Effective Smoking Prevention and Cessation Programs for Adolescent Girls: A Proposed Human Ecological Framework for International Program Design

  • Published : 2006.06.30

Abstract

This paper focuses on the current internationally published literature on adolescent girls smoking prevention and cessation programs. Published literature on prevention and cessation programs that have been developed for and used with girls, especially those with published effectiveness data are reviewed separately. Using relevant literature and the results of a recent Delphi Study identifying program components experts cited as most effective for female smoking prevention, a human ecological framework for designing programs for female adolescents will be proposed. Areas for further research will also be identified.

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