Graphic Messages to Prevent E-Cigarette Use Among Black and Latino Adolescents

Graphic Messages to Prevent E-Cigarette Use Among Latino and African American Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The aim of this study is to determine if graphic messages prevent future vaping use among African American and Latino adolescents. The images have been developed in a user-design model and include four main themes: health reward, financial reward, self-efficacy, and social norms. We will assess pre- and post-exposure reactions on likelihood of future vaping among African American and Latino adolescents.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Vaping
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Financial reward graphic message; Behavioral: Health reward graphic message; Behavioral: Self-efficacy graphic message; Behavioral: Social norms graphic message

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 362
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
      • University of Rochester Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 years to 17 years (CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• self-identify as African American/Black and/or Hispanic/Latino
• know how to read and speak English and/or Spanish
• have never used e-cigarettes
• have access to a device that will be able to connect to the online survey

Exclusion Criteria:

• not identifying as African American/Black and/or Hispanic/Latino
• using e-cigarettes

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Financial reward graphic message	Behavioral: Financial reward graphic message; Graphic image will be shared with the participants online once in either English or Spanish depending on their language of preference. Image includes the following text: Vaping leads to nothing. Don't let your money vaporize away.
EXPERIMENTAL: Health reward graphic message	Behavioral: Health reward graphic message; Graphic image will be shared with the participants online once in either English or Spanish depending on their language of preference. Image includes the following text: Dying for a vape? It hurts more than you know.
EXPERIMENTAL: Self-efficacy graphic message	Behavioral: Self-efficacy graphic message; Graphic image will be shared with the participants online once in either English or Spanish depending on their language of preference. Image includes the following text: Vaping companies are targeting Black and Latino teens. Your life matters. Don't let them take it away.
EXPERIMENTAL: Social norms graphic message	Behavioral: Social norms graphic message; Graphic image will be shared with the participants online once in either English or Spanish depending on their language of preference. Image includes the following text: Just because vaping is common, doesn't mean it's cool. Stay woke. Don't smoke.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
change in percent of participants who are not susceptible to future vaping	Participants will be asked three questions. (1) Are you curious about using e-cigarettes (vaping)?; (2) Do you think that you will use e-cigarettes (vaping) in the next 12 months?; and (3) If one of your best friends were to offer you an e-cigarette, would you use it? Responses include 1= definitely not, 2= probably not, 3= probably yes, 4= definitely yes. Participants who answer "Definitely not" to all three questions will be categorized as not susceptible.	baseline to post intervention, approximately 1 day
Mean change in susceptibility score	Participants will be asked three questions. (1) Are you curious about using e-cigarettes (vaping)?; (2) Do you think that you will use e-cigarettes (vaping) in the next 12 months?; and (3) If one of your best friends were to offer you an e-cigarette, would you use it? Responses include 1= definitely not, 2= probably not, 3= probably yes, 4= definitely yes. The scores for each question will be summed per participant and the mean change calculated comparing baseline to post intervention.	baseline to post intervention, approximately 1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Rochester
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): August 6, 2021
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): December 15, 2021
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): December 15, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 19, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 19, 2021
• First Posted (ACTUAL): May 25, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): February 24, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 7, 2022
• Last Verified: February 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: STUDY00006267; U54CA228110 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No