Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Feb 2015
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyA prevention program for multiple health-compromising behaviors in adolescence: baseline results from a cluster randomized controlled trial.
To describe the design and present the baseline findings of the evaluation study of 'Paesaggi di Prevenzione', a school-based prevention program tackling smoking, alcohol misuse, dietary risks, and physical inactivity in 12- to 14-year-olds. ⋯ This study seems adequately powered and baseline variables appear evenly distributed between study groups. Findings are in line with those of the WHO Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children study.