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Dr Paul Aveyard
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Cluster randomised controlled trial of expert system based on the transtheoretical ("stages of change") model for smoking prevention and cessation in schools

Not Recruiting

Open to: All Genders

Age: Child

Birmingham

Medical Conditions

Mental and behavioural disorders: Addiction

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Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.  

The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:

01 Sep 1997 31 Mar 2000

Publications

1999 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/105141562001 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11570836 2 year follow up2002 Other publications in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12453720 Can the stages of change for smoking acquisition be measured reliably in adolescents?2003 Other publications in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12560019 The risk of smoking in relation to engagement with a school-based smoking intervention

Interventional

Intervention Type : Other
Intervention Description : The intervention group received six sessions of two types: one computer session and one class lesson for each of the three terms of year 9 (autumn 1997 to summer 1998). For the computer session, the research team set up a classroom with about 30 computers and removed these at the end of the day. Whole classes came in turns and each student used a computer with headphones. The computer program was based on that developed by Prochaska and colleagues, containing questionnaires measuring the key concepts of the transtheoretical model. After each questionnaire students received feedback both through the headphones and on screen of how their temptations, for example, compared to stage based data collected by Pallonen et al (normative feedback) and in second and third sessions, what change had occurred since last time (ipsative feedback). The questionnaires were interspersed with video clips of young people talking about their thoughts about smoking that were relevant to the stage of change of the student concerned. The other transtheoretical model intervention was a one hour lesson delivered by ordinary class teachers. The teachers attended a two day training course organised by Public Management Associates, who had developed licensed training and lesson plans in consultation with Prochaska and colleagues. The three lessons developed the young people's understanding of the stages of change and how the pros and cons of smoking would vary in different stages, and the lessons got young people to use these concepts. More details of how we delivered the intervention are available.

Our aim for students in the control group was that they would be exposed to no intervention other than the normal health education on tobacco, which is part of the English national curriculum. However, as a reward for participation, teachers in control group schools were given three lesson plans and handouts on smoking. These lessons consisted of quizzes on facts about tobacco and one lesson on different ways of persuading someone to stop smoking. The content of the lessons was all taken from generally available teaching support material. The lesson plans and materials were provided to all control group schools, but teachers in these schools received no training in smoking issues or delivery of the lessons and it was up to the individual schools whether or not they used the materials.




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Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.

  • Department of Public Health and Epidemiology
    Birmingham
    B15 2TT

This information has not yet been provided by the study team. You'll have an opportunity to discuss any risks and benefits that may be associated with this study prior to consenting to taking part.

Dr Paul Aveyard
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P.N.Aveyard@bham.ac.uk



The study is sponsored by NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK) and funded by NHS Executive West Midlands (UK).



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