In Phase I, the REAL media Plus prototype will be developed and a usability test conducted among students and teachers. In Phase II a group randomized trial will be conducted among 27 high schools to evaluate the effects of REAL media Plus on smoking and vaping.
In Phase I, participants will participate in pilot and usability tests of the curriculum prototype. For the pilot test, teachers and students will use the curriculum prototype and then be interviewed about it. For the usability test, students and teachers will use the revised curriculum and be interviewed/complete short survey. Teachers will provide consent and students will have parental consent and their own assent. In Phase II, a group randomized trial will be conducted during Spring semester 2020 among 9th grade student in 27 high schools in the Hillsborough County Public School system randomly assigned to treatment and control (14 treatment and 13 control). All students will complete a pretest survey. Students in two health classes in treatments schools will participate in the REAL media Plus curriculum and complete a short immediate posttest survey to rate their experience. All students will then complete two posttests. Students will have parental consent and provide their own assent.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
REAL media Plus is a 7-level, interactive, self-paced, e-learning media literacy curriculum to prevent youth smoking and vaping use.
REAL Prevention LLC
Clifton, New Jersey, United States
Smoking and Vaping Use
Change in 5-item Lifetime Substance Use Measure Self reported lifetime use of (e.g., whether you ever tried) cigarettes and vaping. Response options include Yes and No.
Time frame: Change in llifetime (e.g., ever tried) use from baseline to 9 months post baseline
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