A Dutch social influence smoking prevention approach for vocational school students

This study examines the effects of a peer-led smoking prevention program on video for eighth grade Dutch vocational and high school students. A quasi-experimental approach was used with a pre-test and post-tests after 9 and 12 months. The experimental group consisted of three vocational ( N = 343) and five high schools ( N = 585) who received the program. Three vocational ( N = 217) and three high schools ( N = 384) served as the control group. Multi-level analyses showed that maximally 6% of the residual variance was due to intra-class and -school effects. Therefore, logistic regressions were... Mehr ...