Evaluation Study of the Online High School Media Aware Program

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

590 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-09-10

Study Completion Date

2020-06-05

Brief Summary

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The main aim of this study is to conduct a pretest-posttest RCT with a three-month follow-up to investigate the sustainability of outcomes in students who use the Media Aware program. Media Aware, a web-based media literacy education program for high school students to promote sexual and relationship health. Media Aware is designed to provide high school students with sexual health knowledge, media literacy skills, and the skills to make healthy decisions about sexual activity. This study will examine if behavioral indicators among students in the intervention group sustain, emerge, or diminish over time compared to students in the delayed intervention group.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Sexual Behavior

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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Intervention

Participants will receive access to Media Aware.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Media Aware Sexual Health - High School

Intervention Type OTHER

Media Aware is an online media literacy and sexual health education program developed for high school students that addresses the influence of media on sexual behaviors explicitly using established message processing theory. The program consists of 4 self-paced modules each with two to three lessons. Broadly, the modules cover healthy and unhealthy relationships, sexually transmitted infections, consent, substance use, pregnancy, protection and contraception, and communication between adolescents and their partners, parents, or health providers. Users also learn media literacy skills including message deconstruction to help examine the truth behind media messages.

Delayed-Intervention Control

Participants will receive their regular health education programming not related to sexual health education or media literacy education.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Media Aware Sexual Health - High School

Media Aware is an online media literacy and sexual health education program developed for high school students that addresses the influence of media on sexual behaviors explicitly using established message processing theory. The program consists of 4 self-paced modules each with two to three lessons. Broadly, the modules cover healthy and unhealthy relationships, sexually transmitted infections, consent, substance use, pregnancy, protection and contraception, and communication between adolescents and their partners, parents, or health providers. Users also learn media literacy skills including message deconstruction to help examine the truth behind media messages.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Media Aware

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Schools must have students in 9th or 10th grade health education as this program is designed for use in these grades during health education classes.
2. Schools must agree to provide the Media Aware program during class periods as their sexual health education which means that an educator will facilitate the students taking the program.
3. Schools must have adequate technology for the students to use the web-based Media Aware program and complete the online questionnaires.
4. It must be feasible for iRT project staff members to travel to the school sites for the three data collection time points.

TEACHER PARTICIPANTS:

Inclusion:

1. Teacher's classrooms must have students in 9th or 10th grade as this program is designed for use in these grades.
2. Teachers must be able to ensure that participating students have computers and internet access during class periods as the program and questionnaires are web-based.

STUDENT PARTICIPANTS:

Inclusion:

1. Students must be in grades 9 or 10.
2. Students must be able to speak and read English because the study materials (e.g., questionnaires) are in English. However, parent permission and youth assent forms for the research study will be available in both English and Spanish.
3. Students must have appropriate parent permission to receive sexual health education per school districts' policy (i.e., opt-in policy or opt-out policy).

Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes