STAR Pre-Application

The Strong Heart Study requests applications for the Strongheart Tribal Approach to Research (STAR) Projects that will address community health needs and priorities that are focused in research areas that fit within the research areas of the Strong Heart Study and the National Institutes of Health. Please complete the form below.

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1) What is the research question or community health concern you want to address?

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I want to address the high prevalence of smoking in my community. More than 50% of community youth (12-18) smoke cigarettes and rates are higher for young adults. I want to find a way for young people that become addicted to cigarettes to reduce or quit their smoking habit.The research question is "does the use of VLN cigarettes for six months reduce the number of cigarettes smoked per day and increase the number of quit attempts and number of successful quit attempts.

2) How does your proposed project address the research question or community health concern?

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I propose to supply low nicotine cigarettes, that are now currently available, to young people (ages 18-20) that have smoked cigarettes for at least one year to get them unhooked on nicotine. This will allow them to smoke fewer cigarettes and ultimately to quit. I propose to administer a questionnaire, to 100 current smokers who have been smoking for at least one year to assess their current smoking habit, their current satisfaction with smoking, whether they would like to quit, how many times in the last year they have tried to quit, and if they intend to try to quit in the coming year. At the end of the six-month period I will readminister the questionnaire with additional questions on current smoking status including number of cigarettes smoked per day, quit attempts in the last year, and attitude towards quitting and expectations for quitting success;recollect blood sample.

3) What data will you gather to answer the research question and how will it be analyzed?

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Questionnaires will be administered to all smokers at baseline. Participants will be randomized to free cigarettes (6 packs per month) for six months, compared to the group that will receive only the cash payments. Analyses will compare the questionnaire data of the participants in the intervention group (free cigarettes) to the control group (cash payments). In addition, a blood sample will be collected to measure serum cotinine in both intervention and control groups before and after intervention to confirm smoking status. Sample size will be 50 intervention group and 50 in the control group. Comparisons will be analyzed with paired t-tests for continuous variables and chi-square tests for the categorical variables.

4) How will you accomplish the research work described over a 18-month time period?

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Months 1: complete trainings for human subjects and obtain IRB approval.
Months 2-3: complete IRB and tribal approval and finalize the questionnaire and blood collection protocol.
Month 4-11: select the sample and administer the baseline questionnaires; collect blood sample; randomize the participants and initiate the study; provide monthly allotments.
Month 10-13: Collect post questionnaires and blood samples and begin data analysis
Month 14-18: analyze data, prepare and present presentations and publications

5) After completing the project, how will the results be used?

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If successful, this project will offer an approach to tribes for getting community members to reduce or quit cigarette smoking.

6) What is the expected cost of the project (limit $30,000)?

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Salaries: $6,000
Cigarettes 50 x 6 x 6 x 8.00 $14,400
Cash payments 50 x 6 x 20 $6,000
Blood samples 100 x 10 x 2 $2,000
Questionnaires $ 500
Travel $ 600
Supplies $ 500
Computer $500
Total $30,000

7) Would you like assistance from SHS staff in developing the application?

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