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Peer reviewedLando, Harry A.; And Others – American Journal of Health Promotion, 1994
The Minnesota Heart Health Program's Quit and Win smoking cessation contests occurred between 1982 and 1989. The contests used large prizes to encourage smokers to quit smoking. Evaluations indicated that the contests succeeded in recruiting relatively large proportions of smokers in entire communities, and abstinence outcomes were encouraging.…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Action, Health Behavior, Health Programs
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Direct linkEischens, Alissa; Komro, Kelli A.; Perry, Cheryl L.; Bosma, Linda M.; Farbakhsh, Kian – American Journal of Health Education, 2004
The Minnesota Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Plus project augmented the DARE curriculum with community, parent involvement, and extracurricular activity components. Of the 24 schools in the DARE Plus project, the 8 receiving the DARE Plus intervention are examined in this study. The association of participation in the extracurricular…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Intervention, Smoking, Drug Education
