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. 2011 Winter;155(5):592-604.
doi: 10.1353/aad.2011.0009.

Development and testing of an antitobacco school-based curriculum for deaf and hard of hearing youth

Barbara A Berman  1 , Debra S Guthmann, Catherine M Crespi, Weiqing Liu
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Development and testing of an antitobacco school-based curriculum for deaf and hard of hearing youth

Barbara A Berman et al. Am Ann Deaf. 2011 Winter.

Abstract

A tobacco use prevention curriculum tailored for deaf/hard of hearing youth was tested using a quasi-experimental design. Two schools for the deaf received the curriculum; two served as noncurriculum controls. Surveys assessed changes in tobacco use, tobacco education exposure, and tobacco-related attitudes and knowledge among students in grades 7-12 over 3 school years (n = 511-616). Current (past month) smoking decreased significantly at one intervention school (23% to 8%,p = .007), and current smokeless tobacco use at the other (7.5% to 2.5%, p = .03). Tobacco education exposure and antitobacco attitudes and knowledge increased significantly at one or both intervention schools. At one control school, reported tobacco education exposure decreased (p < .001) and antitobacco attitudes increased (p = .01). The results indicate that the curriculum increased perceived tobacco education exposure and significantly affected tobacco-related practices, attitudes, and knowledge.

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Time trends in tobacco education exposure, anti-tobacco attitude and tobacco-related knowledge scores* *F04, S05, F05, S06, F06, S07: Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007
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Time trends in current and ever smoking and smokeless tobacco use* *F04, S05, F05, S06, F06, S07: Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007
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