Effects of a Social-Network Method for Group Assignment Strategies on Peer-Led Tobacco Prevention Programs in Schools

Objectives. Our study tested the effectiveness of network methods for identifying opinion leaders and for constructing groups. Methods. Three conditions—random, teacher, and network—were randomly assigned to 84 6th-grade classrooms within 16 schools. Pre- and postcurriculum data on mediators of toba...

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Published in:	American journal of public health (1971) 2003-11, Vol.93 (11), p.1837-1843
Main Authors:	Valente, Thomas W, Hoffman, Beth R, Ritt-Olson, Annamara, Lichtman, Kara, Johnson, C. Anderson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Adolescent Health Biological and medical sciences Child Child Behavior - psychology Child Health Services - organization & administration Classrooms Curricula Curriculum Drug use Effectiveness Faculty Female Health Behavior Health Education - methods Health Education - organization & administration Health promotion Hispanic Americans Humans Influence Junior high schools Leadership Learning Los Angeles Male Medical sciences Methods Middle schools Networks Nominations Opinion leaders Peer Group Peer group counselling Peer relationships Peers Prevention Prevention and actions Prevention programs Public health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Random Allocation School Health Services - organization & administration Schools Self-Help Groups - organization & administration Smoking Smoking - epidemiology Smoking cessation Smoking Prevention Social Conformity Social network therapy Social networks Social research Social Support Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...) Students Support groups Teachers Tobacco USA Wellness programs
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