Four- and five-year follow-up results from four seventh-grade smoking prevention strategies

Recent studies have suggested that a prevention program that addresses the social influences that encourage smoking can be effective in deterring cigarette use by adolescents. This study presents 4- and 5-year follow-up results from two studies which evaluated three variations of this social influen...

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Published in:Journal of behavioral medicine 1988-08, Vol.11 (4), p.395-405
Main Authors: MURRAY, D. M, DAVIS-HEARN, M, GOLDMAN, A. I, PIRIE, P, LUEPKER, R.V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Health Education - methods
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Minnesota
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking Prevention
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Summary:Recent studies have suggested that a prevention program that addresses the social influences that encourage smoking can be effective in deterring cigarette use by adolescents. This study presents 4- and 5-year follow-up results from two studies which evaluated three variations of this social influences model and compared them to a health consequences program and an existing-curriculum condition. The results suggest that a seventh-grade program, built around the social influences model and taught jointly by same-age peer leaders and local classroom teachers, may reduce 4-year weekly- and daily-smoking cumulative incidence rates, providing the first evidence for any long-term effects for the social influences model. However, the results also suggest that any long-term effects from such interventions are probably limited and may depend heavily on the manner in which the social influences model is translated during the intervention. Additional follow-up studies are needed to clarify the long-term effects of these intervention programs.
ISSN:0160-7715
1573-3521
DOI:10.1007/BF00844938