Smoking Prevention Program in Poland

NCT ID: NCT05488743

Last Updated: 2022-08-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Total Enrollment: 180 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-03-15
• Study Completion Date: 2022-10-14

Brief Summary

Smoking Prevention Program is a pilot exploratory study with a standardized curriculum based on the Tobacco Prevention Toolkit from Stanford University and translated into Polish by the members of Students Scientific Association of Oncology at Wroclaw Medical University. The program will assess the effectiveness of a school-based smoking prevention curricula keeping children as never smokers and test the feasibility of engaging medical students and teachers in implementing and evaluating a validated program on smoking prevention within the Polish School System. The research protocols, methods and data collection instruments of a standardized classroom based valid tobacco prevention program from Stanford University will be used for the study. The smoking prevention program is centred on drug resistance, personal self-management and increasing social skills. The program increases knowledge and uses coaching and practice to provide students with the skills to resist social pressures around cigarette use. The secondary outcome of this study is to determine the change in attitudes by Polish Medical Student regarding Cancer Prevention Research. During Smoking Prevention Program workshops, the 5-Session Curriculum for primary schools will be translated, applied and evaluated for polish students.

This community-based pilot will engage medical students, the local school district and the local health authority. The Educational program meets the requirements set by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Guidelines for School Health Programs to Prevent Tobacco Use and Addiction. Following parental consent, the program will be implemented with all 7th and 8th grade students (children age 12-15 years) from the Elementary School in Tyniec Mały. This project is supported by the Head of Lower Silesian Oncology Center, the Head of Department of Oncology of Wroclaw Medical University, the Health and Social Affairs Department of City of Wroclaw and under the patronage of the Lower Silesia Governor's Office, the Polish Society of Oncology, the Polish Society of Public Health, the Lower Silesian Department of Polish Society of Cardiology and the European Association for Cancer Education (EACE).

Smoking Prevention Program is funded by the READS Grant Program from the American Association for Cancer Education (AACE).

Conditions

Smoking; Smoking Behaviors; Smoking (Tobacco) Addiction; E-cigarette Use; Vaping

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

7th and 8th grade students (children age 12-15 years) from the elementary school

educational intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The program consists of five 50-minutes sessions conducted in person as scheduled during weekly class meetings. Educators will conduct workshops with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets dedicated to in-class activities.

Interventions

educational intervention

The program consists of five 50-minutes sessions conducted in person as scheduled during weekly class meetings. Educators will conduct workshops with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets dedicated to in-class activities.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Students from Tyniec Mały
• 7th and 8th graders of the elementary school
• Parental consent
• Students consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Lack of parental consent
• Lack of students consent

• Minimum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Stanford Reach Lab - Tobacco Prevention Toolkit

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

American Association for Cancer Education

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Wroclaw Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Łukasz Moskal, MD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Łukasz Moskal, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Wroclaw Medical University

Konrad Reszka, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Wroclaw Medical University

Urszula Staszek-Szewczyk, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Wroclaw Regional Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Brachytherapy

Jagoda Łaba, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Wroclaw Medical University

Krzysztof Szewczyk, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Wroclaw Medical University, Department of Oncology, Division of Surgical Oncology

Locations

Wroclaw Medical University

Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Countries

Poland

References

Birge M, Duffy S, Miler JA, Hajek P. What Proportion of People Who Try One Cigarette Become Daily Smokers? A Meta-Analysis of Representative Surveys. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 Nov 15;20(12):1427-1433. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntx243.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 29126298 (View on PubMed)

Kaleta D, Polanska K, Rzeznicki A, Stelmach W, Wojtysiak P. Tobacco use patterns, knowledge, attitudes towards tobacco and availability of tobacco control training among school personnel from a rural area in Poland. Tob Induc Dis. 2017 Jan 11;15:3. doi: 10.1186/s12971-016-0110-y. eCollection 2017.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 28096794 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/336752/WHO-EURO-2020-1513-41263-56157-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. 2020. Summary results of the global youth tobacco survey in selected countries of the WHO European Region. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.

Other Identifiers

Smoking Prevention

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id