scholarly journals Methodology of Isfahan Tobacco Use Prevention Program: First Phase

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Hamidreza Roohafza ◽  
Kamal Heidari ◽  
Razieh Omidi ◽  
Tahereh Alinia ◽  
Fereshteh Rajabi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
School Policy ◽  
Water Pipe ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
School Students ◽  
Isfahan Province ◽  
Tobacco Use Prevention

Background. Tobacco use continues to be the leading global cause of preventable death. The majority of smokers begin using tobacco products at teen ages. The aims of this study were providing a methodology of Isfahan Tobacco Use Prevention Program and investigating the prevalence of tobacco use and its related factors.Method. It was a cross-sectional study among guidance and high school students in Isfahan province. Initiation, social, psychological (depression and self-efficacy), family, and attitudinal and belief factors and school policy toward smoking (cigarettes and water-pipe) were investigated. Saliva qutinin was given from 5% of participants for determination of accuracy of responses. A self-administered anonymous questionnaire was used for gathering all data.Results. Of all 5500 questionnaires distributed, about 5408 completed questionnaires were returned (with response rate of 98.3%). Of all participants, 2702 (50.0%) were girls and 2706 (50.0%) were boys. Respectively, 4811 (89.0%) and 597 (11.0%) were from urban and rural. Of all participants, 2445 (45.2%) were guidance school and 2962 (54.8%) were high school students.Conclusion. This study will provide a unique opportunity to study prevalence of smoking cigarettes and water-pipe (ghelyan) among guidance and high school students in Isfahan province and determine the role of initiation, social, psychological, family, and attitudinal and belief factors and school policy toward smoking.

scholarly journals Social Psychological Theories and Sustainable Second Language Learning: A Model Comparison Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Kyung Kim ◽  
Tae-Il Pae
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Second Language ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
School Students ◽  
South Korean

The purposes of the present study are two-fold: (1) To examine whether social psychological variables, such as attitude and subjective norm, can predict South Korean English as a foreign language high school students’ intention to learn English, and (2) to identify the best social psychological model for sustainable second language learning in the context of South Korean English as a foreign language (EFL) learning. A total of 614 South Korean high school learners of English participated in the present study. Data collected from a survey questionnaire were analyzed using a structural equation modeling procedure. Results of the present study indicate that South Korean high school students’ attitudes toward learning English and subjective norms made a significant and independent contribution to the variance in their intention to study English. Among the three competing social psychological models examined in the current study, the theory of Planned Behavior and an expanded model of Gardner’s Socio-educational Model proved to be the most effective in terms of the strength of path coefficients and explanatory power. Theoretical and pedagogical implications are provided.

scholarly journals Water-Pipe Tobacco Smoking Among Middle and High School Students in Arizona

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 123 (2) ◽  
pp. e282-e288 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Primack ◽  
M. Walsh ◽  
C. Bryce ◽  
T. Eissenberg
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Tobacco Smoking ◽  
Water Pipe ◽  
School Students ◽  
Pipe Tobacco

Effects on High School Students of Teaching a Cross-Age Alcohol Prevention Program

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-216
Author(s):  
Alison Padget ◽  
Mary Lou Bell ◽  
Stephen R. Shamblen ◽  
Chris Ringwalt
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Vehicle Safety ◽  
Alcohol Prevention ◽  
School Students ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The Impact

This study examined the impact on high school students who taught elementary students MADD's Protecting You/Protecting Me (PY/PM), an alcohol use prevention and vehicle safety program. High school students ( N = 188) enrolled in a peer helping course completed surveys before and after teaching PY/PM, and a comparison group of peer helper students ( N = 141) from matched schools completed surveys at the same times. Results indicated that, relative to the comparison group, those exposed to PY/PM gained knowledge of alcohol's effects, increased their perceptions of the risks of high levels of alcohol use, gained teaching skills, and showed less frequent episodes of binge drinking. No effects were found for attitudes toward future drinking, perceptions of the risk of low levels of alcohol use, alcohol use, or vehicle safety. This cross-age prevention program may be successful in changing high school students' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding high levels, but not low levels, of alcohol use.

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