Global Youth Tobacco SurveyTraining Workshop
Introduction to theGYTS Questionnaire
Outline
Background and Development
GYTS Questionnaire with Optional Questions
Guidelines for Adaptation & Finalization
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Background andDevelopment
Evaluation and Revision of GYTS
Examine the current state of the GYTS protocol including the questionnaire
Update questionnaire to reflect advancements in global tobacco control policy areas
Create a singular GYTS “core” questionnaire and a single bank of “optional” questions– Goal: Global comparability and consistency
Questionnaire Development
GYTS Technical Review Summit (July 2011) – GYTS Questionnaire Workgroup
Global partner review (October 2011) Final draft questions (April 2012) Global questionnaire testing (May – June
2012) Finalized GYTS Questionnaire with
Optional Questions (July 2012)
Global Questionnaire Testing
Objective: Evaluate comprehension and structure using local languages in in-country settings– Brazil– Egypt (+shisha module)– India (+bidis and smokeless tobacco
modules)– Mexico– Philippines– United States
Self-administration with cognitive debriefing– 13 to 15 year old students, urban/rural
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GYTS Questionnaire with Optional
Questions
Content
Global Core Questionnaire Optional Modules & Questions School Policy Questionnaire
Global Core Questionnaire
Introduction Background Characteristics Tobacco Use Cessation Secondhand Smoke Economics Media Attitudes & Perceptions
Introduction
Explanation/examples of different types of tobacco
Any Tobacco UseSmoking Tobacco Smokeless Tobacco-Cigarettes-Other types of smoked tobacco
Background Characteristics
Age Gender School grade Spending money (economics)
Tobacco Use
Cigarettes– Ever use and current use– Age of initiation– Frequency of use (# of days smoked, # of
cigarettes) Other smoked tobacco
– Ever use and current use Smoking tobacco dependence Smokeless tobacco
– Ever use and current use
Cessation
Desire to quit smoking Attempt to quit smoking during past 12
months Opinion on being able to quit smoking Receive assistance/advice to help quit
smoking
Secondhand Smoke
Exposure to smoking in the last 7 days at:– Home– Indoor public places– Outdoor public places
Noticing smoking at school Knowledge of health risks of
secondhand smoke Opinion on banning smoking at:
– Indoor public places– Outdoor public places
Economics
Obtaining cigarettes Unable to buy cigarettes because of
age Purchase type
– Individual sticks, packs, cartons, roll your own
Cost of cigarettes
Media: Anti-Tobacco
Media messages against tobacco– Television, radio, internet, billboards,
posters, newspapers, magazines, or movies– Sports events, fairs, concerts, or
community events, or social gatherings Attention to and effects of warning
labels on cigarette packages School lessons about the dangers of
tobacco use
Media: Pro-Tobacco
Noticing tobacco use on television shows, videos, movies
Noticing tobacco advertising/promotions at points of sale
Items with tobacco brand/logo: ownership, willingness – Marketing receptivity
Tobacco company representative offering a free tobacco product
Attitudes & Perceptions
Susceptibility to tobacco use– Using tobacco if offered by friends– Future use of tobacco– Smoking tobacco to feel comfortable– Curiosity (“I think I might enjoy smoking a
cigarette.”)
Optional Modules and Questions
Optional Modules– Shisha– Bidis– Smokeless Tobacco
List of Optional Questions– Core and optional questions from previous
GYTS questionnaires– New proposed questions
School Policy Questionnaire
Global School Personnel Survey (GSPS) discontinued
Selected GSPS questions to provide information on tobacco-free policies and enforcement
Administered to each school in GYTS– School principal/administrator completes
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Guidelines forAdaptation & Finalization
1st step – Review Questionnaire Structure
Global Youth Tobacco Survey – Country Name 2015 Instructions for participants Introduction – Tobacco use table need to be adapted
by country CORE 43 questions – 14 need country experts
adaptation Optional Questions – S 14, B 14, O 62 – 150 questions Recommendations no more than 75 questions Country Specific questions Preparing the questionnaire in local language and
English (how many languages the questionnaire need to be prepared?)
2nd Step – Identify Tobacco Products in your country
Introduction – Table Any tobacco products Smoking Tobacco Products other
than cigarettes Smokeless Tobacco Products Questions that need adaptations CORE:
C3,C4,C9,C10,C13,C14,C20,C21,C24,C25,C26,C28, C29, C35
Any Tobacco ProductsSMOKED TABACO PRODUCTS
Manufactured Cigarettes
• Kreteks (clove cigarettes)
Djarum (Bolivia)
• Bidi – Indian cigarette • Hand-rolled cigarettes
Straw – Brazil and Uruguay
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Own-Clove-Cigarettes/Kretek
Produced in India and exported to more than 100 countries
Narguileh/Shisha, Hookah/Waterpipes
• Pipes
• Cigars, mini cigars, cigarillos
Any Tobacco ProductsSMOKED TABACO PRODUCTS
Any Tobacco ProductsSMOKELESS TABACO PRODUCTS
Venezuela - Chimó
3rd step – Review Optional Questions
Shisha/Narguileh – 14 Q Bidi – 14 Q Smokeless – 17 Q List of Optional Questions - 62
Finding the best place to insert the question within the questionnaire – Review with PAHO/CDC