Developing School-Based Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Programs [Paperback]

A recent report from the United States Surgeon General shows that some school-based tobacco use prevention programmes have proved successful in discouraging first use of tobacco among children. Dissemination of these programmes, however, has been minimal. Taking a health researcher's perspective, the authors of this volume discuss the history, status and needs of school-based tobacco use prevention//cessation research. Issues addressed include how to implement such programmes and the major theoretical and methodological issues involved. Details of the Project Toward No Tobacco Use (TNT) are also covered.A recent report from the United States Surgeon General shows that some school-based tobacco use prevention programmes have proved successful in discouraging first use of tobacco among children. Dissemination of these programmes, however, has been minimal. Taking a health researcher's perspective, the authors of this volume discuss the history, status and needs of school-based tobacco use prevention//cessation research. Issues addressed include how to implement such programmes and the major theoretical and methodological issues involved. Details of the Project Toward No Tobacco Use (TNT) are also covered.Foreword - C Anderson Johnson
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF SCHOOL-BASED ADOLESCENT TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CESSATION PROGRAMS
Beginnings
Tobacco Use Prevalence and Consequences
Focus and Content of Prevention and Cessation Programs
Phases in the History of School-Based Prevention Programs
PART TWO: THEORETICAL BASIS AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE PREVENTION COMPONENT OF PROJECT TOWARDS NO TOBACCO USE (PROJECT TNT)
Social Influence in Etiology and Prevention of Tobacco Use
Sampling, Design and Tracking Issues
Alternative Methods of Assessment of Tobacco-Use-Related Variables
PART THREE: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND FOLLOW-UP IN PREVENTlcÀ