A medical student-delivered smoking prevention program, education against tobacco, for secondary schools in Germany: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Brinker, Titus Josef ^a,b,c,d   Owczarek, Andreas Dawid ^a   Seeger, Werner ^a   Groneberg, David Alexander ^b   Brieske, Christian Martin ^c,d   Jansen, Philipp ^c,d   Klode, Joachim ^c,d   Stoffels, Ingo ^c,d   Schadendorf, Dirk ^c,d   Izar, Benjamin ^e   Fries, Fabian Norbert ^f   Hofmann, Felix Johannes ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Medical students; School based prevention; Secondary schools; Smoking cessation; Tobacco prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; TOBACCO; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO;

EID: 85021824023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7906     Document Type: Article

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