Menominee Stop Tobacco Abuse Renew Tradition Study

Summary

The purpose of this community-based study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally-tailored smoking cessation treatment for American Indian (AI) smokers as compared to standard evidence-based cessation treatment (not culturally-tailored).

Conditions

• Smoking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Standard Treatment Counseling

Standard Treatment Counseling will be based on recommendations in the 2008 U.S. Public Health Service Guideline (Treating Use and Dependence) including topics on preparing to quit, nicotine addiction, coping with stressors and challenging situations, coping with withdrawal symptoms, seeking support, and relapse prevention. Counseling will be delivered in an accessible, personalized manner by Ms. Fossum (an enrolled member of the Menominee Tribe) but no American Indian culturally-appropriate treatment elements will be incorporated into the counseling. In other words, the counseling in the Standard Treatment will be similar to the kind of evidence-based counseling offered to other smokers regardless of race or ethnicity.

BEHAVIORAL

Culturally-Tailored Treatment

The Culturally-Tailored Treatment consists of the Standard Treatment Counseling plus culturally-appropriate treatment elements including: discussion of the long history of sacred/traditional use of tobacco (honoring and respecting native traditions) and how it differs from use of commercial tobacco use (harming health); custom booklet on smoking and smoking cessation tailored for Menominee and other American Indian smokers; and participants will be encouraged to make their own traditional tobacco pouch (symbol of long life)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

  collaborator OTHER

• Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Wisconsin, Madison

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Stevens S. Smith, Ph.D. · University of Wisconsin, Madison

• Mark Caskey, B.S., R.N. · Menominee Tribal Clinic

• Leah Arndt, Ph.D. · University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2010-02-28

Primary Completion

2011-11-30

Completion

2011-11-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations