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

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Other: Usual care; Other: 'Learning while serving' training program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05897346

HP_Anti-smoke ambassadors

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 368 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• secondary school students (Forms 2-4)

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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368 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Secondary school students will be required to join a 3-phase 'Learning while serving' program.

Treatment:

Other: 'Learning while serving' training program

Control group

Other group

Description:

Secondary school students will be only required to attend a 3-hour training workshops.

Treatment:

Other: Usual care