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. 2021 Feb:113:106698.
doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106698. Epub 2020 Oct 10.

Dissemination of CATCH My Breath, a middle school E-Cigarette prevention program

Steven H Kelder  1 , Dale S Mantey  2 , Duncan Van Dusen  3 , Tara Vaughn  4 , Marcella Bianco  5 , Andrew E Springer  6
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Dissemination of CATCH My Breath, a middle school E-Cigarette prevention program

Steven H Kelder et al. Addict Behav. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

Objectives: In 2016, the US Surgeon General issued a Call to Action to address adolescent e-cigarette use and school-based prevention interventions are an effective component of comprehensive tobacco control. This study describes the development and dissemination of CATCH My Breath, an e-cigarette prevention program for middle and high school students.

Methods: Starting in 2014, a university and nonprofit collaboration designed, formatively evaluated, pilot tested, and disseminated the CATCH My Breath Program (CMB). The team used Social Cognitive Theory to develop the program and Diffusion of Innovations Theory to disseminate the program. Dissemination strategies were applied beginning in 2016. This paper describes the application of both theories and the resulting reach of CMB.

Results: Since dissemination began, CMB has been rapidly adopted, following the typical diffusion normal curve. As of June 2020, approximately 4,000 schools in the United States have adopted the program, 70,000 teachers have taught the program, and 1,400,000 students have been exposed to program materials.

Conclusion: The application of Social Cognitive Theory and Diffusion of Innovation Theory resulted in effective prevention results and rapid, widespread adoption of the CMB. This level of adoption and implementation represents 25% of the school marketplace. CMB should be considered as the school component of the recommended combustible and e-cigarette prevention and control toolkit, alongside mass media, marketing restrictions, retail access, taxation, flavor ban, and FDA premarket approval. Other public health interventions seeking rapid adoption should consider applying principles of Diffusion of Innovation as a guide for development and dissemination.

Keywords: Electronic cigarette; Innovation; Intervention; Prevention; School; Vaping.

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Declaration of Competing Interest

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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CATCH My breath logic model.
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The diffusion of innovation process.
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CATCH my breath diffusion curve.
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