Tobacco Smoking Behavior
Conditions
Brief summary
This study evaluates the efficacy of Teens Against Tobacco Use anti-tobacco presentations on tobacco use susceptibility in 6th through 8th grade. Students will be randomly assigned to either receive 3 anti-tobacco presentations or 3 presentations on a different topic, unrelated to tobacco.
Detailed description
The investigators will collaborate with Austin High School, Wiggs Middle School, and Guillen Middle School of the El Paso Independent School District to implement smoke free youth coalitions as an after school activity. The coalitions will follow the Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU) model developed by the American Lung Association, the American Cancer Society, and the American Heart Association. Participating youth will be trained to develop and deliver anti-tobacco presentations to younger students. Each school will have a separate youth coalition operating under the guidance of an adult coordinator. High school youth will present to middle school classes, whereas middle school youth will present to 4th and 5th graders. To evaluate the efficacy of the TATU program, we will randomly assign students in physical education classes to receive TATU presentations or a control condition. Confidential surveys about tobacco will be administered at the beginning and end of the school year. Analyses will compare intervention and control students on smoking susceptibility, perceptions of harm from tobacco use, tobacco industry perceptions, and social norms on tobacco use.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALTeens Against Tobacco Use presentation
Students receive a series of 3 anti-tobacco presentations delivered by older peers
Sponsors
El Paso Independent School District
Paso del Norte Health Foundation
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Students from participating schools * 6th to 8th grade students * Classes must be willing to receive presentations in the fall and spring semesters.
Exclusion criteria
* Students from non-participating schools * Students not able to read English or Spanish
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tobacco Susceptibility assessed by Likert scale questions drawn primarily from the global youth tobacco survey | Change from Baseline Tobacco Susceptibility at 7 months | Tobacco susceptibility captures the likelihood of using tobacco in the future. It will be assessed by likert scale questions drawn primarily from the global youth tobacco survey. It will be analyzed as a continuous variable that will be standardized, so outcomes will represent standard deviation unit differences in tobacco susceptibility. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed