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St. Jude Cancer Education for Children Program: The Feasibility of Teacher Delivery (Pilot Study)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01591213
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 3, 2012
Last Update Posted : January 13, 2015
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

-The St. Jude Cancer Education for Children Program was created in 2006 as part of the outreach mandate of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The curriculum is designed to teach schoolchildren about cancer and dispel common misconceptions, inform students about healthy lifestyle choices that can translate to reduced cancer risk in adulthood, and to inspire an interest in science and scientific careers. In the 2010-2011 school year, researchers examined the impact of the program in regard to knowledge.

It has always been clear that St. Jude personnel are limited to visiting a small number of schools in person each year so in 2011, a teacher's kit to the education program was created. The kit includes all the lesson plans needed to complete the program without the presence of St. Jude staff members. As a result, researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital want to test the feasibility of the intervention by schoolteachers, and how this mechanism of delivery will affect student knowledge, attitudes, and health behaviors associated with cancer and healthy living.


Condition or disease
Healthy

Detailed Description:

Teachers who agree to participate will use the teacher's kit developed by the St. Jude International Outreach Program to deliver the St. Jude Cancer Education for Children curriculum to 4th grade students over the course of 1 week. Pre and post survey data will be collected from students to measure knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, perceptions of vulnerability, intentions, and behaviors associated with cancer and healthy living. Rates of compliance and feedback about the curriculum will be collected from teachers via curriculum checklist, survey, and interviews.

Primary Objective:

  • To determine if it is feasible for classroom teachers to implement the St. Jude Cancer Education for Children Program.

Secondary/Exploratory Objectives:

  • To determine factors that may contribute to the program's feasibility such as school and teacher characteristics.
  • To measure the impact of the intervention on student knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, perceptions of vulnerability, intentions, and self-reported health behaviors.

Study Design
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Study Type : Observational
Actual Enrollment : 426 participants
Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: St. Jude Cancer Education for Children Program: The Feasibility of Teacher Delivery (Pilot Study)
Study Start Date : November 2012
Actual Primary Completion Date : March 2014
Actual Study Completion Date : March 2014
Groups and Cohorts
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Group/Cohort
Healthy Volunteers
Fourth grade students enrolled in Memphis-area schools.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Rate of compliance [ Time Frame: 1 week (at end of three teaching modules) ]
    Delivery of the educational curriculum by classroom teachers will be demonstrated to be a feasible method of delivering the St. Jude Cancer Education for Children Program. The program will be determined to be feasible if 80% of the schools that agree to participate complete the delivery of the program. A complete delivery will be defined as all grade consenting teachers delivering 2/3 of the educational content in each of the three modules.


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   8 Years to 11 Years   (Child)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Fourth grade students enrolled in Memphis-area schools.
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Located in the United States or United States territories
  • District & school provide permission
  • 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade student with cognitive capacity to complete questionnaires (as determined by the teacher)
  • Assents to study participation

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Located outside of the United States or United States territories
  • Student does not assent to participation
  • Student without cognitive capacity to complete questionnaires (as determined by the teacher)
  • Parent or guardian refuses consent
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Locations
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United States, Tennessee
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105
Sponsors and Collaborators
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Katherine Ayers, MS St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Additional Information:
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site Clinical Trials Open at St. Jude  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

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Responsible Party: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01591213     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: XPD12-040 SJCECP2
First Posted: May 3, 2012    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: January 13, 2015
Last Verified: January 2015
Keywords provided by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital:
Cancer education
Prevention education
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