PRAMS: Peer-support to Reduce Antenatal Maternal Smoking.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
PRAMS: peer support to reduce antenatal maternal smoking. Development and feasibility testing of a social media group to provide peer support and enhance quit rates for women who smoke in pregnancy.
IRAS ID
327498
Contact name
Tomasina Stacey
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
King's College London
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 4 months, 28 days
Research summary
Background: Babies of women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be preterm, be smaller, or die around birth compared to those whose mothers do not smoke. They are also more likely to die within the first year of life and develop longer-term health problems. Women who experience poverty and those with less social support are more likely to start pregnancy as smokers and less likely to quit during pregnancy. We want to find ways to help women in these situations. Previous research has suggested that online peer support has been helpful to sustain healthy life choices. Peer support is a form of non-professional support provided by someone who has had similar experiences.
Aim: To develop an online peer support group for women who smoke in pregnancy and to run a small study to see if we can recruit enough women to test the intervention, keep people in our study and find out their views about taking part.
Method: We will work with experts by experience to develop an online peer support group for women who smoke in pregnancy to facilitate peer to peer sharing as well as provide support and advice from a peer moderator. This group will consider ‘whole-life’ circumstances, such as money relationships and housing along with stopping smoking.72 women who identify as smokers at the beginning of pregnancy will be invited to take part. Half will be randomly assigned to either join the group for 8 weeks (alongside standard care) or receive standard care only. We will look at how easy it is to recruit women, whether they engage with the group and whether we can collect the necessary information. We will also interview participants so that we can understand how they felt about being involved in the study.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/YH/0267
Date of REC Opinion
6 Dec 2024
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion