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

Tobacco Smoking Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02926339
• Other study ID #: HSC-SPH-16-0534
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 4, 2016
• Last updated: October 24, 2017
• Start date: October 2016
• Est. completion date: June 2017

Study information

• Verified date: October 2017
• Source: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 639
• Est. completion date: June 2017
• Est. primary completion date: June 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 8 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Tobacco Smoking Behavior

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Teens Against Tobacco Use presentation
Students receive a series of 3 anti-tobacco presentations delivered by older peers

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, El Paso Regional Campus	El Paso	Texas

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston	El Paso Independent School District, Paso del Norte Health Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Tobacco Susceptibility assessed by Likert scale questions drawn primarily from the global youth tobacco survey	Tobacco susceptibility captures the likelihood of using tobacco in the future. It will be assessed by likert scale questions drawn primarily from the global youth tobacco survey. It will be analyzed as a continuous variable that will be standardized, so outcomes will represent standard deviation unit differences in tobacco susceptibility.	Change from Baseline Tobacco Susceptibility at 7 months