Effectiveness of a school-based multi-component smoking prevention intervention: The LdP cluster randomized controlled trial

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-13

  Gorini, Giuseppe ^a   Carreras, Giulia ^a   Bosi, Sandra ^b   Tamelli, Marco ^b   Monti, Claudia ^c   Storani, Simone ^b   Martini, Andrea ^a   Allara, Elias ^d   Angelini, Paola ^e   Faggiano, Fabrizio ^d  

^a Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit Cancer   (Italy)

^b Lega contro i Tumori ^*  (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ONCOLOGICO ROMAGNOLO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^e Public Health Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized control trial; School based prevention; Smoking prevention; Tobacco; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUOGHI DI PREVENZIONE PREVENTION GROUNDS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; WORKSHOP; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ITALY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER GROUP; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS; SURVIVAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893697118     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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