Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

Background

In the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) used surveillance and epidemiological data to track the prevalence of adolescent tobacco use in the United States from 2011 to 2015. The use of tobacco can be detrimental to adolescents as it is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. The MMWR found that 5.6 million Americans under the age of 18 are projected to die prematurely from a smoking related disease. In 2015, there was an estimated 4.7 million current tobacco users in middle and high school. The can be seen as detrimental because adolescents are in a critical period for brain development and because of this are more likely to become addicted

Within the ecological frame work this intervention would be occurring at a social and community level as it would involve the adolescents, their parents, and school. In order for the intervention to work changes need to happen at each level. At the individual level, adolescents would have to gain the knowledge of the harm that tobacco use has on them biologically and how their individual behaviors can affect them now and throughout their life. At the social, family, a community networks level, parents would also be aware of their children’s risks associated with tobacco use, as well as, the parents own risks. Furthermore, at this level, the teachers would be involved in informing students of the risks. At a living and learning condition level, the intervention would take place at the school, at home, and media campaigns would be seen throughout their neighborhoods. The adolescents would begin learning about how harmful tobacco use can be for them at home and it would be reinforced at school and through

It is important for the parents and teachers as a secondary audience so that they have the same information to reinforce the intervention. The core strategies for this intervention would be to inform as well as persuade because the intervention will inform the students, parents, and teachers of the dangers of adolescent tobacco use and persuade the students to not use tobacco products or to stop using tobacco products. This core strategy would be supported by the Precaution Adoption Process Model because it involves providing awareness of the issue at hand, which would be, tobacco use cessation, in this