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[Smoking prevention and control among elementary school students in Xuhui district, Shanghai].
Zheng, Pin-pin; Fu, Ying-ying; Yang, Shun-ying; Cui, Hong-wei; Guo, Feng-xia; Ye, Ting-ting; Fu, Hua.
Afiliação
  • Zheng PP; School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi ; 26(10): 782-5, 2005 Oct.
Article em Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16536304
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

To evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based smoking prevention and control intervention program among elementary school students.

METHODS:

Through two phase cluster sampling, 566 pupils in grade 4 and grade 5 of two schools were assigned to intervention group and control group. One year comprehensive smoking intervention was conducted in the intervention group. The assessment was carried out through three questionnaires pre- and post-intervention, 6-month after intervention.

RESULTS:

After one year intervention, pupils in the intervention group significantly improved their knowledge and attitudes related to tobacco use. The rate of attempting smoking decreased form 7.8% to 2.6% and the rate of passive smoking from 53.6% to 41.8%. The difference between the intervention and control groups was statistically significant. However, several index started to decline at 6-month follow up survey.

CONCLUSION:

The result demonstrated the effectiveness and feasibility of tobacco control in elementary school and the positive effect must be developed.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Contexto em Saúde: 2_ODS3 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Instituições Acadêmicas / Prevenção do Hábito de Fumar Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Child / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: Zh Revista: Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi Ano de publicação: 2005 Tipo de documento: Article
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Coleções: 01-internacional Contexto em Saúde: 2_ODS3 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Instituições Acadêmicas / Prevenção do Hábito de Fumar Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Child / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: Zh Revista: Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi Ano de publicação: 2005 Tipo de documento: Article