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A smoking prevention program delivered by medical students to secondary schools...
Lisboa, Oscar Campos; Souza, Breno Bernardes; Xavier, Luiz Eduardo de Freitas; Almeida, Matheus Rocha; Corrêa, Paulo César Rodrigues PintoBackground: Smoking is the largest preventable cause of mortality in Brazil. Education Against Tobacco (EAT) is a network of more than 3500 medical students and physicians across 14 countries who volunteer for school-based smoking prevention programs. EAT educates 50,000 adolescents per year in the classroom setting. A recent quasi-experimental study conducted in Germany showed that EAT had significant short-te...
EAT-Brazil award for tobacco control : a brief description of its first edition.
Corrêa, Paulo César Rodrigues Pinto; Pereira, Rayanna Mara de Oliveira Santos; Temporão, José Gomes; Cavalcante, Tânia Maria; Lisboa, Oscar CamposSmoking is a major global risk factor for preventable death and disability. EAT is an acronym for Education Against Tobacco, a multinational network of physicians and medical students that aims to improve tobacco control by means of school-based prevention targeted at adolescents through counseling, use of software and support materials. The first EAT-Brazil Award, launched in March 2018, was a competition desi...
A skin cancer prevention facial-aging mobile app for secondary schools in Brazi...
Brinker, Titus Josef; Heckl, Marlene; Gatzka, Martina; Heppt, Markus V.; Rodrigues, Henrique Resende; Schneider, Sven; Sondermann, WiebkeBackground: The incidence of melanoma is increasing faster than any other major cancer both in Brazil and worldwide. Southeast Brazil has especially high incidences of melanoma, and early detection is low. Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a primary risk factor for developing melanoma. Increasing attractiveness is a major motivation among adolescents for tanning. A medical student-delivered intervention...
Facial-aging mobile apps for smoking prevention in secondary schools in Brazil ...
Souza, Breno Bernardes; Pires, Francisco Patruz Ananias de Assis; Madeira, Gustavo Moreira; Rodrigues, Túlio Felício da Cunha; Gatzka, MartinaBackground: Most smokers start smoking during their early adolescence, often with the idea that smoking is glamorous. Interventions that harness the broad availability of mobile phones as well as adolescents' interest in their appearance may be a novel way to improve school-based prevention. A recent study conducted in Germany showed promising results. However, the transfer to other cultural contexts, effects o...