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ADHAirE : a Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve the Implementation of Tobacco-free School Policies
Sponsor: Université Catholique de Louvain
Summary
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to learn if the set up of an advocacy coalition in secondary schools can improve the implementation of tobacco-free school policies (TFSP) to prevent adolescent smoking. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. To what extent is an advocacy coalition related to smoking prevention implementable in school's routine ? 2. Is an advocacy coalition an effective way to prevent smoking among adolescents and shift smoking norms in school? Schools in the intervention arm will be compared to schools in the control arm, to test the effectiness of the advocacy coalition to improve the implementation of TFSP. Schools in the intervention arm will put in place an advocacy coalition, that is * Set up a task force composed of school stakeholders (students, teachers, educators, principle,...) * Share their good practices regarding implementation with the other schools of the intervention arm * Be supported to reffer nicotine-dependant students and staff members to smoking cessation programs Continuous evaluation is planned to assess the effectiveness of this intervention.
Official title: A Decent and Healthy Air for Everyone (ADHAirE) : a Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve the Implementation of Tobacco-free School Policies
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
13 Years - 19 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
20
Start Date
2024-04-25
Completion Date
2026-06
Last Updated
2024-10-23
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Advocacy coalition
* set up a task force composed of school stakeholders (students, teachers, educators, principle,...). These stakeholders will meet 4 times a year to improve the implementation and enforcement of TFSP through rules that are accepted, adopted and to which all school actors adhere. * share of good practices in implementation with the other schools of the intervention arm through a sharing platform and two annual meetings. * support to reffer nicotine-dependant students and staff members to smoking cessation programs. * support in the implementation of TFSP and in getting all school actors on board, by the research team, but also by local health promotion partners.
Feedback
Feedback on the basis of the audit and the surveys
Locations (1)
UCLouvain
Brussels, Belgium