The purpose of this study is to Adapt the existing iCHAMPSS's tools to support school policies related to the adoption, implementation, and maintenance of effective youth bullying and dating violence prevention programs (iCHAMPS-YVP), to assess the usability (acceptability, ease of use, credibility, motivational appeal, and perceived helpfulness) of iCHAMPS-YVP in schools and to assess the feasibility of iCHAMPS-YVP with school staff to impact individual- (e.g.,knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy of school staff) and district-level (e.g., policy, readiness, and support) determinants of the adoption and implementation of effective youth violence prevention programs.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
25
iCHAMPSS (CHoosing And Maintaining Effective Programs for Sex Education in Schools), a theory-based, online implementation strategy developed to increase the uptake of evidence-based sexual health programs (EBPs) in Texas schools. The intervention provides interactive tools, step-by-step guidance, and resources to assist school districts.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
Usability as assessed by the ease of use
This will be reported categorically on a Five-point Likert scale in the following categories from Very Easy, Kind of Easy, Kind of Hard, Very Hard, and Did Not Use
Time frame: Three weeks post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Change in Self-Efficacy as assessed by the iCHAMPS-YVP tasks
This will be reported categorically on a Four-point Likert scale in the following categories; not at all confident, somewhat confident, confident and very confident
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Current practices: dating violence prevention education
This will be reported categorically in the following categories; 1. Yes, for middle school only 2. Yes, for high school only 3. Yes, for both middle and high school 4. No, my district/school does not provide sexual health education to middle or high school
Time frame: Baseline
Current practices: bullying prevention education
This will be reported categorically in the following categories; 1. Yes, for middle school only 2. Yes, for high school only 3. Yes, for both middle and high school 4. No, my district/school does not provide sexual health education to middle or high school
Time frame: Baseline
Challenges that have prevented the district/school from implementing dating violence prevention education
This will be reported categorically in the following categories; 1. There have been no challenges 2. Lack of time to teach the curriculum 3. No substitute teachers available 4. Lack of curriculum resources (not including funding) 5. Lack of funding 6. Teacher comfort level with the content 7. Lack of training opportunities for teachers 8. Concerns about parents' reactions 9. Concerns about students' reactions 10. Concerns about reactions from administration or district 11. Concerns about reactions from the community 12. School or district policy regarding sexual health instruction 13. Requirement of active parental consent 14. Too many other district/school priorities 15. Lack of Board of Trustees' approval of the curriculum 16. Other (please specify):
Time frame: Baseline
Challenges that have been present when the district/school has implemented the curriculum for bullying prevention education instruction
This will be reported categorically in the following categories; 1. There have been no challenges 2. Lack of time to teach the curriculum 3. No substitute teachers available 4. Lack of curriculum resources (not including funding) 5. Lack of funding 6. Teacher comfort level with the content 7. Lack of training opportunities for teachers 8. Concerns about parents' reactions 9. Concerns about students' reactions 10. Concerns about reactions from administration or district 11. Concerns about reactions from the community 12. School or district policy regarding sexual health instruction 13. Requirement of active parental consent 14. Too many other district/school priorities 15. Lack of Board of Trustees' approval of the curriculum 16. Other (please specify):
Time frame: Baseline
Challenges to implementation that have prevented your district/school from adopting bullying prevention education
This will be reported categorically in the following categories; 1. There have been no challenges 2. Lack of time to teach the curriculum 3. No substitute teachers available 4. Lack of curriculum resources (not including funding) 5. Lack of funding 6. Teacher comfort level with the content 7. Lack of training opportunities for teachers 8. Concerns about parents' reactions 9. Concerns about students' reactions 10. Concerns about reactions from administration or district 11. Concerns about reactions from the community 12. School or district policy regarding sexual health instruction 13. Requirement of active parental consent 14. Too many other district/school priorities 15. Lack of Board of Trustees' approval of the curriculum 16. Other (please specify):
Time frame: Baseline
Intentions to replace current curriculum:dating violence prevention instruction
This will be reported categorically in the following categories; 1. Yes 2. No 3. Don't know
Time frame: Baseline
Intentions to replace current curriculum: bullying prevention instruction
This will be reported categorically in the following categories; 1. Yes 2. No 3. Don't know
Time frame: Baseline
Intentions to adopt an evidence-based program:dating violence prevention instruction
This will be reported categorically in the following categories; 1. Yes 2. No 3. Don't know
Time frame: Baseline
Intentions to adopt an evidence-based program:bullying prevention instruction
This will be reported categorically in the following categories; 1. Yes 2. No 3. Don't know
Time frame: Baseline
Acceptability
This will be reported categorically on a Five-point Likert scale in the following categories "Like a Lot", "Like a Little", "Dislike a Little", "Dislike a Lot", and "Did Not Use"
Time frame: Three weeks post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Helpfulness
This will be reported categorically on a three-point Likert scale in the following categories: "Less helpful", "As helpful", and "More helpful"
Time frame: Three weeks post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Perceived impact
This will be categorically reported in the following categories: 1. yes 2. no 3. no opinion
Time frame: Three weeks post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Credibility
This will be categorically reported in the following categories: 1. Accurate 2. Inaccurate 3. No opinion
Time frame: Three weeks post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Motivational Appeal
This will be categorically reported in the following categories: 1. yes 2. no 3. no opinion
Time frame: Three weeks post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Change in Compatibility
this will be reported categorically on a Four-point Likert scale in the following categories: Strongly disagree disagree agree strongly agree
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Change in Complexity
this will be reported categorically on a Four-point Likert scale in the following categories: Strongly disagree disagree agree strongly agree
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Change in Perceived social systems support (for evidence-based programs)
this will be reported categorically on a Four-point Likert scale in the following categories: Not at all supportive supportive very supportive don't know
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Change in Presence of organizational policy
This will be reported categorically in the following categories: 1. No, and we have no plans to do so. 2. No, but we are planning to implement an opt-in parental consent policy in the future. 3. Yes, we are at an early stage of implementing an opt-in parental consent policy 4. Yes, we have implemented an opt-in parental consent policy, but it is inconsistently implemented at the district or school. 5. Yes, we have implemented an opt-in parental consent policy fully and systematically across the district or school. 6. Don't know.
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Challenges that have prevented your district/school from adopting dating violence prevention education
This will be reported categorically in the following categories: 1. There have been no challenges 2. Lack of time to teach the curriculum 3. No substitute teachers available 4. Lack of curriculum resources (not including funding) 5. Lack of funding 6. Teacher comfort level with the content 7. Lack of training opportunities for teachers 8. Concerns about parents' reactions 9. Concerns about students' reactions 10. Concerns about reactions from administration or district 11. Concerns about reactions from the community 12. School or district policy regarding sexual health instruction 13. Requirement of active (i.e., "opt-in") parental consent 14. Too many other district/school priorities 15. Lack of Board of Trustees' approval of the curriculum 16. Other (please specify):
Time frame: Baseline
Change in Intentions to use an evidence-based program
This will be reported categorically on a Six-point Likert in the following categories: Definitely will Probably will Probably will not Definitely will not Dont know not applicable
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Change in Awareness/knowledge (of evidence-based programs)
This will be reported on a four point likert scale in the following categories: Strongly disagree disagree agree strongly agree
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Change in Level of implementation
This will be reported categorically as follows: Prioritize: Refers to making violence prevention a priority for your district Assess: Refers to understanding your district's population, needs, and resources Select: Refers to identifying an evidence-based program that fits your district's population, needs, and resources Approve: Refers to getting your school board to approve an evidence-based program for use. Prepare: Refers to planning for complete and successful implementation of an approved evidence-based program Implement: Refers to implementing your evidence-based program with fidelity Maintain: Refers to improving and sustaining implementation of an evidence-based program over time.
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months post iCHAMPS-YVP access
Challenges that have been present when the district/school has implemented the curriculum for dating violence education instruction
This will be reported categorically in the following categories; 1. There have been no challenges 2. Lack of time to teach the curriculum 3. No substitute teachers available 4. Lack of curriculum resources (not including funding) 5. Lack of funding 6. Teacher comfort level with the content 7. Lack of training opportunities for teachers 8. Concerns about parents' reactions 9. Concerns about students' reactions 10. Concerns about reactions from administration or district 11. Concerns about reactions from the community 12. School or district policy regarding sexual health instruction 13. Requirement of active parental consent 14. Too many other district/school priorities 15. Lack of Board of Trustees' approval of the curriculum 16. Other (please specify):
Time frame: Baseline
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