A Novel Approach to Training Educators to Conduct School-based Adolescent E-cigarette Education and
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Lazaro
A, Ceballos R, Fischer M, Smuin S, Halpern-Felsher B.
A Novel Approach to
Training Educators to Conduct School-based Adolescent E-cigarette Education and
Prevention: Using the Tobacco Prevention Toolkit.
Addict Behav. 2021 Jul;118:106858. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106858. Epub 2021
Feb 8. PMID: 33640832.
Background and objective.
Emerging tobacco products, especially e-cigarettes, present a challenge for
educators tasked with providing adolescent tobacco prevention education, as
they typically have insufficient time to stay uptodate with the latest
information on all tobacco products. To equip educators to implement
e-cigarette and other prevention materials, we developed a novel, experiential
training of the Tobacco Prevention Toolkit, comprising three components: (1)
information session, (2) website navigation demonstration, and (3) hands-on
curriculum demonstration allowing educators to present and practice Toolkit
lessons.
Methods.
We evaluated this experiential training using a post-training survey, conducted
with 486 participants (75% female) from 21 separate trainings. Surveys included
demographic questions, training evaluation questions, and 4 open-ended questions
administered via Qualtrics. Quantitative data were analyzed for frequencies via
R statistical software. Qualitative data were analyzed using grounded theory.
Results.
Training participants overwhelmingly agreed or strongly agreed that their
knowledge of e-cigarettes increased as a result of the training; they were
satisfied with the overall training; and they indicated intention to use the
Toolkit in the future. Participants favored the enthusiastic presenters, the
information about e-cigarettes, the website navigation, and the curriculum
demonstration features of the training. Participants requested more time for
various components of the training, more in-depth information about
e-cigarettes, and more direction for Toolkit implementation.
Conclusions.
This novel, experiential training increased educator-reported knowledge of
tobacco products and was overwhelmingly well-received, suggesting that such
training can be important for effective dissemination of other e-cigarette
prevention and intervention curricula.
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