This is a field study aiming to evaluate a school-based prevention intervention, Diario della Salute (DDS).
Diario della Salute (DDS) is a school-based prevention intervention based on the following theories: 1. social-cognitive theory (Bandura, 1977; 1986) 2. theory of multiple intelligences (Gardner, 1987) 3. emotional intelligence theory (Goleman, 1997) 4. theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1991) 5. transtheoretical model of change (Prochaska, Diclemente, 1982; 1992). DDS is composed by: 1. tools for children and their parents on health and social and emotional well-being issues: 1. a diary for teens telling the story of four same-age students (e.g. experimenting with risky behaviors, conflicting feelings and thoughts, need for independence and control), 2. a diary for parents telling the experience of a mum and a dad with teenage children (e.g. problems in the relationship with teenage children, family conflict, parental disappointment, etc.); 2. five highly-standardized interactive lessons (2-4 hours each) on health issues administered by previously trained teachers. Assignment of schools to study arms (DDS intervention vs. no intervention) will be cluster-randomized. Schools will be matched by number of students and average socioeconomic status. In some study areas schools will not be allocated by chance, but they will be analyzed separately from other schools. Two anonymous surveys focusing on main outcomes (wellbeing, tobacco smoking, alcohol, physical activity and diet) will be before and after the intervention. Pre and post surveys will be linked through an anonymous code (Galanti, 2006).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
2,630
DDS is composed by 1. tools for children and their parents on health and social and emotional well-being issues: 1. a diary for teens telling the story of four same-age students (e.g. experimenting with risky behaviors, conflicting feelings and thoughts, need for independence and control), 2. a diary for parents telling the experience of a mum and a dad with teenage children (e.g. problems in the relationship with teenage children, family conflict, parental disappointment, etc.); 2. five highly-standardized interactive lessons (2-4 hours each) on health issues administered by previously trained teachers.
Azienda Sanitaria Locale CN2 Alba-Bra
Alba, Cuneo, Italy
Self-reported Social And Emotional Well-Being
Subjective well-being is defined as 'a person's cognitive and affective evaluations of his or her life' (Diener, Lucas, \& Oshi, 2002, p. 63).
Time frame: Past 30 Days
Self-reported Cigarette Use
Frequency of cigarette smoking
Time frame: Past 30 Days
Self-reported Drunkenness Episode(s)
Frequency of drunkenness episodes
Time frame: Past 30 Days
Self-reported Dietary Habits
Consumption of beverages and foods such as pop drinks, chips, vegetables, fruits and others
Time frame: Past 30 Days
Self-reported Frequency of Physical Exercise
Frequency of moderate and heavy physical exercise
Time frame: Past 30 Days
Self-reported Physical and Verbal Aggression
Aggression is generally defined as behaviors that are intended to hurt or harm others by damaging their physical and psychological well-being and includes physically and verbally aggressive behaviors such as hitting, pushing, kicking, and threatening, etc (Dodge et al. 2007).
Time frame: Past 30 Days
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