Use of Propensity Score Matching to Evaluate a National Smoking Cessation Media Campaign

Andrea C. Villanti; Jennifer Cullen; Donna M. Vallone; Elizabeth A. Stuart

doi:10.1177/0193841X11435399

Use of Propensity Score Matching to Evaluate a National Smoking Cessation Media Campaign

Andrea C. Villanti, Jennifer Cullen, Donna M. Vallone, Elizabeth A. Stuart

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Sustained mass media campaigns have been recommended to stem the tobacco epidemic in the United States. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to estimate the effect of awareness of a national smoking cessation media campaign (EX®) on quit attempts and cessation-related cognition. Participants were 4,067 smokers and recent quitters aged 18-49 in targeted U.S. media markets. Controlling for potential confounders through PSM and regression analysis, confirmed awareness of EX was not significantly associated with either outcome at 6-month follow-up. Matched analyses excluding 217 quitters resulted in a significant effect of EX on both outcomes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	571-591
Number of pages	21
Journal	Evaluation Review
Volume	35
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X11435399
State	Published - Jun 2012

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design and evaluation of programs and policies
methodology
outcome evaluation
quasi-experimental design
substance abuse treatment and prevention

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General Social Sciences

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