Building a Community-based Network to Promote Smoking Cessation

Overview

This study describes the development of a community-based network to promote smoking cessation among female smokers in Hong Kong.

Full Title of Study: “Development of a Community-based Network to Promote Smoking Cessation Among Female Smokers in Hong Kong”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: N/A
    • Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
    • Masking: None (Open Label)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: December 2012

Detailed Description

There is growing concern about the use of tobacco among women in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, nearly all of them reported that they had not attended smoking cessation services provided by the government and other organizations, of which only 6.7% indicated that they would like to attend, demonstrating the need for population-based smoking cessation interventions targeting female smokers in Hong Kong. In response to the increased number of female smokers and their low usage rates of smoking cessation services, the first smoking cessation hotline for female smokers in Hong Kong was established in 2006 by the University of Hong Kong. The aim of this study was to describe the development of a community-based network to promote the smoking cessation hotline among female smokers in Hong Kong.

Interventions

  • Behavioral: A brief intervention
    • The content of the intervention includes: (1) asking about tobacco use; (2) advising cessation; (3) assessing willingness to quit; (4) assisting in the attempt to quit; and (5) arranging follow-up.

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: Referred women
    • A brief intervention based on the’5 A’ model developed by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research in the United States.

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • self-reported 7-day point prevalence of abstinence
    • Time Frame: 6 months

Secondary Measures

  • self-reported reduction of ≥ 50% in cigarette consumption
    • Time Frame: 6 months
  • Levels of self-efficacy at baseline
    • Time Frame: baseline
  • Levels of self-efficacy at six months
    • Time Frame: six months

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • Female Hong Kong Chinese current smokers – Aged 15 years or above – Able to speak and understand Cantonese – Willing to receive face-to-face or telephone counseling Exclusion Criteria:

  • Those who were participating in other smoking cessation programs or services

Gender Eligibility: Female

Minimum Age: N/A

Maximum Age: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • The University of Hong Kong
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Sponsor
  • Overall Official(s)
    • William, Ho Cheung LI, PhD, Principal Investigator, The University of Hong Kong

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