From: Design of a school-based randomized trial to reduce smoking among 13 to 15-year olds, the X:IT study
Setting/arena | Intervention component | Timing | Determinant | Learning objective |
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Class | Smoke free curriculum | At least 8 lessons a year in year 7, 8, and 9 | Knowledge | • Increase awareness of long- and short-term risks of smoking |
• Reduce ‘majority misunderstanding’ | ||||
• Increase awareness of smoking inducing mechanism in the society | ||||
 |  |  | Self-efficacy | • Increase individual ability to resist temptation to smoke |
 |  |  | Perceived norms and attitudes | • Increase identification with non-smokers |
• Contribute to creating smoke free environments | ||||
Home/parents | Smoke free contract | Start of every school term | Parental attitudes | • Create supportive smoke free environment |
• Signal opposition to adolescent smoking | ||||
 |  |  | Availability | • Reduce availability of cigarettes |
 |  |  | Exposure | • Reduce exposure to smoking |
 |  |  | Perceived norms and attitudes | • Increase identification with non-smokers |
• Contribute to create smoke free environments | ||||
 | Leaflet for parents | Start of every school term |  | • Inform about the study, especially the smoke free contract |
School | Smoke free school | Throughout study | Exposure | • Remove exposure to smoking |
 |  |  | Perceived norms and attitudes | • Increase identification with nonsmokers |
• Contribute to creating smoke free environments | ||||
 | Parent-teacher meetings | Start of every school term |  | • Present study information, especially the smoke free contract |
School and municipality | Kick-off meetings for coordinators at intervention schools and in municipalities | Before start of study period, spring 2010 |  | • Inform about background and methods in the study |
 | 1 day workshops for coordinators at intervention schools and in municipalities | Spring 2011, 2012 and 2013 |  | • Share experiences and receive inspiration to solve problems |
• Get inspired to new teaching methods | ||||
• Secure sustainability of the study | ||||
 | Newsletters for intervention- and control schools, and municipalities | 3-4 each year throughout study |  | • Inform about study |
• Secure sustainability of the study | ||||
 | Study reports for each school and municipality | Spring 2011, 2012 and 2013 |  | • Inform about prevalences from the study |
• Secure sustainability of the study | ||||
Municipality | Sponsoring smoke free student prize | Spring 2011, 2012 and 2013 |  | • Smoke free competition |