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Bihar School Teachers Study

NCT01722747 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 945

Last updated 2013-03-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

BRIEF SUMMARY: This study, which is closed to enrollment, is testing the efficacy of a tobacco-control intervention geared towards school teachers in Bihar, India. This cluster randomized trial aims to promote tobacco use cessation among teachers and increase tobacco policy adoption in 72 Bihar schools. Teachers are the focus of the study because as role models for youth and key opinion leaders related to community norms, they represent an important group for tobacco control. Teachers in Bihar also have reported high rates of tobacco use. According to the Global School Personnel Survey conducted in 2006, 39% of teachers in the eastern region of India (which includes Bihar) use some form of tobacco, compared to the national average of 29%. This study aims to reduce these numbers through discussion groups with teachers, individual cessation counseling, educational materials, and a tobacco policy workgroup in each intervention school. This study is a collaboration between US researchers and researchers at the Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Mumbai India.

Conditions

  • Tobacco Use Cessation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tobacco Free Teachers, Tobacco Free Society (TFT/TFS)

A 7-month intervention was conducted over one academic year \& included the following core components: 1. A Lead Teacher (LT) in each school was appointed and trained to facilitate the program on-site; 2. A tobacco policy was implemented; 3. Study health educators and LTs conducted group discussions with teachers addressing 6 intervention themes; 4. Materials; 5. Support for tobacco use cessation. Schools randomized to delayed intervention control condition did not receive any intervention until after final data collection, when they were given a 3-month shortened intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health

    collaborator OTHER

  • Carelon Research

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Minnesota

    collaborator OTHER

  • School of Preventive Oncology

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Glorian C. Sorensen, PhD, MPH · Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • India

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