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Pregnant and want to quit smoking?

Research study at Yale to help pregnant women quit smoking tobacco cigarettes

Pregnant and want to quit smoking?


We are conducting a pilot research study to help pregnant women quit smoking at Yale’s School of Medicine’s Center for Wellbeing of Women and Mothers/ New Haven MOMS Partnership.

- Do you currently smoke nicotine cigarettes and want to quit?
-Are you currently pregnant in your 2nd or 3rd trimester (more than 13 weeks)?
-Do you live in one of these Connecticut cities: New Haven, East Haven, West Haven or Hamden?

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If you answered ‘Yes’ to these questions, MoMba Livelong may be the right fit for you!
The purpose of this study is to develop a smartphone app named MoMba Live Long that will deliver rewards that may help pregnant women quit smoking and prevent them from going back to smoking after their babies are born.

Once in the study you will have the opportunity to earn rewards for:

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- Not smoking – while testing the MoMba Live Long App and a carbon monoxide (CO) sensor (which measures cigarette smoking in your breath)
- Bonding with your baby, and connecting with your community.

For participating, you have the opportunity to earn up to $889 in Wal-mart giftcard payments in the first 12 months - up to $460 for “smoke-free” breath tests; up to $115 for in-office sensor-testing visits (23 visits at $5 each); up to $154 in compensation for survey and MoMba Live Long™ application tasks; and up to $40 for focus groups. This also includes $10 for completing the screening, and $25 each for 4 interviews (intake, post (3 months), 6 month follow-up (9 months) and 12 month follow-up (15 months)).

Participating moms also receive a free iPhone with paid talk, text and data plan in the first 12 months of the study!

MoMba Live Long is a 15-month study. To help test the app and sensor, participants attend several testing visits (20-30 minutes each) at our office located at 40 Temple Street, with the biggest time commitment in the first few weeks. Bus passes/parking validation are available for these visits.

**Call Kim at 203-764-7630 for more information and to screen**
Email: momba@yale.edu
www.MoMbaLiveLong.org
MOMBA LIVE LONG-HIC #1407014326

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