Systematic review of school tobacco prevention programs in African countries from 2000 to 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Bank has reported that global smoking rates declined from 2000 to 2012, with the only exception found in males in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa is considered to be in stage one of the tobacco epidemic continuum. To address this problem, school-based programs for smoking prevention are considered cost-effective and promising. Since tobacco prevention programs are influenced by social competence or customs of each country, tobacco prevention programs that have success in Western countries are not always effective in African countries. Therefore, the current study systematically reviewed relevant literature to examine the effects of these types of programs in African countries.

Method

Online bibliographic databases and a hand search were used. We i

SUBMITTER: Nishio A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800696 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature