Effectiveness of Health Education Methods on Adolescents’ Susceptibility to Tobacco Uptake – Cluster-Randomised Control Trial

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Oral Health

• Registration Number: PACTR202103597248621
• Lead Sponsor: Omotayo Francis FAGBULE

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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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: 1080

Inclusion Criteria

School-related criteria
?The secondary schools must be located within the three selected LGAs included in the study.
?The secondary schools must have classes up to the SSS 1 classes.
Student-related criteria
?The participants must be adolescents (10-19 years).
?Participants will be students attending either a public or private secondary school.
?The students (male and female) must be in the SSS 1 classes.

Exclusion Criteria

School-related criteria
?Secondary schools not registered with the State Government will be excluded from the study
?Schools whose Principals do not agree to their schools’ participation in the study, despite detailed explanation and advocacy effort by the researcher.
?Schools that have offered structured tobacco-related health education in the past 12 months.
?Schools without an adequate number of students in the classes of interest (SSS 1) will also be excluded from the study. This information will be ascertained by asking the Principals of the selected schools.
Student-related criteria
?Consenting adolescents whose parents or legal guidance refuse their participation in the study will be excluded from the study.
?Students who do not intend to remain in the school throughout the duration of the study (data collection and interventions)
?Students who are not adolescents

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Susceptibility of the participants to tobacco use/cigarette smoking

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participants knowledge of the contents, oral, and general health effects of tobacco use;Participants perception of tobacco use based on the constructs of the Health Belief Model