Bihar School Teachers Study

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

945

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

June 30, 2009

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2012

Conditions
Tobacco Use Cessation
Interventions
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.

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

School of Preventive Oncology, Patna

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health

OTHER

collaborator

Carelon Research

OTHER

collaborator

University of Minnesota

OTHER

collaborator

School of Preventive Oncology

UNKNOWN

lead

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

OTHER