Providing XXXX and @entity4874 results to preteens to reduce their secondhand smoke exposure: a randomized trial.

@entity1 @entity4874 @entity15285
BACKGROUND: Secondhand smoke exposure (SHSe) poses health risks to @entity1 living with smokers. Most interventions to protect @entity1 from SHSe have coached adult smokers. This trial determined whether @entity15285 and @entity4874 feedback provided to preteens can reduce their SHSe. METHODS: Two hundred one predominantly low-income families with a resident smoker and a @entity1 aged 8 to 13 years who was exposed to two or more cigarettes per day or had a urine @entity4874 concentration >=  2.0 ng/mL were randomized to control or SHSe reduction @entity15285 groups. During eight in-home sessions over 5 months, coaches presented to the @entity1 graphic charts of @entity4874 assay results as performance feedback and provided differential praise and incentives for @entity4874 reductions. Generalized estimating equations were used to determine the differential change in SHSe over time by group. RESULTS: For the baseline to posttest period, the @entity15285 group had a greater decrease in both urine @entity4874 concentration (P = .039) and reported @entity1 SHSe in the number of cigarettes exposed per day ( @entity1 report, P = .003; parent report, P = .078). For posttest to month 12 follow-up, no group or group by time differences were obtained, and both groups returned toward baseline. CONCLUSIONS: Coaching preteens can reduce their SHSe, although reductions may not be sustained without ongoing counseling, feedback, and incentives. Unlike interventions that coach adults to reduce @entity1 SHSe, programs that increase @entity1 avoidance of SHSe have the potential to reduce SHSe in all settings in which the @entity1 is exposed, without requiring a change in adult smoking behavior.
