Effects of an advocacy intervention to reduce smoking among teenagers
Effects of an advocacy intervention to reduce smoking among teenagers
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DOI:
10.1001/archpedi.158.3.269
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发表时间:
2004-03-01
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通讯作者:
Killen, JD
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作者:
Winkleby, MA;Feighery, E;Killen, JD
Objectives: To test whether high school students' participation in advocacy activities related to the advertising, availability, and use of tobacco in their communities would prevent or reduce their own tobacco use.Design: Ten continuation high schools in northern California, randomly assigned to a semester-long program in which students either carried out advocacy activities to counter environmental-level smoking influences in their communities (treatment) or learned about drug and alcohol abuse prevention (control).Participants: Eleventh and 12th grade high school students; 5 (advocacy) treatment and 5 control schools over 4 semesters from 2000 through 2002.Main Outcome Measures: Self-reported smoking defined as nonsmokers (those who had never smoked tobacco or those who were former smokers), light smokers (those who smoked