A randomized controlled efficacy trial of a smoking prevention programme with Grade 8 students in high schools

作者：Thurston, Allen^*; Dunne, Laura; Kee, Frank; Gildea, Aidean; Craig, Nicole; Stark, Patrick; Lazenbatt, Anne

来源：International Journal of Educational Research, 2019, 93: 23-32.

DOI：10.1016/j.ijer.2018.10.003

• Smoking prevention
• High school
• Randomized controlled trial
• Smoking behaviours in students

The study undertook a Level 3 efficacy trial of a smoking prevention programme in Grade 8 high-school classrooms. A smoking prevention programme, 'Dead Cool', was tested in a randomized controlled trial. 17 Grade 8 classes were randomly assigned to intervention or control arms of the trial. The intervention was a cooperative learning-based intervention of five, 40 mm lessons delivered by teachers, but designed by Cancer Focus NI. The primary outcome was smoking as measured by carbon monoxide (CO) in exhaled breath. Measurements of CO were undertaken pre-test, immediately post-test and three months after the intervention. Multi-level modelling indicated the programme prevented smoking initiation in Grade 8 students. Implications for research and design of school-based smoking prevention programmes are discussed.

• 出版日期2019
• 单位郑州大学