Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT06743178
The Effects of Mass Media Photographs on Drug-Related Stigma
A Randomized Experiment to Test the Effects of Mass Media Photographs Related to Drug Use
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 3,570 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of exposure to drug-related photos used by the media on emotions, stigma towards people who use drugs, and public health services for this population.
Detailed description
This randomized experiment evaluated the impact of drug-related photographs used by the media on stigma towards people who use drugs. A nationally representative sample of US adults was randomized to view different photos used in the media (a person injecting drugs, a person being resuscitated after an overdose, a person receiving treatment, a person in recovery, or a person who had lost a family member to an overdose) and then asked questions about their feelings towards people who use drugs and their acceptance of public health services to address the overdose crisis.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Photo of a person injecting drugs | Exposed to a photo of a person injecting drugs |
| BEHAVIORAL | Photo of EMS responding to an overdose (White) | Exposed to a photo of EMS responding to an overdose (White) |
| BEHAVIORAL | Photo of EMS responding to an overdose (Black) | Exposed to a photo of EMS responding to an overdose (Black) |
| BEHAVIORAL | Photo of a person receiving treatment (Jail) | Exposed to a photo of a person receiving treatment (Jail) |
| BEHAVIORAL | Photo of a person receiving treatment (Community) | Exposed to a photo of a person receiving treatment (Community) |
| BEHAVIORAL | Photo of a person in recovery (White) | Exposed to a photo of a person in recovery (White) |
| BEHAVIORAL | Photo of a person in recovery (Black) | Exposed to a photo of a person in recovery (Black) |
| BEHAVIORAL | Photo of a family member of an overdose decedent | Exposed to a photo of a family member of an overdose decedent |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2024-03-20
- Primary completion
- 2024-04-08
- Completion
- 2024-04-08
- First posted
- 2024-12-19
- Last updated
- 2024-12-19
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06743178. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.