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Feasibility Study of the Online High School Media Aware Program (FS-OHSMAP)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03855033
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : February 26, 2019
Last Update Posted : February 26, 2019
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Innovation Research & Training

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
This is a pretest-posttest feasibility study of Media Aware Sexual Health - High School, an interactive web-based comprehensive sexual health media literacy education program for high school students. The program is designed to develop students' critical thinking skills and promote sexual health. It is hypothesized that this program will enhance adolescents' media literacy skills, sexual health knowledge, cognitions (i.e., attitudes, self-efficacy, and norms), and behaviors regarding healthy sexual decision-making.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Sexual Behavior Behavioral: Media Aware Sexual Health - High School Not Applicable

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 367 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Web-based High School Media Literacy for Healthy Relationships,
Actual Study Start Date : January 24, 2018
Actual Primary Completion Date : March 12, 2018
Actual Study Completion Date : March 12, 2018

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MedlinePlus related topics: Sexual Health

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Media Aware Sexual Health - High School
Students received the web-based Media Aware Sexual Health - High School program.
 Behavioral: Media Aware Sexual Health - High School
Media Aware Sexual Health is a web-based comprehensive sexual health education program for high school students that uses a media literacy approach.
Other Name: Media Aware
No Intervention: Typical Health Education Programming
Students received their regular health education programming not related to sexual health education.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Change in willingness to engage in unprotected sex [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) assessing the degree to which one is willing to engage in unprotected sex (Suppose you were with a boyfriend/girlfriend. He/she wants to have sex, but neither of you have any form of protection. In this situation, how willing would you be to go ahead and hook-up anyway?).

  2. Change in willingness to hook up against own wishes [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) assessing the degree to which one is willing to hook up with someone even if they are not sure that they really want to. (Suppose you were with a boyfriend/girlfriend. He/she wants to hook-up, but you are not sure that you want to. In this situation, how willing would you be to go ahead and hook-up anyway?).

  3. Change in intentions to use contraception/protection [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    4-point Likert scale (not at all likely; unlikely; likely; extremely likely) assessing intentions to use contraception (e.g., if you were to have vaginal or anal sex, how likely would you be to use a condom?).

  4. Change in intentions to engage in sexual activity [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    4-point Likert scale (not at all likely; unlikely; likely; extremely likely) assessing participants intentions to engage in sex in the next year (How likely is that you will have any type of sexual contact with another person (oral sex, anal sex, vaginal sex, or genital-to-genital contact) in the next year?).


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Efficacy to refuse sexual activity [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) assessing participants efficacy to refuse sex (e.g., I could say no to someone who is pressuring me to have sex).

  2. Efficacy to communicate before sex [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) assessing participants efficacy to communicate about sexual health (e.g., I could talk with a boy/girlfriend about using condoms for sexually transmitted infection protection).

  3. Efficacy to use contraception/protection [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) assessing participants efficacy to get and use contraception (e.g., If I wanted to, I could get condoms or another form of contraception).

  4. Intentions to communicate before sex [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    4-point Likert scale (not at all likely; unlikely; likely; extremely likely) assessing intentions to communicate about sexual health before sex (e.g., Before deciding to have sex, how likely would you be to talk to a boy/girlfriend about HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted infections?).

  5. Sexual health knowledge [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked several multiple choice and T/F questions about sexual health.

  6. Norms - Frequency of teen risky sexual activity (%) [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked to indicate what percentage [0% = no teens; 100% = all teens] are engage in risky sexual activities (e.g., have sex with someone who is much older).

  7. Norms - teen sexual activity (%) [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked to indicate what percentage [0% = no teens; 100% = all teens] are engage in sexual activity.

  8. Perceived realism of media messages [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) the degree to which they agreed that teens on the media: 1) do things that average teens do; 2) act like average teens; 3) are as sexually experienced as average teens; 3) get pregnant as often as average teens; 4) get STIs as often as average teens.

  9. Perceived similarity to media messages [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) the degree to which they agreed that: 1) The things I do in my life are similar to what I see teens do in the media; 2) I look like teens I see in the media; 3) I like the kinds of things that teens in the media like.

  10. Cognitive elaboration of advertisement [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are shown an advertisement and responded on a 4-point Likert scale (not much at all; a little; a good amount; a lot) the extent to which they: 1) thought about the ad; 2) spent time thinking about the ad; and 3) paid attention to the ad.

  11. Media Skepticism [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) the degree to which they agree with several statements about media (e.g., Media are dishonest about what happens when people drink alcohol).

  12. Teen Sex Attitudes [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) the degree to which they agree with several statements about teen sex (e.g., it is ok for teens to be sexually active).

  13. Risky Teen Sex Attitudes [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) the degree to which they agree with several statements about teens engaging in risky sexually behaviors (e.g., I believe it is ok for teens to do use alcohol or drugs before or during a sexual encounter.)

  14. Teen Contraception Use Attitudes [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) the degree to which they agree with several statements about teen contraception use (e.g., I believe if a teen is going to have sex, they should always use a condom.)

  15. Teen Sexual Communication Attitudes [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) the degree to which they agree with several statements about teen sexual communication (e.g., Before deciding to have sex, I believe teens should talk with their parents or another trusted adult).


Other Outcome Measures:
  1. Intent to intervene as bystander [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked on a 4-point Likert scale (not likely at all; Unlikely; Likely; Extremely likely) how likely they would be to intervene as a bystander (e.g., Approach a friend if I thought they were in an abusive relationship and let them know that I am here to help)

  2. Efficacy to intervene as bystander [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked to indicate on a scale on 0 (Can't do) to 100 (Very Certain) their degree of confidence in several behaviors (e.g., I could talk to a friend who I suspected is in an abusive relationship.)

  3. Belief in rape myths [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) their level of agreement on several items pertaining to myths about rape (e.g., It shouldn't be considered rape if a guy is drunk and didn't realize what he was doing.)

  4. Acceptance of strict gender role stereotypes [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) their level of agreement on several items pertaining to strict gender role stereotypes (e.g., Raising children is primarily a woman's responsibility).

  5. Acceptance of dating violence [ Time Frame: pretest and posttest (approximately one week after pretest) ]
    Participants are asked on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree) their level of agreement on several items pertaining to dating violence (e.g., It is okay for people to hit their girlfriends/boyfriends if they did something to make them mad).


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   12 Years to 17 Years   (Child)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Students must be in grades 9 or 10 in participating classrooms at participating schools.
  2. Students must be able to speak and read English because the study materials (e.g., questionnaires) and the program are in English.
  3. Students must have appropriate permissions to receive sex education per school districts' policy (i.e., opt-in policy or opt-out policy).
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03855033


Locations
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United States, North Carolina
innovation Research & Training
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27707
Sponsors and Collaborators
Innovation Research & Training
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Responsible Party: Innovation Research & Training
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03855033    
Other Study ID Numbers: iRT-Media Aware HS-Phase I
First Posted: February 26, 2019    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: February 26, 2019
Last Verified: February 2019
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: No

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No