A school nurse-delivered adolescent smoking cessation intervention: a randomized controlled trial
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Pbert, LoriOsganian, Stavroula K.
Gorak, Diane
Druker, Susan
Reed, George W.
O'Neill, Katherine M.
Sheetz, Anne
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral MedicineDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2006-10-11Keywords
AdolescentFemale
Health Promotion
Health Surveys
Humans
*Interpersonal Relations
Male
Massachusetts
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Questionnaires
School Nursing
Smoking
*Smoking Cessation
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Preventive Medicine
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BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of a school nurse-delivered smoking cessation intervention to improve abstinence rates among adolescents interested in quitting. METHODS: Seventy-one high schools in Massachusetts were randomized to either a four-session one-on-one school nurse-delivered smoking cessation intervention (37 schools, n = 571) or usual smoking cessation care control condition (34 schools, n = 577). Adolescents in grades 9-12 who smoked in the past 30 days completed surveys at baseline, 6 weeks and 3 months. The study was conducted during the 2002-2003 school year. RESULTS: Thirty-day self-reported abstinence rates were significantly greater in students in the intervention compared to control condition at 6 weeks (18% vs. 2%, respectively) and 3 months (24% vs. 5%, respectively). After adjusting for school and potential confounders, students in the intervention schools had odds of quitting 8 times greater than students in the control schools at 6 weeks (OR = 8.4; 95% CI 3.7, 20.6) and 6 times greater at 3 months (OR = 6.4; 95% CI 3.4, 11.4). School nurses delivered intervention with a high degree of fidelity. CONCLUSIONS: A four-session smoking cessation intervention can feasibly be delivered by school nurses and increase self-reported short-term abstinence rates among students interested in quitting smoking.Source
Prev Med. 2006 Oct;43(4):312-20. Epub 2006 Jul 10. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.04.006Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/44723PubMed ID
16828858Related Resources
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10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.04.006