Increasing the Effect of a School-based Prevention Program by Teacher Involvement

Tel Hai College

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Primary Prevention

Treatments: Behavioral: Experimental: Prevention Program "young In Favor of Myself", active teachers; Behavioral: Experimental: Prevention Program "young In Favor of Myself", no teacher involvement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04682613

Tel-Hai-College

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cluster-Randomized Clinical trial, which includes the development and activation of an intervention program among young adolescents and their teachers. Study hypothesis is that the intervention program will yield improvement in adolescents whose teachers participated in the program, in comparison with the adolescents whose teachers weren't involved in the intervention. Results will be measured using the study questionnaire, to be filled out by the participants before, after, and three months after the completion of the program. The questionnaire will include validated questionnaires with good psychometric qualities. The study protocol was approved by Tel Hai College institutional review board. Parents of all student participants in the intervention and in the control group, as well as teachers involved in the program, received information about the program and the study and were asked to provide informed consent.

Full description

Early adolescent (10-13 years) is characterized by hormonal changes and accelerated physiological growth. Significant risk factors for the physical and mental health of children and adolescents include, among other things, disordered eating patterns, overweight and reduced physical activity, low self-esteem and negative body image.

"In Favor of Myself" is a preventive intervention program. The program's primary goal is to increase adolescents' self-esteem and to prevent negative self-image and body image, as well as to development media literacy. In this study, the investigators will focus on the "Young In Favor of Myself " program, designed for ages 10-12, grades 5 and 6, and its main goal is the development of self-care behaviors, media literacy, positive self-esteem, and body-image. To increase the effect of "Young In Favor of Myself " program, on the adolescents, the investigators have developed a teacher component as an addition to the school-based intervention, usually delivered by college students. The study will first assess the teachers' influence on the program, and then evaluate the difference in adolescent outcomes from the program with or without this supplement.

Results will be measured using the study questionnaire, to be filled out by the participants (both teachers and adolescents) before, after, and three months after the completion of the program. The questionnaire will include validated questionnaires with good psychometric qualities. The study protocol was approved by Tel Hai College institutional review board. Parents of all participants, in the intervention and in the control group, as well as teachers involved in the program, received information about the program and the study and were asked to provide informed consent.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:

Teachers of elementary school classes 10-12-year-old students of participating teachers Participants who filled out the questionnaires before and after the program Participants whose parents signed a letter of informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Participants who didn't complete the questionnaires at baseline or at least twice.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Prevention Program "young In Favor of Myself", active teachers

Experimental group

Description:

The program "young In Favor of Myself" will be delivered to adolescence aged 10-12, over 3 months. The program contains nine weekly, 90-min sessions that focus on Media literacy, self-esteem, self-image and body image. The teachers will also participate by delivering planned activities to do with their pupils in addition to each week's topic, parallel to the externally-delivered program. All participants will complete a self-report questionnaire at baseline, after the program ends, and three months after the completion of the program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Experimental: Prevention Program "young In Favor of Myself", active teachers

Prevention Program "young In Favor of Myself", passive teachers

Active Comparator group

Description:

The program "young In Favor of Myself" will be delivered to adolescence aged 10-12, over 3 months. The program contains nine weekly, 90-min sessions that focus on Media literacy, self-esteem, self-image and body image. The teachers won't participate in the program, they will only be present in the classroom during the externally-delivered program. All participants will complete a self-report questionnaire at baseline, after the program ends, and three months after the completion of the program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Experimental: Prevention Program "young In Favor of Myself", no teacher involvement