Association of School Characteristics and Implementation in the X:IT Study-A School-Randomized Smoking Prevention Program.
J Sch Health
; 87(5): 329-337, 2017 05.
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| ID: mdl-28382673
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Assessment of implementation is essential for the evaluation of school-based preventive activities. Interventions are more easily implemented in schools if detailed instructional manuals, lesson plans, and materials are provided; however, implementation may also be affected by other factors than the intervention itself-for example, school-level characteristics, such as principal support and organizational capacity. We examined school-level characteristics of schools in groups of high, medium, and low implementation of a smoking prevention intervention.METHODS:
The XIT study is a school-randomized trial testing a multicomponent intervention to prevent smoking among adolescents. Our data came from electronic questionnaires completed by school coordinators at 96.1% of participating intervention schools (N = 49) at first follow -up.RESULTS:
Schools that implemented the XIT intervention to a medium or high degree had higher levels of administrative leadership (77.3% and 83.3% vs 42.9%), school climate/organizational health (95.5% and 91.7% vs 66.7%), mission-policy alignment (90.9% and 100.0% vs 71.4%), personnel expertise (81.8% and 75.0% vs 46.7%), school culture (77.3% and 91.7% vs 53.3%), positive classroom climate (91.4% and 96.2% vs 82.9%) compared with low implementation schools.CONCLUSION:
Our findings highlight the importance of considering the school context in future health prevention initiatives.Palabras clave
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Prevención Primaria
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Servicios de Salud Escolar
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Estudiantes
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Prevención del Hábito de Fumar
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Promoción de la Salud
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Risk_factors_studies
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Sysrev_observational_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Año:
2017
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Article