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Teacher-Rating As Predictor Of Effect Of A Smoking Prevention Program

Ola Joesendal

Research Center for Health Promotion, Oisteinsgate 3, 5007 Bergen, Norway (Research fellow at the Norwegian Cancer Society)

Purpose

Teachers responsible for presenting a smoking prevention curriculum consisting of eight lessons in 7.th grade, have rated each lesson immediately after finishing the lesson. Rating is obtained through a questionnaire. Teacher ratings in different intervention groups will be related to smoking prevention effects.

Methods

The Norwegian Cancer Society is responsible for a smoking-prevention intervention in Norwegian secondary schools. A country-representative random sample of 99 schools (every 11.tff Norwegian secondary school) participates in the study, with a total of 195 classes and 4.441 students. Schools are systematically allocated to one of four groups: Group A: Control. Group B: Intervention, containing classroom program, parental involving and teacher-courses. Group C' Like B, but without teacher-courses. Group D: Like B, but without parental involvement. Data on smoking frequencies are obtained from baseline survey and first follow-up survey. Data on teacher ratings are obtained from questionnaires in the teacher survey in groups B, C amd D, as described above.

Results

Results will be presented using bivariate correlations between teacher ratings and effect on recruitment of smokers. Preliminary results using school as unit of analysis indicate a weak relation. Results using class as unit of analysis will be presented

Discussion

Results will be discussed in light of different statistical methods relevant for multilevel models.

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