Innovation for Smoke-Free Homes

Current Grant Highlights: Innovation for Smoke-Free Homes: Real-Time Feedback (5R01HL103684) – PI: Melbourne F. Hovell
Project Coordinator: Marie Boman-Davis

Secondhand smoke exposure (SHSe) is a significant health risk, especially to young children. More than 50% of children’s SHSe occurs at home and children in low-income households are more likely to be exposed to SHS. Thus, home-based interventions are needed to protect children from SHSe. This is the first efficacy study to test whether children’s home SHSe can be reduced by using i... Read more...

Scripps Center for Oceans and Human Health

Scripps Center for Oceans and Human Health: Advancing the Biology and Chemistry of Marine Contaminants of Emerging Concern (1P01ES021921-01) - PI: Eunha Hoh

The purpose of this study is to establish the “Scripps Center for Oceans and Human Health” at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. This Center will be dedicated to advancing the biology and chemistry of marine contaminants of emerging concern.

Healthy Diet & Activity to Reduce Obesity Among Adolescents

Clinician Promotion of Healthy Diet and Activity to Reduce Obesity Among Adolescents (5R01CA138192) – PI: Melbourne F. Hovell
Project Coordinator: Katy Schmitz

This study will test a 24-month multi-component intervention designed to increase physical activity, reduce sedentary practices and promote healthy diets among preteens who obtain orthodontia care. The intervention is based on the Behavioral Ecological Model (BEM), where interacting physiological, environmental, and cultural contingencies select behavior.

Hookah Tobacco Use: Carcinogenic Metabolites

Hookah Tobacco Use: Carcinogenic Metabolites
(ACS, RSG-09-098-01-CNE) – PI: Nada Kassem

Hookah lounges are spreading at an increasing rate across the United States. This is alarming since hookah lounges maybe a mean of initiating tobacco addiction among young adults. Hookah smoking is a centuries-old tobacco use method in which smoke passes through a partially filled water container. The tobacco used in hookah smoking is a mixture of crude types of tobacco fermented with molasses and fruits.

Tobacco Trends: A real-time sentinel for tobacco control evaluations

Tobacco Trends: A real-time sentinel for tobacco control evaluations (1R21CA173299) - PI: John W. Ayers

Population smoking trends are principally documented by aggregating individual responses to health surveys that are only collected intermittently.