Trial reportAddictive behaviors2021
Implementation of a cluster randomized controlled trial: Identifying student peer leaders to lead E-cigarette interventions.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to prevent or cease electronic cigarette use in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- The Impact of Social Norms on Diffusion Dynamics: A Simulation of E-Cigarette Use Behavior.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2025Article
- Preventing gambling-related harm among adolescents (PRoGRAM-A): an embedded multi-modal process evaluation in a pilot cluster random control trial.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Perspectives, motivations, and experiences of adolescents and young adults using nicotine vapes: a qualitative review.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Mutual pathways between peer and own e-cigarette use among youth in the United States: a cross-lagged model.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Social Network Influences on Adolescent E-cigarette Use.Substance use & misuse · 2023Article
- Impact of social networks and norms on e-cigarette use among adolescents in Southern California: a prospective cohort study.BMJ public health · 2023Article
- Global trends in smoking cessation research from 2002 to 2021: A bibliometric and visual analysis.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Providers' Non-Cigarette Tobacco Use Intervention Practices in Relation to Beliefs about Patients, Prioritization of and Skills for Intervention, and Referral Knowledge in Texas Healthcare Centers Providing Care to Persons with Behavioral Health Needs.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- School-based programs to prevent adolescent e-cigarette use: A report card.Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care · 2022Article
- Protective Factors Against Vaping and Other Tobacco Use.Pediatrics · 2021Article
- Friendship and Consumption Networks in Adolescents and Their Relationship to Stress and Cannabis Use Intention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Public Health Interventions Targeting the Prevention of Adolescent Vaping: A Scoping Review.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
E-cigarette use has been increasing among middle school students. Intervention programs to prevent e-cigarette initiation administered by authority figures are met with more resistance from youth compared to peer-led programs. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and implementation process of using social network analysis (SNA) to identify student peer leaders in schools and train them to deliver e-cigarette prevention programming to their peers. Nine schools were recruited to participate in the study during the 2019-2020 school year. Schools were assigned to one of three conditions: (1) expert; (2) peer-random (selected peer-leaders would teach to random students); and (3) peer-fixed (selected peer-leaders would teach to assigned students based on nominations). Study participation varied by day due to school attendance, with 686 participants at baseline and 608 at posttest. Almost all students who did not complete the study resulted from the interruption of schools being closed due to COVID-19. Implementation issues fell into three categories: (1) scheduling, (2) day-of logistics, and (3) student group dynamics. Overall, the results showed positive satisfaction among teachers, who unanimously found the program appropriate for the grade-level and that peer-leaders worked well within their groups. Peer-led students-both random and assigned-reported having more fun and willing to tell friends to try the program compared to expert-led students. This study demonstrated the feasibility of implementing a peer-led e-cigarette prevention program for 6th grade students, using SNA to provide intervention rigidity and validity.
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