Open AccessProject FLAVOR: 1-Year Outcomes of a Multicultural, School-Based Smoking Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents
Author(s) -
Jennifer B. Unger,
Chih-Ping Chou,
Paula H. Palmer,
Anamara RittOlson,
Peggy Gallaher,
Steven Cen,
Kara Lichtman,
Stanley P. Azen,
C. Anderson Johnson
Publication year - 2004
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.94.2.263
Subject(s) - curriculum , multiculturalism , smoking prevention , medicine , multicultural education , randomized controlled trial , family medicine , medical education , psychology , pedagogy , public health , nursing , surgery
To evaluate a multicultural smoking prevention curriculum, 16 schools were randomized to receive the multicultural curriculum or a standard curriculum and program effects on 1-year smoking initiation among 1430 never smokers were assessed. Hispanic boys who received the multicultural curriculum were less likely to initiate smoking than were those who received the standard curriculum; effects were insignificant among other groups. The prevention effect among Hispanic boys is encouraging, but additional research is needed to improve prevention effects among other groups.