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Percentage Correct Responses1 to Survey Items on Knowledge of Short-Term Effects and Attitudes about Tobacco Use Among a Five School Aggregate of 5th Grade Students in Western New York State who were Randomized2 to Receive a Tobacco Prevention Program Intervention during the 1998–1999 School Year. |
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| Fall 1998 |
Fall 1998 |
Spring 1999 |
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| Survey Item: |
Baseline Survey (Pre-Test) (N = 450) |
Evaluation Survey (Immediate Post-Test) (N = 408) |
Follow-Up Survey (Delayed Post-Test) (N = 371) |
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%3 |
p-value |
%3 |
p-value |
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| Knowledge of short-term effects of tobacco: |
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| (1) Smoking causes bad breath .................... |
98.4 |
100 |
N.S. |
99.7 |
N.S. |
| (2) Smokers have yellow teeth and fingers ............ |
72.0 |
96.5 |
p = 0.0313 |
95.1 |
p = 0.0313 |
| (3) Low tar cigarettes are safe ..................... |
88.2 |
92.6 |
N.S. |
94.9 |
N.S. |
| (4) Smokers have clean smelling clothes ............ |
89.2 |
91.6 |
N.S. |
91.9 |
N.S. |
| (5) Smoking decreases the amount of air that gets into your lungs ........................ |
86.5 |
89.6 |
N.S. |
90.2 |
N.S. |
| (6) Smoking 1 pack of cigarettes a day costs several hundred dollars per year................. |
81.5 |
91.8 |
p = 0.0313 |
94.3 |
p = 0.0313 |
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| Attitude about tobacco use: |
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| (7) People who use tobacco are popular and glamorous . . |
93.2 |
91.3 |
N.S. |
96.9 |
N.S. |
| (8) Some people start to use tobacco because their friends do ............................ |
93.4 |
95.9 |
N.S. |
96.2 |
N.S. |
| (9) Smoking is relaxing ........................ . . |
87.2 |
90.2 |
N.S. |
88.9 |
N.S. |
| (10) Advertising tells the truth about the effects of tobacco use. ............................ |
73.1 |
81.0 |
N.S. |
79.9 |
N.S. |
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1Proportions were compared at the School Level (N = 19), using Wilcoxon-Matched Pairs/Signed Rank Tests. P-values were identified as significant if they were less than or equal to .05, thus rejecting the null hypothesis (that the Intervention had No Effect); n.s. = not significant. 2There were 8 schools originally selected for this group; 1 school dropped out because they could not schedule the Intervention and another 2 schools were unable to schedule the Follow-Up (Delayed Post-Test) Survey, thus the data presented have complete information for each school at every measurement point. 3Percentages shown are Medians, which summarize the distribution of correct responses by school. | |||||
Mahoney et al. BMC Family Practice 2002 3:3 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-3-3 |
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