Open AccessSkills intervention to prevent cigarette smoking among adolescents.
Author(s) -
Steven P. Schinke,
Lewayne D. Gilchrist,
William H. Snow
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.75.6.665
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , medicine , cigarette smoking , environmental health , smoke , family medicine , psychiatry , physics , meteorology
Skills intervention to prevent cigarette smoking was evaluated with 689 adolescents. At 24-month follow-up, youths who received health information and skills intervention had lower intentions to smoke and less cigarette use than youths who received health information alone and youths who received no intervention. Conclusions about the effects of skills intervention are strengthened by the common preparation and random assignment of intervention leaders and by process measurement data.