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2024-10-26 @ 9:08 AM
Study NCT ID:
NCT00059514
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2017-04-05
First Post:
2003-04-28
Brief Title:
Tobacco Use Among Arab American Youth
Sponsor:
Wayne State University
Organization:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NICHD
Study Overview
Official Title:
Arab American Youth Tobacco Use and Intervention
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2017-04
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Michigan has the 10th highest smoking rate in the nation Smoking rates are also very high in the Middle East and in Arab American families The purpose of this study is to learn about tobacco use in Michigan Arab American youth ages 14 to 18 The study will evaluate why some young people start smoking and others do not The study will also test an educational program designed to encourage young people to either quit tobacco use or to avoid it
Detailed Description:
Cigarette smoking is the chief avoidable cause of death and disease in Michigan the United States and the world In 1996 259 of the Michigan adult population smoked cigarettes Michigan has the 10th highest smoking rate in the nation When the indirect costs of lost income due to smoking-related illnesses and premature death are added to the cost of medical care tobacco use costs Michigan citizens more than 26 billion per year Michigan Department of Community Health MDCH 1996 Contributing to tobacco use statistics in Michigan is a rapidly growing Arab American immigrant population Studies have shown cigarette smoking rates in Middle-Eastern adolescents range from 33 to 58 This study will examine cultural personal social and environmental forces operating in Arab American youths at risk for habitual tobacco use The study will also test the effects of a smoking cessationprevention intervention on smoking behavior
The settings for this study are the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services ACCESS Teen Health Center which services almost 2500 youth visits each year and local high schools with a significant population of Arab American youth The majority of the people served by the clinic are poor under-educated live in extended families of 3 to 5 adults are immigrants and speak Arabic as a first language A total of 4000 adolescents over 14 years old will be asked to provide information on demographic and cultural variables self-esteem stress family and peer tobacco use intention to use tobacco history of tobacco use initial stage of change and perceived health
Youths with the highest risk for tobacco use will be randomly assigned to either a Modified Project Toward No Tobacco Use Project TNT intervention or a wait list control group Project TNT the precursor to the Arab American-specific modified Project TNT was designed to target the primary causes of tobacco use among adolescents and has been shown to be effective in diverse cultural groups The modified Project TNT consists of weekly 40-minute sessions with a health educator over 4 weeks Bilingual health educators will deliver the intervention in a small group four to six adolescents or classroom context Follow-up data will be collected at 3 6 and 12 months after the program is completed Youth assigned to the wait list control group will participate in the modified Project TNT after the Month 6 follow-up data is collected from the first group
The settings for this study are the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services ACCESS Teen Health Center which services almost 2500 youth visits each year and local high schools with a significant population of Arab American youth The majority of the people served by the clinic are poor under-educated live in extended families of 3 to 5 adults are immigrants and speak Arabic as a first language A total of 4000 adolescents over 14 years old will be asked to provide information on demographic and cultural variables self-esteem stress family and peer tobacco use intention to use tobacco history of tobacco use initial stage of change and perceived health
Youths with the highest risk for tobacco use will be randomly assigned to either a Modified Project Toward No Tobacco Use Project TNT intervention or a wait list control group Project TNT the precursor to the Arab American-specific modified Project TNT was designed to target the primary causes of tobacco use among adolescents and has been shown to be effective in diverse cultural groups The modified Project TNT consists of weekly 40-minute sessions with a health educator over 4 weeks Bilingual health educators will deliver the intervention in a small group four to six adolescents or classroom context Follow-up data will be collected at 3 6 and 12 months after the program is completed Youth assigned to the wait list control group will participate in the modified Project TNT after the Month 6 follow-up data is collected from the first group
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None