Smoking Cessation in Hispanic Construction Workers

Summary

Construction workers have the highest rate of smoking among all occupations, and are frequently exposed to a wide range of workplace hazards (e.g. toxins), which interact with smoking to increase their health risks. Minority construction workers, in particular, have higher smoking and lower cessation rates compared to other groups, and they generally show lower access and participation in cessation and health promotion services. The number of Hispanic workers employed in the construction industry in the US has tripled in the past decade to 2.6 million (23% of all construction workers). This study will develop, administer, and evaluate a novel smoking cessation program in a hard-to-reach and underserved population of Hispanic male construction workers using using pilot cluster randomized clinical trial (RCT) to test the developed intervention for feasibility and potential efficacy.

Timeline

Start

2017-04-13

Primary completion

2018-10-11

Completion

2018-10-11

Publications

• Asfar T, Arheart KL, McClure LA, Ruano-Herreria EC, Dietz NA, Ward KD, Caban-Martinez AJ, Samano Martin Del Campo D, Lee DJ. Implementing a Novel Workplace Smoking Cessation Intervention Targeting Hispanic/Latino Construction Workers: A Pilot Cluster Randomized Trial. Health Educ Behav. 2021 Dec;48(6):795-804. doi: 10.1177/1090198120960395. Epub 2020 Oct 16.
• Asfar T, McClure LA, Arheart KL, Ruano-Herreria EC, Gilford CG Jr, Moore K, Dietz NA, Ward KD, Lee DJ, Caban-Martinez AJ. Integrating Worksite Smoking Cessation Services Into the Construction Sector: Opportunities and Challenges. Health Educ Behav. 2019 Dec;46(6):1024-1034. doi: 10.1177/1090198119866900. Epub 2019 Aug 19.
• Asfar T, Caban-Martinez AJ, McClure LA, Ruano-Herreria EC, Sierra D, Gilford Clark G Jr, Samano D, Dietz NA, Ward KD, Arheart KL, Lee DJ. A cluster randomized pilot trial of a tailored worksite smoking cessation intervention targeting Hispanic/Latino construction workers: Intervention development and research design. Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 Apr;67:47-55. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2018.02.007. Epub 2018 Feb 14.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.