ArticleIndian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine
An Informal School-based, Peer-led Intervention for Prevention of Tobacco Consumption in Adolescence: A Cluster Randomized Trial in Rural Gandhinagar.
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation of a Betel Quid Cessation Program and Evaluation of Its Effectiveness in a Malaysian High-Risk Community
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- Behavioral Interventions for Tobacco Cessation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Pooled it
- School-based peer education interventions to improve health: a global systematic review of effectiveness.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Developing a theory-based health education intervention to prevent adolescent students from smokeless tobacco use.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Health Education Events With a Peer-to-Peer Component in Public High Schools.Health promotion practice · 2025Article
- Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Susceptibility to Tobacco Use Among School Going Adolescents in a South-Indian District-(Project TEACH).Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of a school-based behavioural change intervention in reducing chronic disease risk factors in Chandigarh, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2024Article
- Behavioural interventions for tobacco cessation in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Review
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- Areca Nut Chewing: Initiation, Addiction, and Harmful Effects Emphasizing the Barriers and Importance of Cessation.Journal of addiction · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundTobacco use among adolescence is one of the important preventable causes of death as well as a leading public health problem all over the world. The present study was conducted with the objective of studying the effect of peer-led interventions on tobacco use among adolescents. MATERIALS AND
methodsTwenty schools were randomly selected and ten schools each were identified as cluster for intervention and control groups. A total of 402 students in intervention group and 422 in control group were studied.
resultsAbout 48% and 41% of adolescents were consuming smokeless tobacco in any form in the intervention and control groups, respectively. Prevalence of consumption of smokeless tobacco was significantly high among boys as compared to girls. Pan masala was the most common form of consumption. After conducting A Stop Smoking in School Trial-like peer-led intervention, a significant reduction in tobacco consumption of any form was observed in the intervention group (48%-36%) during the follow-up (
conclusionIt was found that peer-led intervention was effective in reducing the consumption of smokeless tobacco in any form. The rate of reduction was more in the first follow-up as compared to the end of the intervention. Sustained intervention in the form of retraining is needed for the long-term effect.
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