Protocol for a feasibility study of longitudinal surveys to assess the impact of policies on tobacco use among school-going adolescents in South Asia.

Autor:	Mishu MP; Department of Health Sciences, The University of York, Heslington, Yorkshire, YO10 5DD, UK., Siddiqi K; Department of Health Sciences, The University of York, Heslington, Yorkshire, YO10 5DD, UK., McNeill A; National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, London, SE5 8BB, UK., Kanaan M; Department of Health Sciences, The University of York, Heslington, Yorkshire, YO10 5DD, UK., Jackson C; Department of Health Sciences, The University of York, Heslington, Yorkshire, YO10 5DD, UK., Huque R; ARK Foundation, Gulshan - 2, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.; Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh., Kanan S; ARK Foundation, Gulshan - 2, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh., Abdullah SM; ARK Foundation, Gulshan - 2, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.; Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh., Fieroze F; ARK Foundation, Gulshan - 2, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh., Garg S; Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, 110002, India., Singh MM; Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, 110002, India., Borle AL; Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, 110002, India., Deshmukh C; Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, 110002, India., Akhter Z; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan., Mazhar L; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan., Khan Z; Institute of Public Health & Social Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 25100, Pakistan., Rehman K; Institute of Public Health & Social Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 25100, Pakistan., Ullah S; Institute of Public Health & Social Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 25100, Pakistan., Han L; Department of Health Sciences, The University of York, Heslington, Yorkshire, YO10 5DD, UK., Readshaw A; Department of Health Sciences, The University of York, Heslington, Yorkshire, YO10 5DD, UK., Iqbal R; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	F1000Research [F1000Res] 2020 Sep 11; Vol. 9, pp. 1123. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 11 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI:	10.12688/f1000research.25796.2
Abstrakt:	Background: Smokeless tobacco (ST) use is common among youth in South Asia where 85% of the world's 300 million ST users live and use the most lethal ST forms. Little is known about the impact of tobacco control policies on the youth ST uptake in those countries. We planned to conduct longitudinal surveys among school going adolescents to evaluate existing tobacco control policies on tobacco uptake and use, and a feasibility study for that prospective, observational cohort study. Study objectives: (1) To demonstrate the feasibility of selection, recruitment and retention of schools and of study participants; (2) To assess the feasibility and acceptability of the study procedure and study tool (questionnaire); (3) To evaluate if the questionnaire can assess tobacco uptake and use, and their potential predictors. Methods and analysis: The feasibility study will be conducted in two administrative areas within each of three South Asian countries: Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. We will use both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. Eight eligible schools will be randomly selected within purposively selected sub-districts from each country. We plan to conduct one baseline and one follow up survey among students of grade 6-8, one year apart. At each time point, data on tobacco uptake and potential predictors will be collected from students via self-administered questionnaires that were designed for the longitudinal study. The qualitative component will be embedded into the study with each round of data collection to assess the acceptability of the study instrument (questionnaire) and data collection methods, via focus group discussions with students and semi-structured interviews with schoolteachers. Recruitment and retention rates, completeness of the questionnaires, frequencies and associations of tobacco use and explanatory variables will be reported. Data gathered from the focus group and interviews will be analysed using the framework approach. Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed. (Copyright: © 2022 Mishu MP et al.)
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