ABSTRACT
Background and Aim: Smoking is one of the most important current problems in the world. It has important adverse effects on children and young people. The majority of people start smoking before the age of 18. School-based interventions can play an essential role in the prevention of smoking. The aim of this study was to provide a national evidence based guideline for school- based interventions for prevention of smoking
Material and Method: We conducted a comprehensive search to find related clinical practice guidelines in recent five years using related databases and websites. Related guidelines were selected and appraised by two independent experts using the Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation-2 AGREE-2 tool. The selected guidelines were translated into Persian, evaluated and confirmed by the panel of experts
Results: Among 11 guidelines, one with five main recommendations for school based interventions was selected. Each recommendation contained three sections that helped to provide an action plan to prevent smoking, including:"Target population", "People who should take action" and "Actions they should take"
Conclusion: School based interventions had been effective for prevention and control of smoking in adolescence. This guideline is evidence based and a well adopted tool. Therefore, it can be a useful guideline for school-based intervention planning
ABSTRACT
There have been a lot of studies about the interventions affecting breastfeeding, but the efficacy of training and educational movies has not yet been proved. This survey compares the efficacy of training movies versus common method of face-to-face training in health care centers. This was a single blind randomized controlled trail. Participants were selected and allocated randomly. In addition to the routine face to face trainings presented by health workers, the intervention group members got a training movie including important breastfeeding points and the way of doing that. The participants were evaluated by blinded investigator at sixth birth month. From all samples, 118 mothers [50.2%] were doing exclusive breastfeeding; 7[3%] didn't practice breastfeeding and 202 mothers [85.9%] at least had the experience of 6 months of breastfeeding. There wasn't any difference in exclusive breastfeeding among these two groups [p>0.05]. Two hundred twenty five participants [95.7%] did overnight breastfeeding and there was not any significant statistical difference in two groups [p>0.05]. This survey's findings and the conclusion of mentioned facts demonstrate that using training movies alone can not help to increase exclusive breastfeeding and decrease its problems; however face to face training can be very effective and training movies shouldn't replace live and direct counselling