Adolescent smoking Mental and Behavioural Disorders Adolescent smoking
Conditions
Interventions
Schools are randomly allocated to one of two groups through concealed stratified randomisation.
Control arm: Schools in the control arm receive usual care in the form of health promot
Sponsors
Ministry of Health Malaysia
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All Form 1 students attending the 8 selected schools who attended school on the day that the baseline and follow-up questionnaires were administered at their school.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Pupils who were absent on the day of questionnaire administration.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Smoking is measured via self-report questions at baseline and 7 months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Peer educators: 1. Smoking-related knowledge is measured using a questionnaire specifically designed for the purpose of this study immediately before the peer educator training at the beginning of the three day peer educator training programme and at the end of the three day peer educator training programme 2. Smoking-related attitudes are measured using a questionnaire specifically designed for the purpose of this study immediately before the peer educator training at the beginning of the three day peer educator training programme and at the end of the three day peer educator training programme All Form 1 pupils: 1. Proportion of pupils who have had one-to-one conversations about smoking at 7 months is measured via the follow-up questionnaires that were administered to all Form 1 students who were present on the day of administration 2. Components of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (Attitudes, Subjective Norms, Perceived Behavioural Control and Smoking Intention) are measured using a questionnaire specifically designed for the purpose of this study at baseline and 7 months | — |
Countries
Malaysia
Contacts
Public ContactWolfgang Markham
Outcome results
None listed