title: How soon they forget: changes to beliefs after learning about tobacco.
abstract: University students' beliefs about tobacco and nicotine were assessed before an educational intervention aimed at correcting tobacco-related misinformation. Beliefs were again measured immediately after the intervention, and then again after a 2-, 4-, 6-, or 8-week retention interval. Initially, participants showed significantly more accurate beliefs about tobacco than pre-intervention, but this improvement decreased after the retention interval. Results suggest that methods currently used in an attempt to alleviate tobacco misinformation in the public may be effective for short-term, but not long-term retention. The current study accents the need to design tobacco programs that optimize retention of belief change so that people may use that knowledge confidently in future health-related decisions.
authors: a Psychology , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , NY , USA .
authors: Matthew G
authors: MG
authors: Wisniewski
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Bartone
authors: Janice L
authors: JL
authors: Hastrup
authors: Mariana V C
authors: MV
authors: Coutinho
authors: Micah
authors: M
authors: Geer
authors: Leonard J
authors: LJ
authors: Simms
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D009538:Nicotine / Q000009:adverse effects; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D009538:Nicotine