Evaluation of the Media Detective Program for Elementary School-Aged Children to Prevention Substance Use (MD)

April 10, 2014 updated by: Janis Kupersmidt, Innovation Research & Training

Randomized Controlled Trial Efficacy Study of a Media Literacy Education Substance Use Prevention Program for Elementary School-Aged Children

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a media literacy education program taught be teacher to late elementary school students (grades 3-5) positively affected students' critical thinking skills and substance use-related health outcomes.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Media Detective is a 10-lesson elementary school, substance abuse prevention program developed based upon the Message Interpretation Processing model designed to increase children's critical thinking skills about media messages and reduce intent to use tobacco and alcohol products. The purpose of this study was to conduct a short-term randomized controlled trial study to evaluate the effectiveness of Media Detective for achieving these goals.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

679

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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
    • North Carolina
      • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27707
        • innovation Research & Training

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

7 years to 12 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Must be able to read and write in English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

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

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Media Detective
10-lesson elementary school, substance use prevention program developed based upon the Message Interpretation Processing model designed to increase children's critical thinking skills about media messages and reduce intent to use tobacco and alcohol products.
Behavioral: Media Detective
10-lesson elementary school, media literacy education, substance use prevention program. Each lesson takes approximately 45 minutes to teach and was taught every school day for 2 weeks.
Other Names:
  • Media literacy education

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Intent to alcohol or tobacco products
Time Frame: 2 weeks: pretest and posttest
2 weeks: pretest and posttest

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Understanding of the persuasive intent of advertising
Time Frame: 2 weeks: pretest and posttest
2 weeks: pretest and posttest
Media deconstruction skills
Time Frame: 2 weeks: pretest and posttest
2 weeks: pretest and posttest
Interest in alcohol-branded merchandise
Time Frame: 2 weeks: pretest and posttest
2 weeks: pretest and posttest
Self-efficacy to refuse offers to use alcohol or tobacco products
Time Frame: 2 weeks: pretest and posttest
2 weeks: pretest and posttest

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Innovation Research & Training

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Janis B Kupersmidt, PhD, innovation Research & Training

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2006

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 29, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 1, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

February 2, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 11, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 10, 2014

Last Verified

April 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • R44DA016044 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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