking socialization, which may lower children's risk of smoking.

Although there are some programs available that are directed at preventing initiation of smoking during childhood, none of these prevention programs engage parents who smoke in altering children's smoking-specific socialization. This study will evaluate a program to change smoking-specific socialization of children in households where parents smoke cigarettes.

Consenting volunteers will be randomly assigned to either treatment (anti-smoking socialization program) or control groups. Parents in the treatment group will participate in the "Smoke-free Kids" program and receive activity magazines, newsletters, and support calls. Parents in the control group will receive a fact sheet about youth smoking. Parents involved in the study will be assessed through a telephone interview 1 month after completion of the three-month anti-smoking program. Assenting children will complete surveys administered at school at 12, 24, and 36 months after completion of the anti-smoking program. Primary and secondary dependent variables include initiation of cigarette smoking and susceptibility to cigarette smoking by children. The child survey will also assess risk and protective factors.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

1007

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

8 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria

  • Parents or guardians who smoke
  • Have children in the 3rd grade
  • Belong to participating school districts in North Carolina, South Carolina, or Colorado

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Educational/Counseling/Training
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Initiation of cigarette smoking -- 3 years post treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Susceptibility for initiation of cigarette smoking -- 1 year post treatment

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Christine Jackson, Ph.D., Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 1997

Study Completion

August 1, 2002

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 26, 2003

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

March 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 2, 2006

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 29, 2006

Last Verified

July 1, 2005

More Information

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Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2R01HD36514-5

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