A Review of Behavioural Intervention Studies of Tobacco Use in India

1995 ◽  
pp. 261-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sankaranarayanan
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Behavioural Intervention

scholarly journals One size doesn’t fit all: contouring and addressing social vitals in reversing tobacco epidemic in Punjab, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. e231890
Author(s):  
Garima Bhatt ◽  
Sonu Goel ◽  
Gagandeep Shergill
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
North India ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Behavioural Intervention ◽  
Specific Patient ◽  
Tobacco Epidemic

There are many tobacco users who wish to quit. In some cases, ostracism related to religious proscriptions serves as a barrier and prevents them from revealing their addiction status. Religion as an institution has an immense influence on human behaviour. It contributes to the cultural identity of individuals, moderating uniformity in their behaviour and social life. We describe a case from a province in Punjab in North India, where tobacco use is a ‘taboo’ due to the widely practised faith of Sikhism. The case illustrates how a doctoral thesis student, along with the healthcare providers at a non-communicable disease clinic, overcame the concealment of tobacco use of a patient with hypertension due to fear of social exclusion. The student assisted him in quitting tobacco use through a culturally specific, patient-centric, individualised, behavioural intervention using religion as a backdrop. This case study highlights the importance of recognising and appreciating the dynamics of sociocultural factors to develop a suitable and successful deaddiction strategy. This case elaborates how a simple ‘nudge’ of religious tenets-based counselling helps the tobacco addict transgress or tide over such barriers.

Evaluation of a school-based tobacco control intervention in India

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (7) ◽  
pp. 775-787
Author(s):  
Josyula K Lakshmi ◽  
Radhika Shrivastav ◽  
Kiran Saluja ◽  
Monika Arora
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Behavioural Intervention ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Health Behaviour Change ◽  
School Based

Objective: To understand tobacco use patterns and the context, implementation and reception of a 2-year school-based behavioural intervention to promote awareness and support for tobacco control policies. Design: Qualitative exploration of participating students’, parents’ and teachers’ perspectives, experiences and observations related to tobacco use and the school-based intervention, as well as suggestions for the more effective prevention of tobacco use. Setting: 1,440 schools (720 intervention, 720 control) in two districts of Andhra Pradesh and five districts of Gujarat, India, participated in the study. Method: Forty-six focus group discussions were conducted with 94 teachers, 105 parents and 138 students in the intervention schools. Results: Evaluation findings signal the influence of the social, economic and cultural context on the initiation and perpetuation of tobacco use. Positive health beliefs, the economic importance of tobacco and cultural practices related to tobacco use were at variance with mounting evidence on the adverse outcomes of tobacco use. Health behaviour change related to tobacco use was observed in participating students, teachers and their families. However, the wider community was not as much influenced. Analysis of the intervention revealed various inputs and gaps in the implementation of the intervention associated with low impact on tobacco use in the community. Conclusion: School-based interventions can effect significant perceived health behaviour change among students and families. Health promotion interventions need to acknowledge, harness and address cultural norms, economic pressures and policy implementation with respect to the initiation and perpetuation of tobacco use health behaviours.

scholarly journals USO DE MENSAGENS DE CELULAR PARA CESSAÇÃO DO TABAGISMO: REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Rafaela Russi Ervilha ◽  
Bárbara Any Bianchi Bottaro de Andrade ◽  
Henrique Pinto Gomide ◽  
Nathália Munck Machado ◽  
Taynara Dutra Batista Formagini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Tobacco Use Cessation ◽  
Tobacco Use Disorder

Formas inovadoras de tecnologias de comunicação, como a internet e o uso de celular, são cada vez mais utilizadas para ajudar fumantes a parar de fumar. O objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar uma revisão sistemática sobre o uso de mensagens de celular como forma de intervenção para pessoas que desejam parar de fumar. Pesquisas foram conduzidas nas bases de dados PubMed, Psychinfo, Scielo e Pepsic. Palavras-chave incluíram: [“tobacco use cessation” OR “tobacco use disorder”] AND [“intervention studies” OR “clinical trial” OR “evaluation studies”] AND [“text messaging”]. Os critérios de seleção dos estudos foram: 1) abordarem o tema mensagens de texto de celular para o tratamento do tabagismo; 2) ser um estudo clínico; 3) artigos científicos com textos completos disponíveis em bases de dados e 4) estar nos idiomas português, espanhol ou inglês. Entre os 23 estudos encontrados, sete preencheram os critérios de inclusão. Em seis dos sete estudos encontrados o envio de mensagens de celular foi a intervenção mais eficaz. Intervenções baseadas no envio de mensagens de celular são uma estratégia complementar ao tratamento do tabagismo que podem contribuir para a cessação tabágica. A inclusão de apenas três idiomas foi uma limitação dessa revisão.  

scholarly journals Social Norms Change and Tobacco Use: A Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventions

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 12186
Author(s):  
Shaon Lahiri ◽  
Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer ◽  
William Douglas Evans ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Priyanka Dubey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
Policy Environments

Tobacco use kills more than eight million individuals each year, and results in substantial economic and human capital loss across nations. While effective supply-side solutions to tobacco control exist, these approaches are less effective at promoting cessation among heavy smokers, and less feasible to implement in countries with weaker tobacco control policy environments. Thus, effective demand-side solutions are needed. Shifting social norms around tobacco use is one such promising approach. To this end, a systematic review and meta-analysis of social norms intervention studies to influence tobacco use will be conducted following PRISMA 2020 guidance. Tobacco intervention studies with at least two time points that explicitly mention social norms or social influence as part of an intervention or set of measured variables will be included. Literature sources will comprise PubMed, Scopus, PsycInfo, and the Cochrane Trial Registry, as well as several grey literature sources. Two reviewers will independently screen studies, and risk of bias will be assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 and ROBINS-I tools. The primary outcomes will be change in tobacco use and change in social norms. A random-effects meta-analysis will be conducted for both outcomes. Sources of heterogeneity will be explored using meta-regression with key covariates. Non-reporting biases will be explored using funnel plots. PROSPERO: CRD42021251535.

Preventing Long-Term Reading Difficulties through Kindergarten and First Grade Intervention: The Case for Early Intervention

2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank R. Vellutino ◽  
Haiyan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Reading Disability ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Intervention Study ◽  
Reading Difficulties ◽  
First Grade

Abstract This article reviews recent intervention studies that have provided the foundation for a variety of RTI approaches to reading disability classification and remediation. The three-tier model of RTI is defined and discussed. Selected findings from a kindergarten and first grade intervention study are summarized.

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