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An Educational Imperative: Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Anti‐Smoking Program
Author(s) -
Williamson John A.,
Campbell Lloyd P.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1981.tb02150.x
Subject(s) - psychology , medical education , medicine , environmental health
A two‐year follow‐up study conducted by the authors reveals that, unless public school students are in a health education program that is part of a spiral curriculum that builds upon and reinforces those anti‐smoking concepts learned earlier, students are apt to regress in both attitudes toward and knowledge of the dangers of smoking.