{"id":3031,"date":"2016-05-19T12:18:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T12:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icoprevencio.cat\/uct\/en\/?post_type=portfolio&p=3031"},"modified":"2017-02-21T13:03:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T12:03:45","slug":"3031","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/icoprevencio.cat\/uct\/en\/portfolio\/3031\/","title":{"rendered":"RESPIR.NET: Respiratory symptoms, asthma and passive smoking in children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Respiratory symptoms, asthma and passive smoking in children: efectiveness of an integrated individual, family, and school-based intervention (RESPIR.NET Study)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The available epidemiological evidence indicates that involuntary or passive smoking (also known as exposure to environmental tobacco smoke or to second-hand smoke, SHS) by children is linked, among other adverse health effects, to respiratory diseases, and particularly, asthma. While children exposure to passive smoking is produced primarily at home, the environments in which children are exposed extend beyond the home to other settings. Hence, multilevel interventions (children, parents\/caregivers, schools) aiming at reducing parents\u2019 and other carergiver’s smoking or by changing smoking location as well as to increase awareness of passive smoking effects in children, may reduce children\u2019s exposure to passive smoking and its adverse consequences on respiratory health.<\/p>\n

Main objective<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

To evaluate the effectiveness of a multilevel intervention (individual, family, school) to prevent passive smoking and its impact upon respiratory health among children aged 12-14 years old.<\/p>\n

Methodology\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Design:<\/em><\/strong> Randomized controlled trial with schools as units of randomization (complete vs. minimal intervention). \u00a0Setting:<\/em><\/strong> 25 high schools (from the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, Spain).\u00a0Subjects:<\/em><\/strong> 3700 schoolchildren aged 12-14 years old in 1st<\/sup> and 2nd<\/sup> year of Compulsory Secondary School (academic year 2005-2006).\u00a0Procedures:<\/em><\/strong> 1) Design of the multilevel intervention and the questionnaire for SHS assessment; 2) assessment of the baseline situation of children regarding respiratory health\u00a0 and SHS exposure; 3) implementation of the intervention; and, 4) assessment of intervention effectiveness by assessing respiratory health and SHS exposure in children 8 months after the intervention.\u00a0Main measurements:<\/strong> 1) Respiratory symptoms: use of ISAAC questionnaire, \u00a0will use the validated and translated (Catalan and Spanish) 2) SHS exposure: use of a questionnaire, including SHS exposure at home, leisure time, and other environments, and determination of nicotina concentration in hair as a biomarker of SHS exposure in a random sample of 700 children.\u00a0Intervention:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Design of a stepped-care approach, with initial minimal-contact advice provided by trained intervention personnel in the school (group activity) with feedback and printed supplemental materials (individual activity), with greater intensity and duration in follow-up (letter to children and parents).<\/p>\n

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