Development of Resource Kit for Adolescent Cessation

描述(由申请人提供)： 18个州的534个县有29,497,852人，种植烟草。数据表明，这些地区的年轻人使用烟草的时间更早，使用频率也更高。烟草社区有一个基于烟草文化、社会和经济进口的独特视角，这需要对青少年戒烟努力采取敏感的方法。该项目将为烟草种植社区的青少年戒烟开发一个文化一致性的资源工具包。该项目将针对高中阶段使用烟草的男性和女性。基于在烟草生产社区进行的形成性研究，Toborg Associates将开发戒烟课程、相关的健康教育材料和短视频。在一项随机对照的前测/后测研究中，太平洋研究与评估研究所(PERE)将评估课程和相关材料的效果。PERE将把大型烟草种植社区的20所NC学校随机分为实验和对照条件，每所学校平均招收24名吸烟青年。Toborg Associates将在干预之前进行一次预测试，并在实验学校实施完整的课程，以及控制对照学校的注意力和内容的干预。在为期6周的干预结束时，派克将对两种情况下的年轻人进行后测试，并对有关使用和不使用烟草的自我报告进行生化验证。PERE将在测试后三个月进行后续调查，并再次对自我报告进行生化验证。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Five hundred thirty-four counties in 18 states are home to 29,497,852 persons and grow tobacco. Data indicate youth in these areas use tobacco earlier and use it more frequently. Tobacco communities have a unique perspective based on the cultural, social, and economic import of tobacco which requires a sensitive approach to adolescent cessation efforts. This project will develop a culturally congruent Resource Kit for Adolescent Tobacco Cessation in Tobacco-Growing Communities. The project will target tobacco-using males and females in high school. Based upon formative research conducted in tobacco-producing communities, Toborg Associates will develop a cessation curriculum, related health education materials, and short videos. In a randomized controlled pre-test/post-test study, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) will assess the efficacy of the curriculum and related materials. PIRE will randomize 20 NC schools in large tobacco-growing communities into experimental and control conditions, enrolling an average of 24 tobacco using youth in each school. Toborg Associates will conduct a pre-test prior to the intervention and implement the full curriculum in the experimental schools as well as an intervention that controls for attention and content in the control schools. At the end of the 6-week intervention, PIKE will conduct a post-test of youth in both conditions and biochemically validate self-reports concerning the use and non-use of tobacco. PIRE will conduct a follow-up survey at three months after post-test and again biochemically validate self-reports.