Healthway funding to explore e-cigarette use in schools
The Behaviour Change Collaborative has received Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation) funding to explore the growing rate of e-cigarette use amongst Year 7-12 school students.
Despite increasing concern about the high prevalence of vaping among young people, there is little accurate data about the extent of e-cigarette use in Western Australia.
Equally, there is no clear understanding of what e-cigarette use looks like amongst young people, what influences and motivates them to vape, nor how to tailor effective behavioural messaging or more holistic programs to effectively address the issue.
The BCC’s project will explore patterns of use, influences, and motivations for vaping uptake amongst West Australian high school students.
The BCC’s Luke van der Beeke said findings will be used to inform the collaborative design of strategies that seek to reduce the incidence of vaping among WA youth.
“We look forward to sharing our findings with the rest of the sector in a few months’ time,” he said