Effect of health education on adolescents’ future smoking intentions

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: PACTR202103802475677
• Lead Sponsor: Omotayo Francis Fagbule

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-02-10
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 720

Inclusion Criteria

1.The secondary schools must be located within the two selected LGAs included in the study. In 4.5 above only Two LGAs will be selected
2.The secondary schools must have classes up to the SSS 1 classes.
3.Participants will be students attending either a public or private secondary school.
4.The participants must be adolescents (age 10 – 19 years20).
5.The students (male and female) must be in the SSS 1 classes.
6.The secondary schools must have classes up to the SSS 1 classes.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Secondary schools not registered with the State Government will be excluded from the study
2.Schools whose principals do not agree to their schools’ participation in the study, despite detailed explanation and advocacy effort by the researcher.
3.Consenting adolescents whose parents or legal guidance refuse their participation in the study will be excluded from the study.
4.Students who do not intend to remain in the school throughout the duration of the study (data collection and interventions)
5.Schools that have offered structured tobacco-related health education in the past 12 months.
6.Schools without an adequate number of students in the class of interest (SSS 1) will be excluded from the study. This information will be ascertained by asking the principal of the selected schools.
7.Students who are not adolescents as defined by the WHO (between the ages of 10 – 19 years).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified