Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Gwich'in Settlement Area, Sahtu Settlement Area, Dehcho Region, North Slave Region, South Slave Region
Tags: health, program development, social sciences, youth, smoking
| Principal Investigator: | Tremblay, Rick (1) |
| Licence Number: | 13017 |
| Organization: | Government of the Northwest Territories, Dept. of Health & Social Services |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1999
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| Issued: | Jan 11, 1999 |
| Project Team: | Dr. Wayne Miller, Stats. Canada, Ms. Jane Hamilton, Health Intelligence Unit, H&SS |
Objective(s): Tobacco smoke is a serious concern. Medical science has shown a connection between smoking and the increased risk of the following diseases: chronic bronchitis, emphysema, coronary heart disease, and cancers of the lung, pharynx, oral cavity and oesophagus. This project will be a continuation of studies completed in 1982, 1987 and 1993. The same questionnaire will be used for 1998/99. The information obtained from the data will provide a snap shot of tobacco use by students between grades 4 and 12 for 1998/99. The data will be compared with previous studies to see if there was a change in the smoking habits of students. The data collected will help the Health Promotion staff of the Department of Health & Social Services to see if current education programs have helped to reduce smoking. If current educational programs are not working, new programs need to be developed and implemented. Other uses for the data include: providing a baseline for the new Western Government and Nunavut to develop educational programs and the ability to compare the data with smoking habits of students in grades 4-12 across Canada.
Project Description: A similar questionnaire given in 1982, 1987 and 1993 will be used for this tobacco use survey for 1998/99. The information obtained from the data will provide a snap shot of tobacco use by students between grades 4 and 12 for 1998/99. The data will be compared with previous studies to see if there was a change in the smoking habits of students. The data collected will help the Health Promotion staff of the Department of Health & Social Services to see if current education programs have helped to reduce smoking. If current educational programs are not working, new programs need to be developed and implemented. Over 11,000 surveys of 24 questions will be sent to approximately 80 schools in the Northwest Territories. There will be enough surveys for each student between grades 4 to 12. The teacher will ask the students in the classroom if they would like to participate on the survey. Any student may decline if they do not want to fill out the questionnaire. The student is not asked to put his/her name on the survey. This will ensure confidentiality. Each teacher will collect the questionnaires and the school secretary will sent the surveys to the Department of Health & Social Services.
