Amenability and implementation in secondary school antitobacco programs.
OBJECTIVE
To describe relationships between teachers' amenability to implement antitobacco programs and features of implementation settings.


METHODS
A telephone random survey was administered to middle school and high school teachers in Florida. Data were analyzed via cluster analysis and other multivariate techniques.


RESULTS
Teachers were classified by their amenability to implement tobacco-use-prevention education (TUPE). Cluster membership was associated with key contextual variables. Hierarchical multiple regression identified significant predictors of teachers' perceptions of program success.


CONCLUSIONS
After controlling for other school and community factors, classroom activities remained significant predictors of program effectiveness. Findings may have implications for the design of secondary interventions to promote teacher efficacy related to delivery of antitobacco programs.
Barr
Jessica E
JE
Ruston Developmental Center, Psychological Services, LA, USA.
Tubman
Jonathan G
JG
Montgomery
Marilyn J
MJ
Soza-Vento
Rita M
RM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003625:Data Collection; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D024382:Professional Role; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013334:Students