The Effect of Primary Care Interventions on Children's Media Viewing Habits and Exposure to Violence

December 8, 2011 updated by: Seth Scholer, Vanderbilt University

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents receive anticipatory guidance about violence prevention as part of the routine well child visit. Educational resources are needed to help physicians routinely provide these important anticipatory guidance messages. In this study, consecutive parents will be exposed to routine anticipatory guidance messages before the well child visit with the physician. After the clinic visit, parents will be invited to participate in a research study to determine if they plan any changes at home. The key research question of this study is:

Can a brief multimedia program (i.e. Play Nicely program) and/or the AAP Connected Kids brochure, entitled, "Pulling the Plug on TV Violence", help parents develop plans to decreases their children's exposure to violence in the media (e.g. less media time, no TV in the bedroom)?

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

336

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
    • Tennessee
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 27232
        • Vanderbilt University Pediatric Primary Care Clinic

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

18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants included English and Spanish speaking caregivers of 2-12 year old children presenting to the pediatric primary care clinic for a well-child visit.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Parents who could not speak either English or Spanish.

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: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Control
Parents in control group experienced a routine primary care visit.
Other: Control Group
Standard care in primary care clinic.
Experimental: Handout intervention
Caregivers assigned to the hand-out group were instructed to read the AAP hand-out "Pulling the Plug On TV Violence." This 2 page hand-out emphasizes the negative effect that television has on children's behavior and makes recommendations about limiting media. The RA did not supervise the reading of the handout.
Behavioral: AAP Handout entitled, Pulling the Plug on Violence.
This handout is two pages and is part of the Connected Kids Program, American Academy of Pediatrics
Experimental: Multimedia intervention
Caregivers assigned to the multimedia group were instructed to watch "Recommendation 3: Decrease Exposure to Violence" from the Play Nicely program, a 5 minute video in English and Spanish that teaches caregivers about the negative impact of violent media and instructs parents about the importance of limiting media. The intervention was presented to the parents on a mobile laptop computer.
Behavioral: Play Nicely Program
Multimedia program available at www.playnicely.org.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Changes in media viewing habits
Time Frame: Baseline and 2-4 weeks

At the 2 week follow up phone call, parents were asked:

"Since your clinic visit, have you made any changes related to your child's media viewing habits such as TV, movies, or computer games?"
Baseline and 2-4 weeks
Changes in exposure to violence.
Time Frame: Baseline and 2-4 weeks

At the 2 week follow up phone call, parents were asked:

"Since your clinic visit, have you made any changes related to decreasing your child's exposure to violence, either violence in the media or violence at home?"
Baseline and 2-4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Vanderbilt University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Seth J Scholer, MD, MPH, Vanderbilt University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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

June 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 7, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 8, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

December 12, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 12, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 8, 2011

Last Verified

December 1, 2011

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Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB# 100401

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