Journal article
MECHANISMS Study: Using Game Theory to Assess the Effects of Social Norms and Social Networks on Adolescent Smoking in Schools-Study Protocol
Ruth F Hunter, Felipe Montes, Jennifer M Murray, Sharon C Sanchez-Franco, Shannon C Montgomery, Joaquin Jaramillo, Christopher Tate, Rajnish Kumar, Laura Dunne, Abhijit Ramalingam, Erik O Kimbrough, Erin Krupka, Huiyu Zhou, Laurence Moore, Linda Bauld, Blanca Llorente, Olga L Sarmiento, Frank Kee
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | Published : 2020
Abstract
This proof of concept study harnesses novel transdisciplinary insights to contrast two school-based smoking prevention interventions among adolescents in the UK and Colombia. We compare schools in these locations because smoking rates and norms are different, in order to better understand social norms based mechanisms of action related to smoking. We aim to: (1) improve the measurement of social norms for smoking behaviors in adolescents and reveal how they spread in schools; (2) to better characterize the mechanisms of action of smoking prevention interventions in schools, learning lessons for future intervention research. The A Stop Smoking in Schools Trial (ASSIST) intervention harnesses ..
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Awarded by Medical Research Council Population and Systems Medicine Board
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by a grant from the Medical Research Council Population and Systems Medicine Board (reference number MR/R011176/1). CT was funded by a Ph.D. studentship from the Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland.