Freedom to Breathe: Pilot Study Towards Achieving Environmental Justice for Cancer Patients and Their Families
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how using an indoor air quality monitor can promote a smoke-free home for cancer patients who are enrolled in MSK's Tobacco Treatment Program.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (aged \>18 years) MSK patients as per the EHR * Has been referred and enrolled in the MSK TTP and completed the initial counseling session as per the TTP clinical database * Reports current (within the past 30 days) tobacco use (i.e., cigarettes and/or any other tobacco products) as per the TTP Intake form * Must be English-speaking in the EHR * Must be reachable by phone as per self-report * Must have Wi-Fi available at home as per self-report Exclusion Criteria: * Patient reports that no smoking is allowed, by them or anyone else, in the home as per the TTP int…
Interventions
- OtherIndoor Air Quality Monitor AirGradient ONE
Participants will be asked to set up an Indoor Air Quality Monitor AirGradient ONE (Model: I-9PSL) which is an award winning commercially available indoor air quality monitor designed to enable anyone to monitor their air quality in their home for about 60 days (8 weeks). Indoor air pollution levels within participating households will be measured using these AQMs.
Locations (8)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent only)Basking Ridge, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent only)Middletown, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent only)Montvale, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Consent only)Commack, New York
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only)Harrison, New York
- City College of New York (Data Collection AND Data Analysis)New York, New York