Effects of a settings-based intervention to promote student wellbeing and reduce smoking in vocational schools: A non-randomized controlled study

Susan Andersen, Morten Hulvej Rod, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Christiane Stock, Christoffer Johansen, Teresa Holmberg, Line Zinckernagel, Liselotte Ingholt, Betina Bang Sørensen and Janne Schurmann Tolstrup

Social Science & Medicine, 2016, vol. 161, issue C, 195-203

Abstract: School dropout and health risk behavior such as cigarette smoking represent major problems among students attending upper secondary vocational education. Modifications to the social environment may promote educational attainment as well as health and wellbeing of young people. However, there is a need for more evidence-based intervention programs.

Keywords: Denmark; Health promotion; Smoking; Wellbeing; Social environment; Vocational education; Multi-level modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.06.012

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