Table 1 Intervention components of the X:IT II intervention, including timing of activities and learning objectives for each activity
From: Study protocol of the X:IT II - a school-based smoking preventive intervention
Setting | Intervention component | Timing | Aims | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Main intervention components | School | Smoke free school time | Throughout the study period | - Remove exposure to smoking |
- Increase identification with non-smokers | ||||
- Contribute to creating smoke-free environments | ||||
Parent-teacher meetings | Start of every school term | - Present study information, especially the smoke free agreement | ||
Class | Smoke free curriculum | At least 8 lessons each year in year 7, 8 and 9 | - Increase awareness of long- and short-term risks of smoking | |
- Reduce majority misunderstanding | ||||
- Increase awareness of smoking inducing mechanisms in society | ||||
- Increase individual ability to resist temptation to smoke | ||||
- Increase identification with non-smokers | ||||
- Contribute to creating smoke-free environments | ||||
Home/parents | Smoke free agreements and chat on tobacco | Start of every school term | - Create supportive smoke free environment at home | |
- Signal opposition to adolescent smoking | ||||
- Reduce availability of cigarettes | ||||
- Reduce exposure to smoking | ||||
- Increase identification with non-smokers | ||||
- Contribute to creating smoke-free environments | ||||
Implementation and sustainability | School | Kick-off workshops for school coordinators and leaders | Before start of study, August 2017 | - Inform about background and methods of the study |
Newsletters for schools | 3–4 each year throughout study period | - Inform about study | ||
- Ensure sustainability of the study | ||||
Study reports for each school | Fall 2018 | - Inform about prevalences from study | ||
- Ensure sustainability of the study |