Smoke-Free Homes: Some Things are Better Outside
An evidence-based intervention to support families in creating a smoke-free home.
Smoke-Free Homes: Some Things are Better Outside is an evidence-based intervention that helps households to create rules that decrease exposure to secondhand smoke through household smoking restrictions. Core elements include a smoke-free home kit and stage-based goal setting around five-steps to a smoke-free home. The intervention is typically delivered through three mailings of print materials and a coaching call over six weeks.
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Key Publications
Bundy ŁT, Haardörfer R, Kegler MC, Owolabi S, Berg CJ, Escoffery C, Thompson T, Mullen PD, Williams R, Hovell M, Kahl T, Harvey D, Price A, House D, Booker BW, Kreuter MW. Disseminating a smoke-free homes program to low socioeconomic status households in the United States through 2-1-1: Results of a national impact evaluation. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020; 22(4):498-505.
Kegler MC, Haardörfer R, Melanson T, Allen L, Bundy LT, Kreuter MW, Williams RS, Hovell MF, Mullen PD. Steps toward scalability: Illustrations from a smoke-free homes program. Health Educ Behav. 2019;46(5):773-781.
Anderson KM, Kegler MC, Bundy LT, Henderson P, Halfacre J, Escoffery C. Adaptation of a brief smoke-free homes intervention for American Indian and Alaska Native families. BMC Public Health. 2019 23;19(1):981.
Haardörfer R, Kreuter M, Berg CJ, Escoffery C, Bundy LT, Hovell M, Mullen PD, Williams R, Kegler MC. Cessation and reduction in smoking behavior: impact of creating a smoke-free home on smokers. Health Educ Res. 2018;33(3):256-259.
Williams RS, Stollings JH, Bundy Ł, Haardörfer R, Kreuter MW, Mullen PD, Hovell M, Morris M, Kegler MC. A minimal intervention to promote smoke-free homes among 2-1-1 callers: North Carolina randomized effectiveness trial. PLoS One. 2016;11(11):e0165086.
Mullen PD, Savas LS, Bundy ŁT, Haardörfer R, Hovell M, Fernández ME, Monroy JA, Williams RS, Kreuter MW, Jobe D, Kegler MC. Minimal intervention delivered by 2-1-1 information and referral specialists promotes smoke-free homes among 2-1-1 callers: A Texas generalisation trial. Tob Control. 2016;25(Suppl 1):i10-i18.
Kegler MC, Bundy L, Haardörfer R, Escoffery C, Berg C, Yembra D, Kreuter M, Hovell M, Williams R, Mullen PD, Ribisl K, Burnham D. A minimal intervention to promote smoke-free homes among 2-1-1 callers: A randomized controlled trial. Am J Public Health. 2015;105(3):530-7.
Kegler MC, Escoffery C, Bundy L, Berg CJ, Haardörfer R, Yembra D, Schauer G. Pilot study results from a brief intervention to create smoke-free homes. J Environ Public Health. 2012;2012:951426.