Using Focus Groups to Assess the Impact of Environmental Health Science Programs for K-12 Educational Community

February 27, 2012 updated by: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

The MIDAS Project (Models of Implementation and Dissemination of Environmental Health and Science Across Subjects) Assessment Objectives:

  • Determine whether students are aware of the MIDAS Project.
  • Identify strengths and weaknesses of MIDAS Project components including: integrated environmental health and science (EHS) curricula, field experiences, seminars and student projects.
  • Assess career interests and intended courses of study at the college level.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

You are being asked to give your child permission to take part in a focus group to talk about what he or she has learned over the past year. Your child's school and other schools in the area have been working with a program called the Models of Implementation and Dissemination of Environmental Health and Science Across Subjects (MIDAS) Project. The MIDAS Project was developed by The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX.

Purpose:

Students will be asked to share about the topics that they learned about over the past year, including their field trip experiences. Participation in the focus group is strictly voluntary, and your child may or may not choose to take part. This focus group will not be graded, and your child's name will not be recorded with his or her responses. If your child chooses not to participate in this focus group, he or she will not be penalized in any way.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

6

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Participant is a 4th-8th grade student in select schools from Bastrop Independent School District (BISD).

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Students must be in one of the identified classes in one of the participating grades from one of the participating schools.
  • Students must return a completed and signed parental consent form.
  • Students must be present at school on the day that the focus groups are conducted.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Students whose parents did not complete the consent form, and/or students who do not wish to participate can opt out of the focus groups without any penalty.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Focus Group
Participant is a 4th-8th grade student in select schools from Bastrop Independent School District (BISD).
Behavioral: Focus Group Discussion
Focus groups meeting for up to 1 hour during the regular school day.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Outputs From Focus Groups (Qualitative Narrative)
Time Frame: 2 Years
2 Years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Robin Fuchs-Young, PhD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 26, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 29, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

January 30, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 28, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 27, 2012

Last Verified

February 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2006-0125

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