CompletedPhase 2

Motivational Incentives to Reduce Secondhand Smoke in NICU Infants' Homes

United States360 participantsStarted 2012-08

Plain-language summary

A randomized, controlled, parallel group design will be used to test whether a Secondhand Smoke Exposure program initiated in the hospital and completed in the home using motivational interviewing plus motivational incentives (MI+) is more effective than Conventional Care (CC) with Neonatal Incentives Care Unit Infants' parents.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Have an infant that is at least 1 week prior to the estimated date of hospital discharge in the NICU at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital (CMHH) * Report at least one person living in the home who smokes * Agree to attend intervention sessions and to invite other household members * Live within 50 miles of our center * Have access to a telephone. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe cognitive, and/or psychiatric impairment, per judgment of NICU and research staff, that precludes cooperation with study protocol * Inability to read, write, and speak English or Spanish * Inability or unwillingness to provide signed consent for participation * Inability or unwillingness to meet study requirements, including home visits for data collection and intervention purposes.

What they're measuring

Infant Second-Hand Smoke Exposure via Urine Cotinine

Timeframe: Follow-up visit 4 months post-treatment

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01726062

SponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-01-30

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