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The Short-term Effects of ASPIRA: A Web-based, Multimedia Smoking Prevention Program for Adolescents in Romania: A Cluster Randomized Trial
INTRODUCTION: Although web-based, multimedia smoking prevention programs have been tested in several high-income countries, their efficacy in Central and Eastern Europe is unknown. The aim of this trial was to assess the short-term effects of ASPIRA, among Romanian and Hungarian speaking ninth grade...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896509/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27838661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntw308 |
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author | Nădăşan, Valentin Foley, Kristie L Pénzes, Melinda Paulik, Edit Mihăicuţă, Ştefan Ábrám, Zoltán Bálint, Jozsef Csibi, Monika Urbán, Robert |
author_facet | Nădăşan, Valentin Foley, Kristie L Pénzes, Melinda Paulik, Edit Mihăicuţă, Ştefan Ábrám, Zoltán Bálint, Jozsef Csibi, Monika Urbán, Robert |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Although web-based, multimedia smoking prevention programs have been tested in several high-income countries, their efficacy in Central and Eastern Europe is unknown. The aim of this trial was to assess the short-term effects of ASPIRA, among Romanian and Hungarian speaking ninth graders in Tirgu Mures, Romania. ASPIRA is the Romanian acronym for the translated and adapted version of ASPIRE, “A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience,” an evidence-based smoking prevention program originally developed to prevent tobacco use among high school students in the United States. METHODS: Sixteen high schools in Tirgu Mures, Romania were randomized to receive five weekly sessions of the ASPIRA web-based, multimedia program or to a control condition. Socio-demographic data, psychosocial characteristics, and smoking behavior were collected from students at baseline and at 6 months. A hierarchical logistic regression analysis was conducted to test the efficacy of the intervention on smoking initiation and current smoking among 1369 students. RESULTS: Never-smoker students in the intervention arm were 35% less likely to report smoking initiation 6 months after the baseline assessment (OR = 0.65, 95%CI: 0.44–0.97). Reduced smoking initiation was observed most notably among students who were exposed to at least 75% of the ASPIRA program. There was no statistically significant effect of the intervention on current tobacco use (OR = 0.80, 95%CI: 0.44–1.46). CONCLUSIONS: ASPIRA, an adapted version of the evidence-based, multimedia ASPIRE program that was originally developed and tested in the United States may decrease smoking initiation among multi-ethnic adolescents in Central and Eastern Europe. IMPLICATIONS: (1). Web-based, multimedia smoking prevention programs may be effective tools to prevent smoking initiation among multi-ethnic adolescent communities in Central and Eastern Europe. (2). The degree of exposure is critical, only high exposure to the multimedia smoking prevention program is associated with reduced smoking initiation. |
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spelling | pubmed-58965092018-04-17 The Short-term Effects of ASPIRA: A Web-based, Multimedia Smoking Prevention Program for Adolescents in Romania: A Cluster Randomized Trial Nădăşan, Valentin Foley, Kristie L Pénzes, Melinda Paulik, Edit Mihăicuţă, Ştefan Ábrám, Zoltán Bálint, Jozsef Csibi, Monika Urbán, Robert Nicotine Tob Res Original Investigations INTRODUCTION: Although web-based, multimedia smoking prevention programs have been tested in several high-income countries, their efficacy in Central and Eastern Europe is unknown. The aim of this trial was to assess the short-term effects of ASPIRA, among Romanian and Hungarian speaking ninth graders in Tirgu Mures, Romania. ASPIRA is the Romanian acronym for the translated and adapted version of ASPIRE, “A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience,” an evidence-based smoking prevention program originally developed to prevent tobacco use among high school students in the United States. METHODS: Sixteen high schools in Tirgu Mures, Romania were randomized to receive five weekly sessions of the ASPIRA web-based, multimedia program or to a control condition. Socio-demographic data, psychosocial characteristics, and smoking behavior were collected from students at baseline and at 6 months. A hierarchical logistic regression analysis was conducted to test the efficacy of the intervention on smoking initiation and current smoking among 1369 students. RESULTS: Never-smoker students in the intervention arm were 35% less likely to report smoking initiation 6 months after the baseline assessment (OR = 0.65, 95%CI: 0.44–0.97). Reduced smoking initiation was observed most notably among students who were exposed to at least 75% of the ASPIRA program. There was no statistically significant effect of the intervention on current tobacco use (OR = 0.80, 95%CI: 0.44–1.46). CONCLUSIONS: ASPIRA, an adapted version of the evidence-based, multimedia ASPIRE program that was originally developed and tested in the United States may decrease smoking initiation among multi-ethnic adolescents in Central and Eastern Europe. IMPLICATIONS: (1). Web-based, multimedia smoking prevention programs may be effective tools to prevent smoking initiation among multi-ethnic adolescent communities in Central and Eastern Europe. (2). The degree of exposure is critical, only high exposure to the multimedia smoking prevention program is associated with reduced smoking initiation. Oxford University Press 2017-08 2016-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5896509/ /pubmed/27838661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntw308 Text en © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Original Investigations Nădăşan, Valentin Foley, Kristie L Pénzes, Melinda Paulik, Edit Mihăicuţă, Ştefan Ábrám, Zoltán Bálint, Jozsef Csibi, Monika Urbán, Robert The Short-term Effects of ASPIRA: A Web-based, Multimedia Smoking Prevention Program for Adolescents in Romania: A Cluster Randomized Trial |
title | The Short-term Effects of ASPIRA: A Web-based, Multimedia Smoking Prevention Program for Adolescents in Romania: A Cluster Randomized Trial |
title_full | The Short-term Effects of ASPIRA: A Web-based, Multimedia Smoking Prevention Program for Adolescents in Romania: A Cluster Randomized Trial |
title_fullStr | The Short-term Effects of ASPIRA: A Web-based, Multimedia Smoking Prevention Program for Adolescents in Romania: A Cluster Randomized Trial |
title_full_unstemmed | The Short-term Effects of ASPIRA: A Web-based, Multimedia Smoking Prevention Program for Adolescents in Romania: A Cluster Randomized Trial |
title_short | The Short-term Effects of ASPIRA: A Web-based, Multimedia Smoking Prevention Program for Adolescents in Romania: A Cluster Randomized Trial |
title_sort | short-term effects of aspira: a web-based, multimedia smoking prevention program for adolescents in romania: a cluster randomized trial |
topic | Original Investigations |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896509/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27838661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntw308 |
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