The Arizona CHAMPS Peer Project for Tobacco Use Prevention: Effects on Tobacco Use, Intentions to Use, and Knowledge

Autor/inn/en	Sciacca, John; Eng, Howard; Mahrt, James; Dorsey, Kate
Titel	The Arizona CHAMPS Peer Project for Tobacco Use Prevention: Effects on Tobacco Use, Intentions to Use, and Knowledge
Quelle	In: American Journal of Health Education, 34 (2003) 5, S.250-257 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1932-5037
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Smoking; Prevention; Grade 5; Youth Programs; Peer Teaching; Grade 6; Grade 7; Early Adolescents; Preadolescents; Comparative Analysis; Questionnaires; Program Effectiveness; Knowledge Level; Health Promotion; Peer Influence; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Intention; Health Behavior; Arizona + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Prävention; Vorbeugung; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Jugendsofortprogramm; Peer group teaching; Peer Group Teaching; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Fragebogen; Wissensbasis; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten
Abstract	This study reports on CHAMPS, a youth tobacco and prevention program intervention that focused on peer-led educational activities. Nineteen schools implemented a CHAMPS tobacco prevention program in grades 5, 6, and 7. Six schools served as nonintervention comparison sites. Baseline and follow-up questionnaires were completed by 1,412 students. The proportion of students reporting current cigarette use decreased significantly in the CHAMPS group but not in the comparison group. Intervention group students' knowledge about the harmful consequences of tobacco use increased significantly, whereas knowledge essentially stayed the same among comparison group students. Finally, the number of nonsmoking students who reported they would smoke a cigarette if one of their best friends offered it increased significantly in the comparison group but not in the intervention group. These results suggest that a well-planned and implemented peer-helping program represents an important potential resource that should be considered as a welcome adjunct to existing school-based tobacco education and prevention efforts. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10