Predictors of High Program Exposure Among Adolescents Participating in a Smoking Prevention Intervention in Romania.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Web-based smoking prevention programs can be delivered to large groups of adolescents under relatively private conditions at a convenient cost, but their effectiveness is highly dependent on the level of exposure to the educational content. The objective of the study was to identify the predictors of high program exposure among a group of adolescents participating in a web-based smoking prevention cluster randomized trial in Romania.

Methods

The study sample included 675 adolescents from Târgu Mureş, Romania. The level of exposure to the ASPIRE web-based smoking prevention program was monitored using data automatically saved on the system server. High program exposure was defined as watching 75% to 100% of the educational content. Associations between adolescent

SUBMITTER: Nadasan V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6487747 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature