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Research.

Our interventions are research-based. In accordance, we keep our global network and curriculum up to date by the help of research coordinators in each Education Against Tobacco group. In addition, we are performing our own research concerning the Education Against Tobacco project. Our research coordinators for the German speaking region can be found here.

Recent publications:


October 4th, 2018

Das weltweite Medizinernetzwerk Aufklärung gegen Tabak–Ehrenamtliche Prävention made in Germany. Link

Brinker, T. J., Buslaff, F., Haney, C., Gaim, B., Haney, A. C., Schmidt, S. M., … & Hallmann, M. Das weltweite Medizinernetzwerk Aufklärung gegen Tabak–Ehrenamtliche Prävention made in Germany. Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz, 1-9.


August 20th, 2018

A Face-Aging App for Smoking Cessation in a Waiting Room Setting: Pilot Study in an HIV Outpatient Clinic: Link

Brinker, T. J., Brieske, C. M., Esser, S., Klode, J., Mons, U., Batra, A., … & Berking, C. (2018). A Face-Aging App for Smoking Cessation in a Waiting Room Setting: Pilot Study in an HIV Outpatient Clinic. Journal of medical Internet research, 20(8).


August 4th, 2018

A face-aging smoking prevention/cessation intervention for nursery school students in Germany: An appearance-focused interventional study: Link

Brinker, T., Alfitian, J., Seeger, W., Groneberg, D., von Kalle, C., Enk, A., … & Suhre, J. (2018). A face-aging smoking prevention/cessation intervention for nursery school students in Germany: An appearance-focused interventional study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(8), 1656.


July 17th, 2018

Facial-Aging Mobile Apps for Smoking Prevention in Secondary Schools in Brazil: Appearance-Focused Interventional Study

Bernardes-Souza, B., Pires, F. P. A. D. A., Madeira, G. M., Rodrigues, T. F. D. C., Gatzka, M., Heppt, M. V., … & von Kalle, C. (2018). Facial-Aging Mobile Apps for Smoking Prevention in Secondary Schools in Brazil: Appearance-Focused Interventional Study. JMIR public health and surveillance, 4(3), e10234.


July 17th, 2018

Facial-Aging Mobile Apps for Smoking Prevention in Secondary Schools in Brazil: Appearance-Focused Interventional Study

Bernardes-Souza, B., Pires, F. P. A. D. A., Madeira, G. M., Rodrigues, T. F. D. C., Gatzka, M., Heppt, M. V., … & von Kalle, C. (2018). Facial-Aging Mobile Apps for Smoking Prevention in Secondary Schools in Brazil: Appearance-Focused Interventional Study. JMIR public health and surveillance, 4(3), e10234.


Jan. 9th, 2018

A smoking prevention photoageing intervention for secondary schools in Brazil delivered by medical students: protocol for a randomised trial

Faria, B. L., Brieske, C. M., Cosgarea, I., Omlor, A. J., Fries, F. N., de Faria, C. O. M., … & Schadendorf, D. (2017). A smoking prevention photoageing intervention for secondary schools in Brazil delivered by medical students: protocol for a randomised trial. BMJ open7(12), e018589.


Sept. 19th, 2017:

A Dermatologist’s Ammunition in the War Against Smoking: A Photoaging App

Brinker, T. J., Enk, A., Gatzka, M., Nakamura, Y., Sondermann, W., Omlor, A. J., … & von Kalle, C. (2017). A dermatologist’s ammunition in the war against smoking: a photoaging app. Journal of medical Internet research19(9).


June 4th, 2017:

A Medical Student-Delivered Smoking Prevention Program, Education Against Tobacco, for Secondary Schools in Germany: Randomized Controlled Trial

Brinker TJ, Owczarek AD, Seeger W, Groneberg DA, Brieske CM, Jansen P, Klode J, Stoffels I, Schadendorf D, Izar B, Fries FN, Hofmann FJ
J Med Internet Res 2017;19(6):e199
URL: https://www.jmir.org/2017/6/e199
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7906
PMID: 28588007


January 20, 2017:

A Medical Student–Delivered Smoking Prevention Program, Education Against Tobacco, for Secondary Schools in Brazil: Study Protocol for a Randomized Trial

Our team consisting of researchers from the Federal University of Ouro Preto as well as the University of Heidelberg, Gießen, Frankfurt and Homburg published the first fully internationally implemented study of our large Education Against Tobacco network which will find an answer to the question on how our interventions influence the local smoking prevalence of adolescents in Brazilian public schools: https://www.researchprotocols.org/2017/1/e16/

Xavier L, Bernardes-Souza B, Lisboa OC, Seeger W, Groneberg DA, Tran TA, Fries FN, Corrêa PCRP, Brinker TJ
JMIR Res Protoc 2017;6(1):e16
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.7134
PMID: 28137703


November 11, 2016:

Photoaging smartphone app promoting poster campaign to reduce smoking prevalence in secondary schools: the Smokerface Randomized Trial: design and baseline characteristics

Our team of 28 researchers from 16 institutions from 3 different countries has published the baseline data of the Smokerface randomized trial in BMJ Open (JIF: 2,56). It represents the first app-based and the largest school-based tobacco prevention trial worldwide:
http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/11/e014288.full

  • Titus J Brinker,
  • Julia Holzapfel,
  • Tanja G Baudson,
  • Katharina Sies,
  • Lena Jakob,
  • Hannah Maria Baumert,
  • Marlene Heckl,
  • Ana Cirac,
  • Janina L Suhre,
  • Verena Mathes,
  • Fabian N Fries,
  • Hannah Spielmann,
  • Nancy Rigotti,
  • Werner Seeger,
  • Felix Herth,
  • David A Groneberg,
  • Tobias Raupach,
  • Henning Gall,
  • Claudia Bauer,
  • Pat Marek,
  • Anil Batra,
  • Chase H Harrison,
  • Lava Taha,
  • Andreas Owczarek,
  • Felix J Hofmann,
  • Roger Thomas,
  • Ute Mons,
  • Michael Kreuter

BMJ Open 2016;6:11 e014288 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014288


06/28/2016: 

Brinker TJ, Seeger W, Buslaff F
Photoaging Mobile Apps in School-Based Tobacco Prevention: The Mirroring Approach
J Med Internet Res 2016;18(6):e183
URL: http://www.jmir.org/2016/6/e183
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6016


09/19/2015: 

Education Against Tobacco (EAT): a quasi-experimental prospective evaluation of a multinational medical-student-delivered smoking prevention programme for secondary schools in Germany 

  • Titus J. Brinker
  • Sabine Stamm-Balderjahn
  • Werner Seeger
  • Doris Klingelhöfer
  • David A. Groneberg

BMJ Open 2015;5:e008093 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008093


07/27/2015: 

Photoaging Mobile Apps: A Novel Opportunity for Smoking Cessation?

  • Titus J. Brinker
  • Werner Seeger

J Med Internet Res 2015;17(7):e186
URL: http://www.jmir.org/2015/7/e186
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4792


07/22/2014:

Education Against Tobacco (EAT): a quasi-experimental prospective evaluation of a programme for preventing smoking in secondary schools delivered by medical students: a study protocol 

  • Titus J. Brinker
  • Sabine Stamm-Balderjahn
  • Werner Seeger
  • David A. Groneberg

BMJ Open 2014;4:e004909 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004909

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