Smoking Cessation Intervention Development for Homeless Youth

Primary outcomes

1. Youth's psychological and physical capacity (capability)

   Time frame: Up to 3 years

   Participant's psychological and physical capacity that have prompted them in the past or may motivate them to 1) smoke, 2) make a quit attempt, and 3) engage in supported cessation will be captured. An iterative approach to team-based codebook development and coding will be used to analyze interview data. In Stage 1, text will be coded according to the specific research question using structural codes. In Stage 2, in depth codes will be created using emergent themes from the structurally coded text. The coders will create as many in depth codes as needed in order to capture all aspects of youth's perspective on current psychosocial influences on smoking, and the psychological and physical capacities critical to engagement in tobacco cessation intervention. Data is separated by the age cut-off for standard recommendations regarding cessation intervention (14-17 and 18-24) to assess if differences exist that should be considered for intervention in homeless drop in centers.

2. Youth's physical and social factors (opportunity)

   Time frame: Up to 3 years

   Participant's physical and social factors (opportunity) that have prompted them in the past or may motivate them to 1) smoke, 2) make a quit attempt, and 3) engage in supported cessation will be captured. In Stage 1, text will be coded according to the specific research question using structural codes. In Stage 2, in depth codes will be created using emergent themes from the structurally coded text. The coders will create as many in depth codes as needed in order to capture all aspects of youth's perspective on current psychosocial influences on smoking, and the physical and social opportunities critical to engagement in tobacco cessation intervention. Data is separated by the age cut-off for standard recommendations regarding cessation intervention (14-17 and 18-24) to assess if differences exist that should be considered for intervention in homeless drop in centers.