Kara Lichtman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6057741 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kara Lichtman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kara |
| FAMILY NAME | Lichtman |
| SIGNATURE | LICHTMAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Thomas W. Valente, Beth R. Hoffman, Annamara Ritt-Olson, Kara Lichtman, and C. Anderson Johnson are with the Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, Calif. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Project FLAVOR: 1-Year Outcomes of a Multicultural, School-Based Smoking Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents
To evaluate a multicultural smoking prevention curriculum, 16 schools were randomized to receive the multicultural curriculum or a standard curriculum and program effects on 1-year smoking initiation among 1430 never smokers were assessed. Hispanic boys who received the multicultural curriculum were less likely to initiate smoking than were those who received the standard curriculum; effects were insignificant among other groups. The prevention e…
Valente Et Al. Respond
We deeply regret failing to reference Wiist and colleagues’ prior research on the use of social-network techniques for selecting leaders and creating work groups in a school-based study. We apologize to them and to the field for this omission. We are glad that our results confirmed their work and that we are following up on their call to further investigate this approach. Indeed, a small body of research is beginning to accumulate on the use of s…
Effects of a Social-Network Method for Group Assignment Strategies on Peer-Led Tobacco Prevention Programs in Schools
Objectives. Our study tested the effectiveness of network methods for identifying opinion leaders and for constructing groups. Methods. Three conditions—random, teacher, and network—were randomly assigned to 84 6th-grade classrooms within 16 schools. Pre- and postcurriculum data on mediators of tobacco use were collected from 1961 students. Peer leaders in the network condition were identified by student nominations, and those leaders were matche…
Effects of a Social-Network Method for Group Assignment Strategies on Peer-Led Tobacco Prevention Programs in Schools
Objectives. Our study tested the effectiveness of network methods for identifying opinion leaders and for constructing groups. Methods. Three conditions—random, teacher, and network—were randomly assigned to 84 6th-grade classrooms within 16 schools. Pre- and postcurriculum data on mediators of tobacco use were collected from 1961 students. Peer leaders in the network condition were identified by student nominations, and those leaders were matche…
Effects of a Social-Network Method for Group Assignment Strategies on Peer-Led Tobacco Prevention Programs in Schools
Objectives. Our study tested the effectiveness of network methods for identifying opinion leaders and for constructing groups. Methods. Three conditions—random, teacher, and network—were randomly assigned to 84 6th-grade classrooms within 16 schools. Pre- and postcurriculum data on mediators of tobacco use were collected from 1961 students. Peer leaders in the network condition were identified by student nominations, and those leaders were matche…
Project FLAVOR: 1-Year Outcomes of a Multicultural, School-Based Smoking Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents
To evaluate a multicultural smoking prevention curriculum, 16 schools were randomized to receive the multicultural curriculum or a standard curriculum and program effects on 1-year smoking initiation among 1430 never smokers were assessed. Hispanic boys who received the multicultural curriculum were less likely to initiate smoking than were those who received the standard curriculum; effects were insignificant among other groups. The prevention e…
Valente Et Al. Respond
We deeply regret failing to reference Wiist and colleagues’ prior research on the use of social-network techniques for selecting leaders and creating work groups in a school-based study. We apologize to them and to the field for this omission. We are glad that our results confirmed their work and that we are following up on their call to further investigate this approach. Indeed, a small body of research is beginning to accumulate on the use of s…
Medicine (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Community Health and Development (1 works) · Curriculum (1 works) · Environmental health (1 works) · Family medicine (1 works) · Geography (1 works) · Humanities (1 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (1 works) · Latin American Literature Studies (1 works)