Abstract :
Background and Aims: Peer-led intervention is one of the beneficial approaches for preventing
adolescents from health risk behavior. So, peer-led intervention may help to prevent adolescents
from smoking cigarettes but impact of such intervention has not been studied well. Therefore, this
study was conducted to investigate the effect of peer-led intervention to prevent adolescents from
smoking behavior.
Methods: Pub Med, PschyINFO, EMBASE, Google Scholar and Cochrane Library were searched from
March to June, 2016, with set criteria in review protocol and only randomized control trials were
included. Screening and data extraction were conducted and data from eligible studies were pooled.
Results: The number of studies included after full text review were three. Three eligible studies’ data
were extracted and further analyzed for risk of bias in Revman.5
Three studies targeting smoking
behavior were pooled which represent 25,864 adolescents. Meta-analysis revealed that odd ratio of
smoking was lower in those receiving peer-led intervention compared to those not receiving peerled intervention.
Keyword :
Adolescent, Smoking, Tobacco, Intervention, Prevent