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

NCT05897346 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: HP_Anti-smoke ambassadors
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 368
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Keywords

Adolescents; Training Activities; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Self Efficacy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 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 Outcomes (15)

• The Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at baseline

  at baseline

• The Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at the end of training program

  immediately after completion of the training programme

• The Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at 3-month follow-up

  at 3-month follow-up

• The Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at 6-month follow-up

  at 6-month follow-up

• The Knowledge towards Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control Evaluation Questionnaire at 12-month follow-up

  at 12-month follow-up

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Other: 'Learning while serving' training program

Control group

OTHER

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

Other: Usual care

Interventions

'Learning while serving' training program OTHER

The training program will involve training workshops, hands-on sessions, and a smoker referral competition.

Intervention group

Usual care OTHER

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.

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Secondary school students (Forms 2-4)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Katherine Lam

Hong Kong, Hong Kong,China, 0000, Hong Kong

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Lam KKW, Ho KY, Leung DYP, Wong AKC, Wu CST, Liu CQ, Mao T, Mak YW. Training secondary school students as anti-smoke ambassadors using the service-learning model: A cluster randomized controlled trial with hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation design study protocol. PLoS One. 2024 Nov 14;19(11):e0313404. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313404. eCollection 2024.

  PMID: 39541363 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Smoking Cessation; Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Behavior

Study Officials

• Ka Wai Katherine Lam

  School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: The research assistant undertaking recruitment will be responsible for data collection and be blinded to the group assignment.
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: 14 clusters will be randomized to the intervention or control group using a 1:1 ratio by a research assistant using an independent computerized randomization sequence process.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 11, 2023
• First Posted: June 9, 2023
• Study Start: August 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): January 31, 2027
• Last Updated: August 31, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)