WEB BASED SUPPORT--COMMUNITY TOBACCO CONTROL COALITIONS

被证明有效的烟草预防干预措施往往从未在社区或学校一级实施。负责传播有效干预措施的研究机构往往不熟悉有效的传播战略。因此，重要的是为经过验证和/或前景看好的烟草教育课程确定有效的传播战略。 考虑到这一点(www.parsithisusa.net)，被开发为在12-15岁(6-9年级)的青少年中减少吸烟的教育工具，这是开始尝试吸烟的年龄段。这一基于网络的课程旨在通过互动的多媒体吸烟预防计划来影响青少年对烟草使用的态度和行为。在美国(n=20所学校)和澳大利亚(n=24所学校)进行了两组随机前后测对照试验。两项试验的结果都表明，考虑到这一点在改变人们对不吸烟的态度和规范信念方面是成功的。他们还表示，该计划可能会在过去30天内成功减少吸烟一整支(p&lt；.05)，特别是在8年级和9年级(p&lt；.04)。 这一传播项目的具体目标是测试向科罗拉多州的初中、初中和高中传播这一思想的两种策略--包括让当地舆论领袖宣传该计划，以及提供其他教师对该计划使用情况的证明。这将在2(意见领袖/无意见领袖)x 2(评价/无评价)随机化析因设计中进行检验，且仅有后测。考虑这一点(主要结果)的利用将通过每个研究组在符合条件的初中、初中和高中的个别教师和学生登录的数量和比例来衡量。本课程将分析扩散理论所建议的“考虑这一点”的主要理论调节因素和中介因素。

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