Program for the Prevention of Smoking in Secondary School Students

Ferrero, Miguel Barrueco; Coca, Irene Aparicio; Maderuelo, José A.; García, M. Ángeles

doi:10.1016/s1579-2129(09)71783-5

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“…In view of its negligible infl uence on the previous studies at the general school population level [Miovská 2005] and the low representation of children of a nationality other than Czech in the sample, the ethnic and nationality perspective was not considered in the research, as it appears to have no signifi cant effect on the results. In comparison to Faggiano et al [2008Faggiano et al [ , 2010, the upper age range was lowered to 12 years [Gómez Cruz et al 2009] in consideration of the early onset of substance use among the population of Czech children [Csémy and Nešpor 2002] and of the increase this brings in the effectiveness of the intervention programme. Written parental consent was obtained for nearly all the children participating in the survey and taking part in the intervention programme (consent was granted by 98.7% of the parents).…”

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Gender-Specific Effectiveness of the Unplugged Prevention Intervention in Reducing Substance Use among Czech Adolescents

Новак¹,

Miovský²,

Vopravil³

et al. 2013

Czech Sociological Review

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Impact evaluations of the school-based Unplugged prevention intervention have shown it to have a measurably positive preventive effect on the Czech school population, but only limited data are available to identify its effectiveness in gender-specifi c terms. This article seeks to determine the gender-specifi c effectiveness of this drug prevention programme. The authors conducted a randomised trial of the programme on a total of 1874 children (with a mean age of 11.8 years). They collected data using a questionnaire from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs. Baseline testing was conducted among sixth-grade students immediately prior to the programme's implementation, and fi ve follow-up tests were carried out 9, 12, 21, 24, and 33 months after the baseline testing. Gender-specifi c effectiveness was tested using three indicators: the 30-day prevalence of any tobacco or cannabis use and the 30-day prevalence of any drunkenness. The results comparing the experimental and control groups provide evidence of statistically signifi cant effects for any drunkenness among boys and any tobacco use among girls in the 30 days prior to testing. The programme was found to have positive effects on both genders' cannabis use, with girls showing lower levels of cannabis use even 33 months after the baseline test. Given the gender equality approach to drug prevention, differences in outcome may be overcome by adding gender-specifi c elements to the intervention programme's curriculum.

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confidence: 99%

Gender-Specific Effectiveness of the Unplugged Prevention Intervention in Reducing Substance Use among Czech Adolescents

Новак¹,

Miovský²,

Vopravil³

et al. 2013

Czech Sociological Review

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“…The desire to initiate smoking occurs at school age, so the prevention of tobacco becomes content that can be integrated into school curricula and regulations (6). Prevention of dangerous behaviors such as smoking in schools is a matter that needs to be done but is not a program for schools that never produce the expected results (6). The majority of applications in adolescence are developed in schools by making the program one of the components of broad tobacco use control programs (7).…”

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confidence: 99%