Project FLAVOR: 1-Year Outcomes of a Multicultural, School-Based Smoking Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents.
To evaluate a multicultural smoking prevention curriculum, 16 schools were randomized to receive the multicultural curriculum or a standard curriculum and program effects on 1-year smoking initiation among 1430 never smokers were assessed. Hispanic boys who received the multicultural curriculum were less likely to initiate smoking than were those who received the standard curriculum; effects were insignificant among other groups. The prevention effect among Hispanic boys is encouraging, but additional research is needed to improve prevention effects among other groups.
Unger
Jennifer B
JB
Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, 91803, USA. unger@usc.edu
Chou
Chih-Ping
CP
Palmer
Paula H
PH
Ritt-Olson
Anamara
A
Gallaher
Peggy
P
Cen
Steven
S
Lichtman
Kara
K
Azen
Stanley
S
Johnson
C Anderson
CA
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003479:Curriculum; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012907:Smoking / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D000074606:Smoking Prevention