Pittsburgh and Rural Area High School Tobacco Prevention

University of Pittsburgh

Status: Completed

Conditions: E-Cig Use; Adolescent Behavior; Tobacco Use

Treatments: Behavioral: AD IT UP media literacy intervention; Behavioral: Usual health education curriculum

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05081843

STUDY21030093

K12DA050607 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research project will explore the feasibility and acceptability of a web-based media literacy tobacco prevention program. The project will be conducted with 9th graders in two schools in the Pittsburgh area.

Full description

Specific Aim 1: To assess 9th grade students' preferences for delivery of the web-based media literacy tobacco prevention program. Investigators will conduct focus groups with 9th grade students in each high school. Students will be shown clips from the program and asked to provide feedback about the preferred frequency and setting for the program.

Specific Aim 2: Investigators will conduct a pilot trial of the intervention via a cluster randomized controlled trial. The control group will receive their usual health education curriculum. The intervention group will receive their usual health education curriculum with the addition of the intervention. All students will be asked to complete a pre-test, a post-test, and two follow-up surveys (approximately 4 and 12 months post-intervention). Feasibility endpoints will include overall program completion, recruitment/attendance rates, and retention rates. Acceptability outcomes will assess student perceptions toward the intervention. A sub-aim will be to conduct focus groups and interviews with students, teachers, and administrators to assess implementation barriers and facilitators.

Enrollment: 318 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 9th grade student
• enrolled at participating Pittsburgh-area school

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to read the surveys

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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318 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual Health Education Curriculum

Active Comparator group

Description:

Students will receive the school's usual health education curriculum.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual health education curriculum

Usual Health Education Curriculum plus Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Students will receive the school's usual health education curriculum. Students will also receive the intervention. Delivery of the intervention (i.e., timing, frequency) will be determined by discussing the results of the Aim 1 focus groups with teachers and administrators.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual health education curriculum

Behavioral: AD IT UP media literacy intervention