# SCHOOL AND FAMILY ORIENTED CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAM

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · 1988 · $413,046

## Abstract

The aims of this research are to 1) reduce the lifetime risk of cancer by
preventing smoking onset in youth, 2) reduce the lifelong risk of cancers
of the oral cavity, larynx and esophagus by reducing onset of heavy alcohol
consumption in conjunction with smoking, 3) bring about behavioral changes
supportive of non-smoking lifestyles, 4) test the relative efficacy of a
narrowly targeted program (i.e., smoking prevention only) versus broadly
focused programs (drug abuse prevention and healthy lifestyle promotion) in
preventing cigarette smoking, 5) test the effect of school and family
interventions on the smoking of school-aged children and their families,
and 6) test the effectiveness of a cancer prevention television series
delivered via commercial television to the entire Los Angeles basin.  Two
studies are proposed.  In study I, experimental programs will be tested in
two cohorts (greater than 12,000 each) of seventh grade students.  The
experimental design for each cohort is a 3x2 factorial with 3 levels of
program breadth (smoking prevention, drug abuse prevention, and healthy
lifestyle promotion) and 2 levels of family involvement (parents and
siblings of students involved and uninvolved).  A non-intervention control
group will be measured for comparison.  Measures of cigarette smoking,
alcohol and marijuana use, and other health-related behaviors will be
collected from students and parents each year, grades 6-10 for the first
cohort and 6-9 for the second cohort.  Suspected mediating variables will
be measured as well.  In study II, beginning in year 3, a cancer prevention
program will be delivered in 20, 5 minute segments via commercial
television during the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news hours.  Smoking and other
cancer-related behaviors of 7th grade students and their families will be
assessed as in study I.  In a random sample of Los Angeles county schools a
12-session in-school program developed in study I will be delivered in
conjunction with the television series (TV and school).  In another random
sample of schools (TV only) participation in the television series will be
actively recruited, but no in-school program will be provided.  A third
randomly selected sample of schools will provide a no-intervention control
group.  Measures of smoking, dietary, cancer screening and related
behaviors will be collected prior to immediately following, and one-year
following the interventions.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3173196
- **Project number:** 5R01CA035596-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- **SAM.gov UEI:** G88KLJR3KYT5
- **Principal Investigator:** Carl Anderson Johnson
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1988
- **Award amount:** $413,046
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1984-01-01 → 1988-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3173196

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3173196, SCHOOL AND FAMILY ORIENTED CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAM (5R01CA035596-05). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3173196. Licensed CC0.

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