Status:
COMPLETED
Preventing Relapse to Smoking Among Prisoners After Release
Lead Sponsor:
University of Nottingham
Collaborating Sponsors:
Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)
Public Health England
Conditions:
Smoking
Smoking Reduction
Eligibility:
MALE
18+ years
Brief Summary
Prisoners experience huge health inequalities, and their exceptionally high smoking prevalence (five times the national average) contributes significantly to their high mortality. Since the introducti...
Detailed Description
The primary objective of this study will be to develop and pilot test the feasibility and acceptability of an intervention to help prevent prisoners relapse to smoking after release. The study will wo...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria 2. Release prisoner cohort
- All participants are aged 18 or over (no upper age limit)
- Are currently residing in one of the three study sites (HMPs Nottingham, Ranby and Sudbury)
- Male (women will not be held at any of the study sites)
- Have a provisional release date within the next 2 months.
- Are capable of understanding and consenting to the study.
- Remand and sentenced prisoners.
- Who report that they are a current smoker and/or a current smoker prior to entering prison (smoked up to 7 days before entering prison), and/or were in prison (and still on the same sentence) and a current smoker prior to the smoke-free prison policy.
- 3\. Reception prisoner cross-sectional
- All participants are aged 18 or over (no upper age limit)
- Are currently residing in the open prison study site (HMP Sudbury)
- Male (women will not be held at any of the study sites)
- Have been in the open prison more than two weeks but for less than 3 months.
- Have been transferred from a closed prison.
- Are capable of understanding and consenting to the study.
- Sentenced prisoners.
- Who report that they were a current smoker prior to entering prison (smoked up to 7 days before entering prison), and/or were in prison (and still on the same sentence) and a current smoker prior to the smoke-free prison policy.
- Exclusion criteria 2. Release prisoner cohort
- Present a serious risk of harm to the researchers, highlighted in PNOMIS records or by a member of staff.
- Non-smokers.
- Being deported post release.
- Been in prison for less than four weeks.
- 3\. Reception prisoner cross-sectional
- Present a serious risk of harm to the researchers, highlighted in PNOMIS records or by a member of staff.
- Been in prison for less than 2 weeks.
- Non-smokers.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 8 2019
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 30 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04271371
Start Date
August 8 2019
End Date
December 30 2023
Last Update
February 28 2024
Active Locations (1)
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University of Nottingham, School of Medicine
Nottingham, Please Select, United Kingdom, NG5 1PB