Effectiveness of a social influences smoking prevention program as a function of provider type, training method, and school risk.

Autor: Cameron R; Health Behaviour Research Group, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. cameron@healthy.uwaterloo.ca, Brown KS, Best JA, Pelkman CL, Madill CL, Manske SR, Payne ME
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of public health [Am J Public Health] 1999 Dec; Vol. 89 (12), pp. 1827-31.
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.89.12.1827
Abstrakt: Objectives: This study determined the effect of provider (nurse or teacher) and training method (workshop or self-preparation) on outcomes of a social influences smoking prevention program.
Methods: One hundred elementary schools were stratified by school risk score (high risk = high smoking rate among senior students) and assigned randomly to conditions: (1) teacher/self-preparation, (2) teacher/workshop, (3) nurse/self-preparation, (4) nurse/workshop, and (5) control. Intervention occurred in grades 6 to 8. Smoking status at the end of grade 8 was the primary endpoint variable.
Results: Intervention reduced grade 8 smoking rates in high-risk schools (smoking rates of 26.9% in control vs 16.0% in intervention schools) but not in low-risk schools. There were no significant differences in outcome as a function of training method and no significant differences in outcome between teacher-provided and nurse-provided interventions in high- and medium-risk schools. Although nurses achieved better outcomes than did teachers in low-risk schools, neither provider type achieved outcomes superior to the control condition in those schools.
Conclusions: Workshop training did not affect outcomes. Teachers and nurses were equally effective providers. Results suggest that programming should target high-risk schools.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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