Assessing the effectiveness of virtual versus in-person peer-motivation smoking cessation interventions for youths and adults

研究项目#2 -总结 评估虚拟与面对面同伴激励戒烟的有效性 针对青年和成年人的干预措施 作为美国头号可预防杀手，吸烟导致超过48万人死亡。 每年有超过41，000人过早死亡，其中包括二手烟。与以下方面有关的健康差距 烟草使用正在扩大，收入和教育水平最低的人口受害最深。鉴于 尼古丁的成瘾性，吸烟是一个很难打破的习惯。一个有希望的解决方案是提供 在基层提供全面有效的戒烟服务，这需要以证据为基础 社区拥有的项目。 在过去的十年里，“社区宣传和倡导无烟环境”（CEASE） 倡议伙伴关系成员调查了6,000多人，设计和测试了四个阶段， 以社区为基础的戒烟干预措施（SCI），发起以学校为基础的预防倡议， 动员积极分子倡导健康的政策变革。拟议的项目是另一个以社区为基础的 参与式研究（CBPR），利用我们建立的长期关系 通过我们在巴尔的摩一些最贫穷的社区的广泛努力。我们还建议翻译 我们学习支持其他健康干预措施，并传播我们的研究结果，作为 在全国范围内缺乏服务的社区。 我们将继续与以前的合作伙伴合作，并欢迎新的组织加入团队， 伙伴关系的能力。所有活动将在分配给社区的设施内进行 参与核心和/或由该核心组织。目标社区是三个服务不足的社区 在巴尔的摩，主要活动将按以下顺序进行：1）全面 将进行社区调查，以进行需求评估、资产测绘和招募吸烟者 在项目的前2年内进行戒烟干预; 2）虚拟和增强的面对面同行- 将测试和完善动机戒烟干预措施（作为本项目的一部分开发） 通过前瞻性3组（每组一个社区）群集试验。由于混合方法 实验研究设计，丰富的定性和定量数据将收集从各种 这些资源和工具将用于进一步加强各项举措并为政策提供信息。

Research Project #2 – Summary Assessing the effectiveness of virtual versus in-person peer-motivation smoking cessation interventions for youths and adults As the number one preventable killer in the United States, smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 premature deaths each year, including more than 41,000 from secondhand smoke. Health disparities related to tobacco use are widening, and populations with the least income and education suffer the most. Given the addictive nature of nicotine, smoking is a very difficult habit to break. A promising solution is providing comprehensive and effective cessation services at the grassroots level, which requires evidence-based community-owned programs. During the past ten years, the “Communities Engaged and Advocating for Smoke-free Environments” (CEASE) initiative partnership members have surveyed more than 6,000 individuals, designed and tested four phases of community-based smoking cessation interventions (SCI), launched school-based prevention initiatives, and mobilized activists to advocate for healthy policy changes. The proposed project is another community-based participatory research (CBPR) which offers to capitalize on the long-term relationships we have established through our extensive efforts in some of Baltimore’s poorest neighborhoods. We also propose to translate what we learn to support other interventions for health and to disseminate our findings to serve as models for underserved communities across the country. We will continue working with our former partners and welcome new organizations to join the team to enhance the capacity of the partnership. All activities will be based in the facilities allocated to the Community Engagement Core and/or organized by this Core. The target communities are three underserved communities in Baltimore where the main activities will be carried out in the following order: 1) A comprehensive community survey will be conducted for needs assessment, asset mapping, and recruitment to the smoking cessation interventions during the first 2 years of the project; 2) The virtual and enhanced in-person peer- motivation smoking cessation interventions (developed as part of this project) will be tested and refined through a prospective 3-arm (one community for each arm) cluster trial. Given the mixed-method experimental research design, a wealth of qualitative and quantitative data will be collected from various sources and using different tools, which will be used to further enhance the initiatives and inform policies.