Motivational Incentives to Reduce Secondhand Smoke in NICU Infants' Homes
Motivational Incentives to Reduce Secondhand Smoke in NICU Infants' Homes
A randomized, controlled, parallel group design will be used to test whether a Secondhand
 Smoke Exposure program initiated in the hospital and completed in the home using motivational
 interviewing plus motivational incentives (MI+) is more effective than Conventional Care (CC)
 with Neonatal Incentives Care Unit Infants' parents.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Have an infant that is at least 1 week prior to the estimated date of hospital
 discharge in the NICU at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital (CMHH)

 -  Report at least one person living in the home who smokes

 -  Agree to attend intervention sessions and to invite other household members

 -  Live within 50 miles of our center

 -  Have access to a telephone.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Severe cognitive, and/or psychiatric impairment, per judgment of NICU and research
 staff, that precludes cooperation with study protocol

 -  Inability to read, write, and speak English or Spanish

 -  Inability or unwillingness to provide signed consent for participation

 -  Inability or unwillingness to meet study requirements, including home visits for data
 collection and intervention purposes.