title: The television school and family smoking prevention and cessation project. 1. Theoretical basis and program development.
abstract: Program development processes for the Television, School, and Family Project, a school-based smoking prevention and cessation project, are presented in this article. We first review applications of social-psychological and communications theory to school-based and mass media program development. These include the three broad areas of (a) mediators of mass media effects on behavior change, (b) the social influences approach to smoking prevention, and (c) a self-management and social support approach to smoking cessation. A program development model for school-based mass media efficacy trials, with a summary of formative research and pilot study processes, is then presented. The importance of reciprocal support among school district administrators, project research staff, and television station personnel is emphasized with recommendations for future research and demonstration efforts.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90007.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Flay
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Brannon
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ulene
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Whitney-Saltiel
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Gleason
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sussman
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gavin
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Glowacz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002140:California; D003479:Curriculum; D005190:Family; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012572:School Health Services; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013690:Television