Adapting a Financial Incentives Intervention for Smoking Cessation with Alaska Native Families: Phase 1 Qualitative Research to Inform the Aniqsaaq (To Breathe) Study.
Pamela S SinicropeBrianna N TranbyAntonia M YoungKathryn R KollerDiane K KingFlora R LeeCorinna V SabaqueTimothy K ThomasBijan J BorahPaul A DeckerMichael G McDonellBarbara StillwaterTimothy K ThomasChristi A PattenPublished in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2024)
This is the first study to design and adapt a financial incentives intervention promoting smoking cessation among Alaska Native or American Indian (ANAI) peoples and the first to involve the family system. Feedback from this formative work was used to develop a meaningful family-level incentive structure with ANAI people who smoke and family members and ensure intervention messaging is supportive and culturally aligned. The results provide qualitative knowledge that can inform future family-based interventions with ANAI communities, including our planned randomized controlled trial of the intervention.