title: Development and testing of an antitobacco school-based curriculum for deaf and hard of hearing youth.
abstract: A tobacco use prevention curriculum tailored for deaf/hard of hearing youth was tested using a quasi-experimental design. Two schools for the deaf received the curriculum; two served as noncurriculum controls. Surveys assessed changes in tobacco use, tobacco education exposure, and tobacco-related attitudes and knowledge among students in grades 7-12 over 3 school years (n = 511-616). Current (past month) smoking decreased significantly at one intervention school (23% to 8%,p = .007), and current smokeless tobacco use at the other (7.5% to 2.5%, p = .03). Tobacco education exposure and antitobacco attitudes and knowledge increased significantly at one or both intervention schools. At one control school, reported tobacco education exposure decreased (p < .001) and antitobacco attitudes increased (p = .01). The results indicate that the curriculum increased perceived tobacco education exposure and significantly affected tobacco-related practices, attitudes, and knowledge.
authors: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research, School of Public Health and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA.
authors: Barbara A
authors: BA
authors: Berman
authors: Debra S
authors: DS
authors: Guthmann
authors: Catherine M
authors: CM
authors: Crespi
authors: Weiqing
authors: W
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D060345:Education of Persons with Hearing Disabilities; D004519:Education, Special / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019986:Persons with Hearing Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors