Smoking Cessation Intervention Development for Homeless Youth

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age14-24
SponsorOhio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

About this trial

This trial develops a contextually tailored and optimized smoking cessation intervention and studies smoking motivations and motivations to quit smoking in homeless youth. Identifying motivations for smoking and motivations to quit smoking may help researchers build a program to help homeless young people quit smoking cigarettes if desired.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Youth who report having smoked some or every day in the past week.

Youth who meet criteria for homelessness defined by the 2002 McKinney-Vento Act including those who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; live in a welfare hotel, or place without regular sleeping accommodations; or live in a shared residence with other persons due to the loss of one's housing or economic hardship.

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Focus Group
  • Interview
  • Smoking Cessation Intervention
  • Survey Administration

Treatment groups

298 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator