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Assessment of tobacco control advocacy behavioural capacity among students at schools of public health in China.
- Source :
- Tobacco Control; Jan2011, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p20-25, 6p, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Objectives To evaluate student tobacco control advocacy behavioural capacity using longitudinal trace data. Methods A tobacco control advocacy curriculum was developed and implemented at schools of public health (SPH) or departments of public health in seven universities in China. Participants comprised undergraduate students studying the public health curriculum in these 13 Universities. A standardised assessment tool was used to evaluate their tobacco control advocacy behavioural capacity. Repeated measures analysis of variance, paired t tests and paired <subscript>Χ</subscript>2 tests were used to determine differences between dependent variables across time. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and multivariate logistic regression were used to assess treatment effects between intervention and control sites. Results Respective totals of 426 students in the intervention group and 338 in the control group were available for the evaluation. Approximately 90% of respondents were aged 21 years or older and 56% were women. Findings show that the capacity building program significantly improved public health student advocacy behavioural capacity, including advocacy attitude, interest, motivation and anti-secondhand smoke behaviours. The curriculum did not impact student smoking behaviour. Conclusions This study provides sufficient evidence to support the implementation of tobacco control advocacy training at Chinese schools of public health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PASSIVE smoking
PUBLIC health
ANALYSIS of variance
CHI-squared test
CONCEPTUAL structures
CONFIDENCE intervals
CURRICULUM
HEALTH attitudes
HEALTH behavior
LONGITUDINAL method
MOTIVATION (Psychology)
MULTIVARIATE analysis
RESEARCH funding
SMOKING cessation
T-test (Statistics)
MULTIPLE regression analysis
RELATIVE medical risk
CONTROL groups
EDUCATIONAL outcomes
REPEATED measures design
UNDERGRADUATES
CONSUMER activism
PREVENTION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09644563
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Tobacco Control
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 59878376
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/tc.2010.036590