Evaluation of a Peer-Led Smoking Prevention Programme for Romanian Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Lotrean, L. M.; Dijk, F.; Mesters, I.; Ionut, C.; De Vries, H.
Titel	Evaluation of a Peer-Led Smoking Prevention Programme for Romanian Adolescents
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 25 (2010) 5, S.803-814 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cyq034
Schlagwörter	Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Smoking; Self Efficacy; Negative Attitudes; Prevention; Discussion Groups; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Social Influences; Peer Teaching; Junior High School Students; Regression (Statistics); Beliefs; Program Effectiveness; Romania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Negative Fixierung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Sozialer Einfluss; Peer group teaching; Peer Group Teaching; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Belief; Glaube; Rumänien
Abstract	The goal of this study was to assess the effects of a school-based smoking prevention programme that used both a video and peer-led discussion groups among Romanian junior high school students aged 13-14 years. The programme embraced the social influence approach and concentrated on enhancing self-efficacy and the acquisition of cigarette refusal skills. Twenty schools were randomly assigned to the control and experimental conditions, resulting in 55 participating classes from the seventh grade (28 in the control group and 27 in the experimental group). Pretest and 9 months follow-up data on weekly smoking initiation and psychosocial variables were collected from 1071 students. Multilevel logistic regression analyses demonstrated a significant effect of the programme on adolescents' smoking behaviour after 9 months. At post-test, weekly smoking onset was 4.5% in the experimental group versus 9.5% in the control group. Furthermore, the programme had significant effects on smoking-related beliefs. In the experimental group, this resulted in a more negative attitude towards smoking, increased social self-efficacy levels and a more negative intention towards smoking. These findings show that short-term effects of the smoking prevention programme can be realized in Romania. More studies are needed to analyse how to maintain these effects over time. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10