Building Capacity and Promoting Smoking Cessation in the Community Via "Quit to Win" Contest 2018

Summary

The present study will examine (1) the effectiveness of a combined intervention of face-to-face brief cessation advice (AWARD), active referral of SC service plus financial incentive on encouraging SC services use and (2) explore the use of CBPR model to build capacity and to engage community partners in taking on this important public health issue for sustainability in the community. In addition, a process evaluation will be conducted to assess the effectiveness of the recruitment activity and how it is linked with the overall program outcomes.

Conditions

• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Personalized active referral plus financial incentive

Smokers will be introduced to various SC services in Hong Kong and be motivated to use the services.Written consents will be obtained from smokers who are ready to book the service onsite for transfer of their contact telephone numbers to their chosen service providers. Our research staff will transfer the information to the service providers within a week since the enrollment.Smokers are informed at baseline that they will receive financial incentive (supermarket coupon HK$300) if they attend or use any of the SC services within 3-month.

BEHAVIORAL

AWARD advice

Ask about smoking history, Warn about the high risk of smoking, Advise to quit as soon as possible, Refer to the smoking cessation services, and Do it again (if the smokers refused to set quit date).

BEHAVIORAL

Warning leaflet

The 2-sided color printed A4 leaflet, which systematically covers the most important messages to motivate smoking cessation

BEHAVIORAL

Referral card

The 3-folded "Smoking Cessation Services" card consists of brief information and highlights of existing smoking cessation services, contact methods, motivation information and strong supporting messages or slogans

BEHAVIORAL

COSH booklet

A general smoking cessation self-help booklet

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health

  collaborator OTHER

• The University of Hong Kong

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Man Ping Kelvin Wang, PhD · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-06-16

Primary Completion

2019-06-30

Completion

2020-06-30

Countries

• China

Study Locations