Teens Against Tobacco Use: A Tobacco Prevention Curriculum and Advocacy Initiative

NCT ID: NCT02926339

Last Updated: 2017-10-26

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

639 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-10-31

Study Completion Date

2017-06-30

Brief Summary

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This study evaluates the efficacy of Teens Against Tobacco Use anti-tobacco presentations on tobacco use susceptibility in 6th through 8th grade. Students will be randomly assigned to either receive 3 anti-tobacco presentations or 3 presentations on a different topic, unrelated to tobacco.

Detailed Description

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The investigators will collaborate with Austin High School, Wiggs Middle School, and Guillen Middle School of the El Paso Independent School District to implement smoke free youth coalitions as an after school activity. The coalitions will follow the Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU) model developed by the American Lung Association, the American Cancer Society, and the American Heart Association. Participating youth will be trained to develop and deliver anti-tobacco presentations to younger students. Each school will have a separate youth coalition operating under the guidance of an adult coordinator. High school youth will present to middle school classes, whereas middle school youth will present to 4th and 5th graders.

To evaluate the efficacy of the TATU program, we will randomly assign students in physical education classes to receive TATU presentations or a control condition. Confidential surveys about tobacco will be administered at the beginning and end of the school year. Analyses will compare intervention and control students on smoking susceptibility, perceptions of harm from tobacco use, tobacco industry perceptions, and social norms on tobacco use.

Conditions

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Tobacco Smoking Behavior

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Teens Against Tobacco Use presentation

Students in the intervention group will receive anti-tobacco presentations from Teens Against Tobacco Use Members

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Teens Against Tobacco Use presentation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Students receive a series of 3 anti-tobacco presentations delivered by older peers

Control

Students in this group will receive a control presentation from their physical education teachers on a topic unrelated to tobacco.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Teens Against Tobacco Use presentation

Students receive a series of 3 anti-tobacco presentations delivered by older peers

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Students from participating schools
* 6th to 8th grade students
* Classes must be willing to receive presentations in the fall and spring semesters.

Exclusion Criteria

* Students from non-participating schools
* Students not able to read English or Spanish
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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El Paso Independent School District

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Paso del Norte Health Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Louis D. Brown

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Louis D Brown, PH.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Locations

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, El Paso Regional Campus

El Paso, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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HSC-SPH-16-0534

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id