The effect of two types of teacher training on implementation of Smart Choices: a tobacco prevention curriculum.
This study examined the implementation phase of a four-year research project to test the effectiveness of strategies to increase diffusion of Smart Choices, a school-based tobacco prevention program. The impact on curriculum implementation of two approaches to teacher training are compared. School districts were randomly assigned to a live workshop training or video training condition. The outcome of the evaluation was teachers' implementation of Smart Choices. Results show a lower proportion of video-trained teachers implemented the curriculum, but overall completeness and fidelity of implementation for those teachers who did teach the curriculum were comparable for the two groups. Video-trained teachers, however, were less likely to use brainstorming and student presentations/role plays, two of the methods prescribed by the curriculum. Implications of the results for teacher training are discussed.
Basen-Engquist
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University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center 77225.
O'Hara-Tompkins
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Lovato
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Lewis
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Parcel
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Gingiss
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014741:Video Recording