Shaping the Social: design of a settings-based intervention study to improve well-being and reduce smoking and dropout in Danish vocational schools

BMC Public Health

Study Protocol

Susan Andersen¹  Christiane Stock²  Janne Schurmann Tolstrup³  Betina Bang Sørensen³  Bjarne Laursen³  Liselotte Ingholt³  Line Zinckernagel³  Anne Louise Øllgaard³  Teresa Holmberg³  Morten Hulvej Rod³  Annette Kjær Ersbøll³  Christoffer Johansen⁴ 

[1] Centre for Intervention Research in Health Promotion and Disease, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, DK-1353, Copenhagen, Denmark;Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Niels Bohrs Vej 9, DK-6700, Esbjerg, Denmark;National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, DK-1353, Copenhagen, Denmark;The Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark;

关键词: Adolescent;    Evaluation studies;    Health promotion;    Intervention studies;    Smoking;    Wellbeing;    Social environment;    Student dropouts;    Vocational education;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-015-1936-6

 received in 2015-05-19, accepted in 2015-06-12,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe social environment at schools is an important setting to promote educational attainment, and health and well-being of young people. However, within upper secondary education there is a need for evidence-based school intervention programmes. The Shaping the Social intervention is a comprehensive programme integrating social and educational activities to promote student well-being and reduce smoking and dropout in upper secondary vocational education. The evaluation design is reported here.Methods/designThe evaluation employed a non-randomised cluster controlled design, and schools were selected to either implement the intervention or continue with normal practice for comparison. In the baseline survey conducted 2011–2012, 2,329 students from four intervention schools and 3,371 students from six comparison schools answered a computer-based questionnaire during class, representing 73 % and 81 % of eligible students, and 22 % of all technical/agricultural vocational schools in Denmark. Follow-up assessment was conducted 10 weeks after baseline and at the same time teachers of the intervention classes answered a questionnaire about implementation. School dropout rates will be tracked via national education registers through a 2-year follow-up period.DiscussionShaping the Social was designed to address that students at Danish vocational schools constitute a high risk population concerning health behaviour as well as school dropout by modifying the school environment, alongside developing appropriate evaluation strategies. To address difficulties in implementing settings-based interventions, as highlighted in prior research, the strategy was to involve intervention schools in the development of the intervention. Baseline differences will be included in the effectiveness analysis, so will the impact of likely mediators and moderators of the intervention.Trials registrationISRCTN57822968. Date of registration: 16/01/2013

【 授权许可】

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