Vaping-Know the Truth: Evaluation of an Online Vaping Prevention Curriculum.
behavior change
child/adolescent health
curriculum
internet/electronic interventions
outcome evaluation
tobacco prevention and control
Journal
Health promotion practice
ISSN: 1524-8399
Titre abrégé: Health Promot Pract
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 100890609
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 Aug 2023
07 Aug 2023
Historique:
medline:
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8
2023
pubmed:
7
8
2023
entrez:
7
8
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Unacceptably high levels of e-cigarette use among youth paired with growing research about the dangers of vaping demonstrate a critical need to develop interventions that educate young people to reject e-cigarette use and promote cessation for current users. Vaping: Know the Truth (VKT) is a free digital learning experience prioritizing middle and high school students that aims to improve students' knowledge about the dangers of using e-cigarettes and provide quitting resources for those who already vape. The current study was designed to evaluate whether students receiving the curriculum increased knowledge of the dangers of vaping. The outcome measures were calculated as the change in the number of correct responses from the pre- to post-module assessments among middle and high school students who completed four modules of the VKT curriculum ( Students' e-cigarette knowledge significantly improved by an average of 3.24 points ( Findings demonstrate that the Vaping: Know the Truth curriculum is an effective resource for increasing knowledge among youth about the harms associated with e-cigarette use. Further research is needed to evaluate whether the intervention is associated with behavioral outcomes over time.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Unacceptably high levels of e-cigarette use among youth paired with growing research about the dangers of vaping demonstrate a critical need to develop interventions that educate young people to reject e-cigarette use and promote cessation for current users. Vaping: Know the Truth (VKT) is a free digital learning experience prioritizing middle and high school students that aims to improve students' knowledge about the dangers of using e-cigarettes and provide quitting resources for those who already vape. The current study was designed to evaluate whether students receiving the curriculum increased knowledge of the dangers of vaping.
METHODS
METHODS
The outcome measures were calculated as the change in the number of correct responses from the pre- to post-module assessments among middle and high school students who completed four modules of the VKT curriculum (
RESULTS
RESULTS
Students' e-cigarette knowledge significantly improved by an average of 3.24 points (
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Findings demonstrate that the Vaping: Know the Truth curriculum is an effective resource for increasing knowledge among youth about the harms associated with e-cigarette use. Further research is needed to evaluate whether the intervention is associated with behavioral outcomes over time.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37545361
doi: 10.1177/15248399231191099
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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