J Allan Best
Biographic Data
| ID | 172523 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Allan Best |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Allan |
| FAMILY NAME | Best |
| SIGNATURE | BEST J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-6729-683X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Persuasion for the Long Run
We examine the limits of persuasion when credibility today is sustained by the incentive of future credibility. We model this as a long-run sender with private information playing a cheap talk game against short-run receivers where there is a noisy signal at the end of each period on the sender’s ex-ante private information. We compare our model of long-run persuasion to the persuasion baseline of committed persuasion, where the sender can commit…
Effectiveness of a social influences smoking prevention program as a function of provider type, training method, and school risk
OBJECTIVES: This study determined the effect of provider (nurse or teacher) and training method (workshop or self-preparation) on outcomes of a social influences smoking prevention program. METHODS: One hundred elementary schools were stratified by school risk score (high risk = high smoking rate among senior students) and assigned randomly to conditions: (1) teacher/self-preparation, (2) teacher/workshop, (3) nurse/self-preparation, (4) nurse/wo…
Health Promotion Practice and Public Health
A Systematic Approach for Using Qualitative Methods in Primary Prevention Research
In this article we delineate a systematic approachfor incorporating qualitative methods in research on primary prevention. Using examples from our studies of both smoking and cessation processes, we describe our procedure in four consecutive stages: (]) interviews and fieldnotes, (2) case studies or life histories, (3) discourse and content analyses to identify emergent issues and themes which are subsequently standardized as codes, and (4) the i…
Six-year follow-up of the first Waterloo school smoking prevention trial
This paper reports six-year follow-up data from the first large-scale randomized trial of the social influences approach to smoking prevention. In 1979, 22 schools were randomly assigned to program or control conditions. Students in program schools received a social influences curriculum in six core and two maintenance sessions in grade 6, two booster sessions in grade 7, and one booster session in grade 8. All students were assessed at pretest (…
A Systematic Approach for Using Qualitative Methods in Primary Prevention Research
In this article we delineate a systematic approachfor incorporating qualitative methods in research on primary prevention. Using examples from our studies of both smoking and cessation processes, we describe our procedure in four consecutive stages: (]) interviews and fieldnotes, (2) case studies or life histories, (3) discourse and content analyses to identify emergent issues and themes which are subsequently standardized as codes, and (4) the i…
Six-year follow-up of the first Waterloo school smoking prevention trial
This paper reports six-year follow-up data from the first large-scale randomized trial of the social influences approach to smoking prevention. In 1979, 22 schools were randomly assigned to program or control conditions. Students in program schools received a social influences curriculum in six core and two maintenance sessions in grade 6, two booster sessions in grade 7, and one booster session in grade 8. All students were assessed at pretest (…
Effectiveness of a social influences smoking prevention program as a function of provider type, training method, and school risk
OBJECTIVES: This study determined the effect of provider (nurse or teacher) and training method (workshop or self-preparation) on outcomes of a social influences smoking prevention program. METHODS: One hundred elementary schools were stratified by school risk score (high risk = high smoking rate among senior students) and assigned randomly to conditions: (1) teacher/self-preparation, (2) teacher/workshop, (3) nurse/self-preparation, (4) nurse/wo…
Health Promotion Practice and Public Health
Six-year follow-up of the first Waterloo school smoking prevention trial
This paper reports six-year follow-up data from the first large-scale randomized trial of the social influences approach to smoking prevention. In 1979, 22 schools were randomly assigned to program or control conditions. Students in program schools received a social influences curriculum in six core and two maintenance sessions in grade 6, two booster sessions in grade 7, and one booster session in grade 8. All students were assessed at pretest (…
A Systematic Approach for Using Qualitative Methods in Primary Prevention Research
In this article we delineate a systematic approachfor incorporating qualitative methods in research on primary prevention. Using examples from our studies of both smoking and cessation processes, we describe our procedure in four consecutive stages: (]) interviews and fieldnotes, (2) case studies or life histories, (3) discourse and content analyses to identify emergent issues and themes which are subsequently standardized as codes, and (4) the i…
Health Promotion Practice and Public Health
Effectiveness of a social influences smoking prevention program as a function of provider type, training method, and school risk
OBJECTIVES: This study determined the effect of provider (nurse or teacher) and training method (workshop or self-preparation) on outcomes of a social influences smoking prevention program. METHODS: One hundred elementary schools were stratified by school risk score (high risk = high smoking rate among senior students) and assigned randomly to conditions: (1) teacher/self-preparation, (2) teacher/workshop, (3) nurse/self-preparation, (4) nurse/wo…
Persuasion for the Long Run
We examine the limits of persuasion when credibility today is sustained by the incentive of future credibility. We model this as a long-run sender with private information playing a cheap talk game against short-run receivers where there is a noisy signal at the end of each period on the sender’s ex-ante private information. We compare our model of long-run persuasion to the persuasion baseline of committed persuasion, where the sender can commit…
Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychological intervention (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · School Health and Nursing Education (2 works)