Evaluation of a Middle School Comprehensive Sexual Health Media Literacy Education Program

NCT ID: NCT02359422

Last Updated: 2015-11-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1017 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-04-30

Study Completion Date

2015-08-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial of a media literacy education program for middle school students with the goal of enhancing decision-making skills to prevent early and risky sexual behavior and teen pregnancy, and encourage healthy relationships.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Safe Sex

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Media Aware-Sexual Health

10-lesson middle school, comprehensive sexual health program developed based upon the Message Interpretation Processing model designed to increase critical thinking skills about media messages and reduce risky sexual behaviors.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Media Aware-Sexual Health

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

10-lesson middle school, comprehensive sexual health media literacy education program. Each lesson take approximately 50 minutes to teach and will be taught every school day for 2 weeks.

Wait-list control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Media Aware-Sexual Health

10-lesson middle school, comprehensive sexual health media literacy education program. Each lesson take approximately 50 minutes to teach and will be taught every school day for 2 weeks.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Must be able to read and write in English

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Minimum Eligible Age

10 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

15 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Innovation Research & Training

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Tracy M Scull, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Innovation Research & Training

Locations

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innovation Research & Training

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Scull TM, Kupersmidt JB, Malik CV, Morgan-Lopez AA. Using Media Literacy Education for Adolescent Sexual Health Promotion in Middle School: Randomized Control Trial of Media Aware. J Health Commun. 2018;23(12):1051-1063. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2018.1548669. Epub 2018 Nov 23.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30468408 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2R44HD061193-02

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

iRT-2R44HD061193-02-RCT

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id