Adoption of preventive measures during and after the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus pandemic peak in Spain.

Objective: This study describes the preventive measures adopted by the Spanish population towards 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus and their associated factors.

Method: An anonymous computer-assisted telephone interview survey was conducted in Spain in December 2009 and February 2010. Respondents were asked about their perceptions of influenza A (H1N1) virus and the preventive measures adopted.

[Attitudes and preventive behaviours adopted during the (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus epidemic in Spain].

Background: In the spring of 2009 the emergence of new influenza virus (H1N1) 2009 caused widespread alarm. The objective of this study is to describe the knowledge and risk perceptions towards the disease and its vaccine and the preventive measures adopted by the population.

Methods: A telephone survey was conducted in two rounds with quotas for age, sex, Autonomous Regions and size of municipality.

[Process evaluation of the school-based cannabis use prevention program "xkpts.com" in adolescents from Barcelona in 2006].

Background: The observed positive effects of school-based prevention programs are frequently lower than what was expected, usually due to inadequate implementation.

Aims: To describe the process evaluation of a cannabis use school-based prevention program (xkpts.com), to measure teachers' satisfaction with the program and to define quantitative and qualitative parameters for assessing the exhaustiveness of the intervention.