NCT01881607

An Integrated Intervention to Reduce Secondhandsmoke in Children

Respiratory Symptoms, Asthma and Passive Smoking in Children: Effectiveness of an Integrated Individual, Family, and School-based Intervention

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,779 (actual)
• Sponsor: Institut Català d'Oncologia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a community essay to assess the effectiveness of a multi-level (individual, family, and school) school-based intervention to prevent the exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) in a population of 1,734 schoolchildren (12-14 years old) in Terrassa (Catalonia, Spain). Schools were assigned to the intervention or the controlgroup at random. The investigators assessed SHS exposure in different settings (at school, at home, on transportation and leisure time) and tobacco consumption by means of a questionnaire before and one year after the intervention. Based on a previously evaluated intervention to prevent smoking initiation (PASE/ESFA program) the investigators designed a new intervention (the RESPIR•NET Program) including two new activities to prevent passive smoking to be applied at three levels: in the classroom (pupils), at the school (pupils, teachers, and parents), and in the family (pupils and parents).

Conditions

• Secondhand Exposure
• Smoking Status

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	RESPIRNET Program	The intervention at the classroom consisted of six sessions with the pupils of one hour each that were conducted by the teacher/tutor. We provided the teachers with a training session and a teachers' guide, and we gave each pupil a workbook with the activities. At the school level, the intervention consisted of four types of posters with specific messages directed to students, teachers, and parents, and the fourth poster type advertised the new smoking laws. we gave teachers and school managers the guide "Towards a Smoke-Free School" to facilitate the prevention and control of smoking (active and passive) in the school environment. Family level activities: Parents were required to complete the "My risk thermometer" activity at home with their children. Parents received a brochure with information on the risks of SHS exposure and recommendations to prevent SHS exposure, and a refrigerator magnet with the logo of the program.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-05-01
• Primary completion: 2007-12-01
• Completion: 2008-09-01
• First posted: 2013-06-19
• Last updated: 2013-06-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain