Bihar School Teachers Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Tobacco Use Cessation
• Interventions: Behavioral: Tobacco Free Teachers, Tobacco Free Society (TFT/TFS)

• Registration Number: NCT01722747
• Lead Sponsor: Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

Brief Summary

BRIEF SUMMARY: This study, which is closed to enrollment, is testing the efficacy of a tobacco-control intervention geared towards school teachers in Bihar, India. This cluster randomized trial aims to promote tobacco use cessation among teachers and increase tobacco policy adoption in 72 Bihar schools. Teachers are the focus of the study because as role models for youth and key opinion leaders related to community norms, they represent an important group for tobacco control. Teachers in Bihar also have reported high rates of tobacco use. According to the Global School Personnel Survey conducted in 2006, 39% of teachers in the eastern region of India (which includes Bihar) use some form of tobacco, compared to the national average of 29%. This study aims to reduce these numbers through discussion groups with teachers, individual cessation counseling, educational materials, and a tobacco policy workgroup in each intervention school. This study is a collaboration between US researchers and researchers at the Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Mumbai India.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-06
• Primary Completion: 2012-07
• Study First Submitted: 2012-11-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-11-05
• Study First Posted: 2012-11-07
• Status Verified: 2013-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-03-19
• Last Update Posted: 2013-03-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 945

Inclusion Criteria

• Government schools including grades 8-10 from within 10 school districts

Exclusion Criteria

• Schools with fewer than 8 teachers
• Schools located in flood zones

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention Condition	Tobacco Free Teachers, Tobacco Free Society (TFT/TFS)	Tobacco Free Teachers, Tobacco Free Society (TFT/TFS)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
6-month abstinence from tobacco	assessed 9-months post-intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adoption of a school tobacco policy	9-month post-intervention
short-term tobacco use cessation	Average of 3 weeks post-intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

School of Preventive Oncology; 🇮🇳 Patna, Bihar, India