Training Secondary School Students as Anti-smoke Ambassadors Using the Service-learning Model

Learning While Serving: Training Secondary School Students as Anti-smoke Ambassadors Using the Service-learning Model

Building the community's capacity by training youngsters to refer smokers to professional smoking cessation services offers a good strategy to support smoking cessation. Peer pressure is considered the most common reason for smoking in young people. Smoking cessation interventions that target peers are likely to have substantial effects. This health promotion project based on the service-learning model will provide opportunity for young people to learn and practice the AWARD model with hands-on experience under the supervision of nursing students who are considered experienced peer counselors.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Smoking Cessation
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: 'Learning while serving' training program; Other: Usual care

Detailed Description

A hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation design will be adopted. A randomized sample of 368 students will be recruited from 14 secondary schools (Forms 2-4). The outcome measures will include demographic characteristics, the level of knowledge in smoking cessation and the AWARD model, the practice and attitude towards smoking cessation and the AWARD model, and the self-efficacy in using the AWARD model.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 368
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Ka Wai Katherine Lam; Phone Number: 27666420; Email: kw-katherine.lam@polyu.edu.hk
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Ka Yan Ho; Phone Number: 2766417; Email: kyeva.ho@polyu.edu.hk

Study Locations

• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong,China
    • Hong Kong, Hong Kong,China, Hong Kong, 0000
      • Recruiting
      • Katherine Lam
      • Contact: Katherine Lam, Phd

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• secondary school students (Forms 2-4)

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group; Secondary school students will be required to join a 3-phase 'Learning while serving' program.	Other: 'Learning while serving' training program; The training program will involve training workshops, hands-on sessions, and a smoker referral competition.
Other: Control group; Secondary school students will be only required to attend a 3-hour training workshops.	Other: Usual care; A 3-hour training workshops in the control group are regarded as usual care since the training workshops are also conducted regularly to other secondary or tertiary schools.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The self-designed logbook for number of referrals at 6-month follow-up	The number of smokers that referred to Youth Quitline will be recorded by using a self-designed logbook.	at 6-month follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at baseline	Students' level of knowledge in smoking cessation and the AWARD model will be assessed by using the Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire.	at baseline
The Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at the end of training program	Students' level of knowledge in smoking cessation and the AWARD model will be assessed by using the Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire.	at the end of training program, an average of 2 years
The Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at 3-month follow-up	Students' level of knowledge in smoking cessation and the AWARD model will be assessed by using the Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire.	at 3-month follow-up
The Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at 6-month follow-up	Students' level of knowledge in smoking cessation and the AWARD model will be assessed by using the Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire.	at 6-month follow-up
The Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at 12-month follow-up	Students' level of knowledge in smoking cessation and the AWARD model will be assessed by using the Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire.	at 12-month follow-up
The Attitude/Practice towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at baseline	Students' practice and attitude towards smoking cessation and the AWARD model will be assessed by using the Attitude/Practice towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire.	at baseline
The Attitude/Practice towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at the end of training program	Students' practice and attitude towards smoking cessation and the AWARD model will be assessed by using the Attitude/Practice towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire.	at the end of training program, an average of 2 years
The Attitude/Practice towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at 3-month follow-up	Students' practice and attitude towards smoking cessation and the AWARD model will be assessed by using the Attitude/Practice towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire.	at 3-month follow-up
The Attitude/Practice towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at 6-month follow-up	Students' practice and attitude towards smoking cessation and the AWARD model will be assessed by using the Attitude/Practice towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire.	at 6-month follow-up
The Attitude/Practice towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at 12-month follow-up	Students' practice and attitude towards smoking cessation and the AWARD model will be assessed by using the Attitude/Practice towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire.	at 12-month follow-up
The Self-efficacy to Quit Evaluation Questionnaire at baseline	Students' self-efficacy in using the AWARD model will be measured by using the Self-efficacy to Quit Evaluation Questionnaire.	at baseline
The Self-efficacy to Quit Evaluation Questionnaire at the end of training program	Students' self-efficacy in using the AWARD model will be measured by using the Self-efficacy to Quit Evaluation Questionnaire.	at the end of training program, an average of 2 years
The Self-efficacy to Quit Evaluation Questionnaire at 3-month follow-up	Students' self-efficacy in using the AWARD model will be measured by using the Self-efficacy to Quit Evaluation Questionnaire.	at 3-month follow-up
The Self-efficacy to Quit Evaluation Questionnaire at 6-month follow-up	Students' self-efficacy in using the AWARD model will be measured by using the Self-efficacy to Quit Evaluation Questionnaire.	at 6-month follow-up
The Self-efficacy to Quit Evaluation Questionnaire at 12-month follow-up	Students' self-efficacy in using the AWARD model will be measured by using the Self-efficacy to Quit Evaluation Questionnaire.	at 12-month follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Ka Wai Katherine Lam, School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 11, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 31, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): June 9, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 13, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 12, 2024
• Last Verified: June 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Adolescents; Self Efficacy; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Training Activities
• Other Study ID Numbers: HP_Anti-smoke ambassadors

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No