Bihar School Teachers Study (BSTS)

March 19, 2013 updated by: Glorian Sorensen, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

Promoting Tobacco Control Among Teachers in India

BRIEF SUMMARY: This study, which is closed to enrollment, is testing the efficacy of a tobacco-control intervention geared towards school teachers in Bihar, India. This cluster randomized trial aims to promote tobacco use cessation among teachers and increase tobacco policy adoption in 72 Bihar schools. Teachers are the focus of the study because as role models for youth and key opinion leaders related to community norms, they represent an important group for tobacco control. Teachers in Bihar also have reported high rates of tobacco use. According to the Global School Personnel Survey conducted in 2006, 39% of teachers in the eastern region of India (which includes Bihar) use some form of tobacco, compared to the national average of 29%. This study aims to reduce these numbers through discussion groups with teachers, individual cessation counseling, educational materials, and a tobacco policy workgroup in each intervention school. This study is a collaboration between US researchers and researchers at the Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Mumbai India.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

945

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • India
    • Bihar
      • Patna, Bihar, India
        • School of Preventive Oncology

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Government schools including grades 8-10 from within 10 school districts

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Schools with fewer than 8 teachers
  • Schools located in flood zones

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention Condition
Tobacco Free Teachers, Tobacco Free Society (TFT/TFS)
Behavioral: Tobacco Free Teachers, Tobacco Free Society (TFT/TFS)
A 7-month intervention was conducted over one academic year & included the following core components: 1. A Lead Teacher (LT) in each school was appointed and trained to facilitate the program on-site; 2. A tobacco policy was implemented; 3. Study health educators and LTs conducted group discussions with teachers addressing 6 intervention themes; 4. Materials; 5. Support for tobacco use cessation. Schools randomized to delayed intervention control condition did not receive any intervention until after final data collection, when they were given a 3-month shortened intervention.
No Intervention: Delayed Intervention Control condition
Receives abbreviated 3-month delayed intervention after final data collection time point

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
6-month abstinence from tobacco
Time Frame: assessed 9-months post-intervention
assessed 9-months post-intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Adoption of a school tobacco policy
Time Frame: 9-month post-intervention
9-month post-intervention
short-term tobacco use cessation
Time Frame: Average of 3 weeks post-intervention
Average of 3 weeks post-intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

Collaborators

University of Minnesota
HealthCore-NERI
Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health
School of Preventive Oncology

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Glorian C. Sorensen, PhD, MPH, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 1, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 5, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

November 7, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 20, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 19, 2013

Last Verified

March 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • R01CA120958 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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