Six-month and one-year effects of project EX-4: a classroom-based smoking prevention and cessation intervention program.
Addict Behav
; 32(12): 3005-14, 2007 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study evaluated the efficacy of a version of Project EX that was adapted for implementation in the classroom context (Project EX-4). This paper reports the program outcomes based on pretest, six-month, and one-year follow-up surveys.METHODS:
An 8 session classroom-based curriculum was tested with a clustered randomized controlled trial that involved a total of 1097 students in 6 program and 6 control alternative high schools. Weekly and monthly smoking was assessed at the three time points. Outcome effects were analyzed with multi-level random coefficients models.RESULTS:
Students in the program condition experienced a greater reduction in weekly smoking and monthly smoking, at 6-and-12-month follow-ups. The net change varied between -5.1% and -7.6%, comparing the program condition to the control condition.CONCLUSIONS:
The implementation of Project EX in a classroom setting produced decreases in smoking among students in the program, relative to those in the standard care control condition. It is likely that a classroom-based smoking prevention/cessation program can lead to lower overall smoking prevalence than a cessation program that is implemented in a school-based smoking cessation clinic format.
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estudiantes
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Conducta del Adolescente
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Cese del Hábito de Fumar
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Prevención del Hábito de Fumar
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Addict Behav
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos