Effectiveness of school-based smoking prevention programmes

School-based smoking prevention research.

School-Based Smoking Prevention Programs for Middle School Students in Nowshahr- Iran: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Background: Smoking among youths is a main public health concern, and detecting predictors of smoking is essential for designing preventive programs. Any interventional program should plan with highlighting on behavioral change models and based on operative interventional program. So, this study aimed to investigate school-based smoking prevention programs for middle school students in Nowshahr...

Effectiveness of school-based smoking prevention curricula: systematic review and meta-analysis

OBJECTIVE To assess effectiveness of school-based smoking prevention curricula keeping children never-smokers. DESIGN Systematic review, meta-analysis. DATA MEDLINE (1966+), EMBASE (1974+), Cinahl, PsycINFO (1967+), ERIC (1982+), Cochrane CENTRAL, Health Star, Dissertation Abstracts, conference proceedings. DATA SYNTHESIS pooled analyses, fixed-effects models, adjusted ORs. Risk of bias a...

Effectiveness of a school-based multi-component smoking prevention intervention: the LdP cluster randomized controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE We assessed the effectiveness of the Luoghi di Prevenzione-Prevention Grounds school-based smoking prevention programme. METHODS We undertook a cluster randomized controlled trial of 989 students aged 14-15 years in 13 secondary schools located in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The intervention consisted of the "Smoking Prevention Tour" (SPT) out-of-school workshop, one in-depth lesson on on...

[Cost-benefit analysis of a school-based smoking prevention program].

OBJECTIVE To analyze the efficiency of a school-based smoking prevention program in Barcelona (PASE.bcn program). METHODS A cost-benefit analysis was performed. As costs we included those corresponding to the design and implementation of the program. As benefits we considered healthcare costs and the productivity losses avoided. This study was conducted from a societal perspective, and the es...