Longitudinal impact of a youth tobacco education program

BMC Primary Care

Table 5 Percentage Correct Responses¹ to Survey Items on Knowledge about Tobacco Use Prevalence among Peers, High School Students, and Adults Among a Pooled 19 School Aggregate of 5^th Grade Students in Western New York State who Received a Tobacco Prevention Program Intervention during the 1998–1999 School Year.

Survey Item:	Baseline Survey (Pre-Test) (N = 1596)	Evaluation Survey (Immediate Post-Test) (N = 1438)
	%²	%²	p-value
Epidemiological Knowledge of Tobacco Use:
(11) What percentage of kids your age (5^th graders) use tobacco every week ....................	32.4	75.5	p < 0.0001
(12) What percentage of high school students (9^th graders) use tobacco every week ..............	26.3	34.3	p = 0.0129
(13) What percentage of adults use tobacco every week ............................	4.4	49.1	p < 0.0001

¹Proportions were compared at the School Level (N = 19), using Wilcoxon-Matched Pairs/Signed Rank Tests. P values were identified as significant if they were less than or equal to .05, thus rejecting the null hypothesis (that the Intervention had No Effect); n.s. = not significant. ²Percentages shown are Medians, which summarize the distribution of correct responses by school.

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