The European Smoking Prevention Framework Approach (ESFA): Effects after 24 and 30 Months
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| Title: | The European Smoking Prevention Framework Approach (ESFA): Effects after 24 and 30 Months |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | de Vries, Hein, Dijk, Froukje, Wetzels, Joyce, Mudde, Aart, Kremers, Stef, Ariza, Carles, Vitoria, Paulo Duarte, Fielder, Anne, Holm, Klavs, Janssen, Karin, Lehtovuori, Riku, Candel, Math |
| Source: | Health Education Research. Feb 2006 21(1):116-132. |
| Availability: | Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK. Tel: +44-1865-353907; Fax: +44-1865-353485; e-mail: jnls.cust.serv@oxfordjournals.org; Web site: http://her.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| Publication Date: | 2006 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Smoking, Prevention, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Health Promotion, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Parents |
| Geographic Terms: | Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain |
| DOI: | 10.1093/her/cyh048 |
| ISSN: | 0268-1153 |
| Abstract: | The European Smoking Prevention Framework Approach (ESFA) study in six countries tested the effects of a comprehensive smoking prevention approach after 24 (T3; N = 10751) and 30 months (T4; N = 9282). The programme targeted four levels, i.e. adolescents in schools, school policies, parents and the community. In Portugal, 12.4% of the T1 non-smokers in the control group had started smoking at T4 compared to 7.9% of the experimental group. Smoking onset in the experimental group was thus 36% lower. In Finland, 32.4% of the T1 non-smokers started smoking compared to 27.6% of the experimental group, implying a 15% lower onset in the experimental group. In Spain, 33.0% of the T1 non-smokers in the control group had started smoking, compared to 29.1% of the experimental group, implying a 12% lower onset. In The Netherlands, the ESFA programme was effective for non-native adolescents with 11.4% new weekly smokers compared to 19.9% in the control group. An opposite effect was found in native Dutch adolescents with 19.0% new weekly smokers in the comparison group compared to 24.0% new smokers in the experimental group. Future programmes should use more standardized ways to assess process evaluations and should assess which elements are responsible for behavioral effects. |
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| Entry Date: | 2011 |
| Accession Number: | EJ938205 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The European Smoking Prevention Framework Approach (ESFA) study in six countries tested the effects of a comprehensive smoking prevention approach after 24 (T3; N = 10751) and 30 months (T4; N = 9282). The programme targeted four levels, i.e. adolescents in schools, school policies, parents and the community. In Portugal, 12.4% of the T1 non-smokers in the control group had started smoking at T4 compared to 7.9% of the experimental group. Smoking onset in the experimental group was thus 36% lower. In Finland, 32.4% of the T1 non-smokers started smoking compared to 27.6% of the experimental group, implying a 15% lower onset in the experimental group. In Spain, 33.0% of the T1 non-smokers in the control group had started smoking, compared to 29.1% of the experimental group, implying a 12% lower onset. In The Netherlands, the ESFA programme was effective for non-native adolescents with 11.4% new weekly smokers compared to 19.9% in the control group. An opposite effect was found in native Dutch adolescents with 19.0% new weekly smokers in the comparison group compared to 24.0% new smokers in the experimental group. Future programmes should use more standardized ways to assess process evaluations and should assess which elements are responsible for behavioral effects. |
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| ISSN: | 0268-1153 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/her/cyh048 |
