NCT01145794

Secondhand Smoke Exposure Reduction Study

Reducing Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Young Children in Shanghai, China

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 348 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Boston University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The high prevalence of smoking in adults in many developing countries (e.g. in China, 61% among men and 7% among women) results in many children being exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS). Although in 2001 the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended the promotion of proper smoking hygiene, (i.e. smoking away from the immediate environment of infants and children), similar recommendations in many developing countries are either scarce or non-existent. We hypothesize that implementation of a package of smoking hygiene intervention measures delivered by community health workers (CHWs) will reduce Chinese children's exposure to SHS and improve their respiratory health.

Conditions

• Secondhand Smoking

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	smoking hygiene intervention	The intervention, SHI, will address SHS and quitting. It will include behavioral counseling to address health hazards of SHS for children, brief advice to quit and to adopt a no smoking policy around children and self-help materials (related to second hand smoking).

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-10-01
• Primary completion: 2011-05-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2010-06-17
• Last updated: 2011-06-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China