High Intercommunity Variation in Adolescent Cigarette Smoking in a 10-Community Field Experiment.

LaPrelle, John; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ445333

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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High Intercommunity Variation in Adolescent Cigarette Smoking in a 10-Community Field Experiment.

LaPrelle, John; And Others

Evaluation Review, v16 n2 p115-30 Apr 1992

High intercommunity variation in adolescent smoking precluded detection of effects of mass media campaigns on initiation of cigarette smoking in a study with a final sample of 1,637 adolescent subjects. Implications for studies using the individual as unit of analysis and the community as unit of randomization are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Analysis of Variance, Community Programs, Etiology, Evaluation Methods, Field Studies, Health Promotion, Intervention, Mass Media Role, Pretests Posttests, Prevention, Public Health, Research Design, Secondary Education, Smoking, Substance Abuse, Urban Areas, Urban Youth

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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