Evaluation of The Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit is a free online curriculum developed for use by educators and health professionals in providing tobacco-specific prevention education to middle and high school students. The aims of this study are to determine: (1) whether the Curriculum is effective in changing middle and high school students' resistance to using tobacco as well as knowledge of, attitudes towards, and intentions to use different tobacco products; and (2) whether the Curriculum is effective in changing middle and high school students' actual use of tobacco in the short-term.

Official Title
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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate The Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit

Conditions
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Behavior, Health, Behavior, Smoking

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit curriculum


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Middle school and high school students Exclusion Criteria: Non English-speakers

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 11 Years
Maximum Age: 20 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Receives Stanford tobacco education curriculum<br>Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit is administered. | Behavioral: Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit curriculum<br>* Stanford Toolkit curriculum delivered as a 5-session course in a school classroom setting.<br>|
| No Intervention: Does not receive Stanford tobacco education curriculum<br>Receives another curriculum or no tobacco education. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in resistance to use of tobacco products scaled score as measured by investigator-originated survey | This survey measures change in resistance to use of tobacco products with questions related to the participant's intention to use tobacco. | Change from baseline to follow-up at approximately 40 weeks post-baseline | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in skills for refusal of tobacco products scaled score as measured by investigator-originated survey | This survey measures change in skills to refuse tobacco use with questions related to the participant's susceptibility to tobacco use, self-efficacy and self-confidence. | Change from baseline to follow-up at approximately 40 weeks post-baseline | 
| Change in knowledge of tobacco products scaled score as measured by investigator-originated survey | This survey measures knowledge of tobacco products with questions related to the participant's knowledge of ingredients, of nicotine levels, of potential health outcomes. | Change from baseline to follow-up at approximately 40 weeks post-baseline | 
| This survey measures use of tobacco products with questions related to the participant's ever tobacco use, past 30-day tobacco use, and past 7-day tobacco use. | Investigator-originated survey survey measures (questions) assess ever tobacco use, past 30-day tobacco use, past 7-day tobacco use This outcome measure assesses tobacco products use. | Change from baseline to follow-up at approximately 40 weeks post-baseline | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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children, young adults, tobacco, education, health, smoking, prevention