NCT05081843

Pittsburgh and Rural Area High School Tobacco Prevention

Tobacco Initiation Prevention for Pittsburgh and Rural Area High School Students

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 318 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This research project will explore the feasibility and acceptability of a web-based media literacy tobacco prevention program. The project will be conducted with 9th graders in two schools in the Pittsburgh area.

Detailed description

Specific Aim 1: To assess 9th grade students' preferences for delivery of the web-based media literacy tobacco prevention program. Investigators will conduct focus groups with 9th grade students in each high school. Students will be shown clips from the program and asked to provide feedback about the preferred frequency and setting for the program. Specific Aim 2: Investigators will conduct a pilot trial of the intervention via a cluster randomized controlled trial. The control group will receive their usual health education curriculum. The intervention group will receive their usual health education curriculum with the addition of the intervention. All students will be asked to complete a pre-test, a post-test, and two follow-up surveys (approximately 4 and 12 months post-intervention). Feasibility endpoints will include overall program completion, recruitment/attendance rates, and retention rates. Acceptability outcomes will assess student perceptions toward the intervention. A sub-aim will be to conduct focus groups and interviews with students, teachers, and administrators to assess implementation barriers and facilitators.

Conditions

• Adolescent Behavior
• Tobacco Use
• E-Cig Use

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	AD IT UP media literacy intervention	AD IT UP was originally developed in 2006 as a classroom-based cigarette prevention program focused on traditional media influences, and was converted to a web-based program in 2011. In 2019, the AD IT UP program was updated substantially to include other forms of tobacco, such as e-cigarettes, and other forms of media, such as social media.
BEHAVIORAL	Usual health education curriculum	The schools' regular health education curriculum includes classroom lectures, hands on activities and group work.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-01
• Primary completion: 2024-03-01
• Completion: 2024-03-01
• First posted: 2021-10-18
• Last updated: 2025-06-04
• Results posted: 2025-06-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States