Increasing the Impact of a School Prevention Program Among Young Adolescents by Adding a Teacher Component

Tel Hai College

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Primary Prevention

Treatments: Behavioral: Prevention program: "Young Mili", non active teachers; Behavioral: Experimental: "Young Millie" prevention program, active teachers

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05102526

Tel-Hai

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized clinical trial in clusters, including the development and implementation of an intervention program among young adolescents and their teachers. The research hypothesis is that the intervention program will yield improvement in adolescents whose parents participated in the program, compared with adolescents whose teachers were not involved in the intervention. The results will be measured using the research questionnaire, which participants will complete before, after and three months after the end of the program. The questionnaire will include approved questionnaires with good psychometric properties. In addition, there will be a quality interview. The study protocol was approved by the Tel Hai College Institutional Audit Committee. Parents of all participants in the intervention and control group as well as the teachers involved in the program received information about the program and research and were asked to give informed consent.

Full description

Early adolescence (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, reduced physical activity, low self-esteem and self-esteem.

"Mili - a unique shield for daily resilience" is a preventive intervention program. The main goal of the program is to increase the self-care behaviors and self esteem of adolescents and prevent negative physical self-image, as well as to develop media literacy. In this study, researchers will focus on a school-based program designed for ages 10-12, grades 5-6, with a primary goal to develop self-care, media literacy, self-esteem, and positive body image. To increase the impact of the "Young Mili" program on adolescents, the researchers developed a teacher component as an adjunct to the school-based intervention, usually facilitated only by college students. The study will first evaluate the impact of teachers on the program, and then evaluate the difference between adolescent outcomes from the program with or without this supplement.

The results will be measured using the research questionnaire, to be completed by the participants (both teachers and adolescents) before, after, and three months after the end of the program. The questionnaire will include validated scales with good psychometric properties. In addition, qualitative interviews will be conducted among teachers. The study protocol was approved by the Tel Hai College Institutional Audit Committee. Parents of all participants, in the intervention and the control group, as well as teachers involved in the program, were given information about the program and the research 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

• 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

"Young Millie" prevention program, active teachers

Experimental group

Description:

The "Young Mili" program will be delivered to teens ages 10-12, over 3 months. The program contains nine 90-minute weekly sessions focusing on media literacy, self-esteem, self-esteem and physical self-esteem. Teachers will also participate by delivering planned activities to their students in addition to each week's theme, in parallel with an externally delivered program. All participants will complete a self-report questionnaire at the beginning of the study, after the end of the program and three months after the end of the program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Experimental: "Young Millie" prevention program, active teachers

"Young Mili" prevention program, passive teachers

Active Comparator group

Description:

The "Young Mili" program will be delivered to teens ages 10-12, over 3 months. The program contains nine 90-minute weekly sessions focusing on media literacy, self-esteem, self-esteem and body image. Teachers will not participate in the program, they will be present in class only during the program on transfer abroad. All participants will complete a self-report questionnaire at the beginning of the study, after the end of the program and three months after the end of the program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Prevention program: "Young Mili", non active teachers