Evaluation of a Combined Parent-student Programme for Smoking Prevention in Berlin Schools
NCT ID: NCT01306552
Last Updated: 2011-03-02
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
3400 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2010-10-31
2013-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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A popular smoking prevention program in the city of Berlin is the Karuna interactive show jumping course "Still smoking or already alive?" ("Rauchst du noch oder lebst du schon?" Mitmach - Parcours). This parcours was designed to teach facts about smoking and its health-damaging effects, its negative effects on physical appearance, to promote communication and to enhance participants' awareness of social pressure and their self-efficacy to deal with these situations. No study to date has evaluated its effectiveness in reducing smoking rates among participating students. The study aim is to test the effectiveness of an interactive combined student-parent intervention in 7th graders regarding the reduction of smoking rates among secondary school children aged 12-15 compared to no smoking prevention intervention using self-reported questionnaires. In addition, it will be tested whether the program that involves the combination of a student and a parent intervention is more effective in the reduction of smoking rates in comparison to a program without a parental intervention.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Student-intervention only group
Schools randomized to intervention only (arm 1) will agree to visit the smoking prevention parcours offered by KARUNA e.V. ("Rauchst Du noch oder lebst Du schon?").
One school class of students will visit the parcours once during a school day. The parcours takes approximately 3 hours to complete. The parcours consists of 7 interactive stations where a class of students learns about differences between smokers and non-smokers in terms of health status such as atherosclerosis prevalence, loss of smell or lung capacity and aging. Students also learn about the toxic ingredients in cigarettes. Each station includes a quiz to complete by each group of students. At the end of the parcours, a moderator will announce which group of students accumulated the most points. For more information on the contents of the parcours see http://www.karuna-prevents.de/index.php.
Student-Intervention only group
One visit to the smoking prevention parcours offered by KARUNA e.V. ("Rauchst Du noch oder lebst Du schon?") during 7th grade.
The parcours takes approximately 3 hours to complete. The parcours consists of 7 interactive stations where a class of students learns about differences between smokers and non-smokers in terms of health status such as atherosclerosis prevalence, loss of smell or lung capacity and aging. Students also learn about the toxic ingredients in cigarettes. Each station includes a quiz to complete by each group of students. At the end of the parcours, a moderator will announce which group of students accumulated the most points. For more information on the contents of the parcours see http://www.karuna-prevents.de/index.php.
Multi-component intervention
Schools randomized to the student-parent intervention arm also will agree to visit the KARUNA e.V. smoking prevention parcours. In addition, the schools will agree to have one parents' night presented by trained health coaches informing parents about smoking prevention topics in youth during the school year. Trained health coaches will give an evaluated smoking prevention presentation for parents at the parents' nights at the end of the first school year. Also, participating parents will receive information about successful ways to prevent smoking and promote smoking cessation in their children once by mail.
Multi-component Intervention
One visit to the smoking prevention parcours offered by KARUNA e.V. ("Rauchst Du noch oder lebst Du schon?") + one parent night with information about smoking prevention and one informational letter by mail
Control Group
Schools randomized to the control school will be offered to participate in the nutrition and exercise prevention program offered by KARUNA e.V. during the 2-year study.
Control Group
One visit to the Nutrition and Physical Activity Parcours offered by KARUNA e.V. ("Kinderleicht gesund zu leben").
(same set up as the smoking prevention parcours with topics around healthy nutrition and promotion of physical activity)
Interventions
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Student-Intervention only group
One visit to the smoking prevention parcours offered by KARUNA e.V. ("Rauchst Du noch oder lebst Du schon?") during 7th grade.
The parcours takes approximately 3 hours to complete. The parcours consists of 7 interactive stations where a class of students learns about differences between smokers and non-smokers in terms of health status such as atherosclerosis prevalence, loss of smell or lung capacity and aging. Students also learn about the toxic ingredients in cigarettes. Each station includes a quiz to complete by each group of students. At the end of the parcours, a moderator will announce which group of students accumulated the most points. For more information on the contents of the parcours see http://www.karuna-prevents.de/index.php.
Multi-component Intervention
One visit to the smoking prevention parcours offered by KARUNA e.V. ("Rauchst Du noch oder lebst Du schon?") + one parent night with information about smoking prevention and one informational letter by mail
Control Group
One visit to the Nutrition and Physical Activity Parcours offered by KARUNA e.V. ("Kinderleicht gesund zu leben").
(same set up as the smoking prevention parcours with topics around healthy nutrition and promotion of physical activity)
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* has 7th grade classes (students between 12-15 years)
* Female or male in the 7th grade
* Signed written assent
* Intellectual and physical ability of participant to make an informed decision about study participation
* Attends one of the participating schools
* Has signed approval from parent/caregiver
Exclusion Criteria
* schools that do not agree to stop visiting the KARUNA e.V. smoking parcours (if they do) for the next two years in case of being randomized to the control group.
* schools that do not agree to have a parents' night (separate or part of the typical parents' nights) where trained health coaches will introduce and discuss the topic of smoking prevention in youth in case of being randomized to the combined student-parent intervention.
12 Years
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung, Berlin, Germany
UNKNOWN
KARUNA prevents, Berlin, Germany
UNKNOWN
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center
Principal Investigators
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Stefan N Willich, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Charité University Medical Center, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics
Locations
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Charité University Medical Center, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics
Berlin, , Germany
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Krist L, Lotz F, Burger C, Strobele-Benschop N, Roll S, Rieckmann N, Muller-Nordhorn J, Willich SN, Muller-Riemenschneider F. Long-term effectiveness of a combined student-parent and a student-only smoking prevention intervention among 7th grade school children in Berlin, Germany. Addiction. 2016 Dec;111(12):2219-2229. doi: 10.1111/add.13537. Epub 2016 Sep 19.
Muller-Riemenschneider F, Krist L, Burger C, Strobele-Benschop N, Roll S, Rieckmann N, Muller-Nordhorn J, Willich SN. Berlin evaluates school tobacco prevention - BEST prevention: study design and methodology. BMC Public Health. 2014 Aug 23;14:871. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-871.
Other Identifiers
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EA1/133/10
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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