Secondhand Smoke Exposure Reduction Among Young Children in China

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
• Main ID: NCT00995254
• Date of registration: 14/10/2009
• Primary sponsor: Boston University
• Public title: Secondhand Smoke Exposure Reduction Among Young Children in China China SHARE
• Scientific title: Reducing Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Young Children
• Date of first enrolment: September 2008
• Target sample size: 400
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00995254
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Countries of recruitment

China

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. household member has smoked one or more cigarettes daily for the past 30 days as self
reported;

2. household smoker smokes a total of at least 10 cigarettes per week at home in the
presence of the child, as self reported;

3. smoker household member and the child are living together in the same household and
will live together during the entire period of the study;

4. residents of the study community;

5. able to communicate in Mandarin Chinese or local Shanghai dialect; AND

6. has signed an informed consent form or given verbal consent (for those who cannot
read and write).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. reported residential coal burning and confirmed by the interviewer;

2. households with breast-feeding child;

3. household members do not smoke at home;

4. smoker member does not live in the same household as the under 5 child;

5. non-local community resident; OR

6. not able to communicate in Mandarin Chinese or Shanghai dialect.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 85 Years
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Respiratory Illness

Secondhand Smoke Exposure

Smoking Cessation

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: SHI counseling

Primary Outcome(s)

improvement of smoking hygiene practices within the household as reported by the subjects (i.e. reduction in the number of cigarettes smoked indoors at home while a child was present during the previous week) [Time Frame: at 6 month follow up]

Secondary Outcome(s)

reduction of reported health care utilization due to respiratory disease [Time Frame: at 6 months follow up]

reduction of respiratory illness incidence among young children as reported by key household members [Time Frame: at 6 month follow up]

Secondary ID(s)

072223_CIA

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Fudan University