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SynthesisHealth communication2023

Can Extant Vaping Prevention Message Experiments Tell Us Something About What Works? A Response to O'Keefe.

Seth M Noar, Haijing Ma, Talia Kieu, Kurt M Ribisl

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Synthesis in Health communication, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Seth M NoarHussman School of Journalism and Media, University of North Carolina.ORCID 0000-0002-3453-5391
Haijing MaLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina.ORCID 0000-0002-6154-4090
Talia KieuDepartment of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina.
Kurt M RibislLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina.ORCID 0000-0003-3318-8524
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterPfeiffer University · US

Funding

Impact of e-cigarette prevention messages on adolescentsR01DA049155 · NIDA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI NOAR, SETH MICHAEL · 2020 to 2024
$3.4M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA049155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In his commentary, O'Keefe raises some interesting questions about the meaning of effect sizes in meta-analyses of experiments, focusing on our recent meta-analysis on vaping prevention messages. In this commentary, we respond to O'Keefe's comments and make several points. First, it is not uncommon to include experiments with different control conditions in a meta-analysis. Second, the set of studies in our meta-analysis were relatively homogenous, all being experiments testing messages to discourage vaping among adolescents and young adults. Third, the control conditions in each of the studies in the meta-analysis were appropriate for each given study, and our results show homogenous effects on most outcomes. Fourth, our meta-analysis finds meaningful effects that are timely and will be useful to researchers and practitioners alike. As this literature continues to grow, so too will knowledge about the effects of vaping prevention messages and moderators of those effects.

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Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsVapingAdolescentHumansYoung Adult

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PMID37183777
PMCPMC10330645
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