Youth Substance Use Prevention/Reduction Through Science-based Drug Abuse Education

NCT00612482 | Completed Phase 1 DMC

• 1 other identifier: 06120537
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 225
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Our primary goal is to conduct a pilot study of the effects of a new potential strategy for youth substance abuse prevention - science-based drug education integrated into the high school science curriculum. Through this pilot study we propose to: (1) demonstrate that this new strategy shows promise, and (2) estimate the effect size for the intervention.

Conditions

Substance Abuse

Keywords

Substance abuse

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Lifetime, past 6 month and past 30 day use of substances

  Pre-intervention, immediate post-intervention, 6-7 month post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Frequency and quantity of substance use

  Pre-intervention, immediate post-intervention, 6-7 months post-intervention

• Knowledge about effects of substance use on the brain

  Pre-intervention, immediate post-intervention, 6-7 months post-intervention

• Perceived risk of harm of substance use

  Pre-intervention, immediate post-intervention, 6-7 months post-intervention

• Intention to use substances in the next 3 months

  Pre-intervention, immediate post-intervention, 6-7 months post-intervention

Study Arms (2)

1

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in the "no intervention" condition will receive the usual high school science curriculum.

2

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the "experimental" arm will receive the 5-lesson, science-based substance abuse prevention curriculum in their science classes.

Other: drug prevention curriculum

Interventions

drug prevention curriculum OTHER

Participants in the "experimental" arm of the study will receive the 5-lesson, science-based drug prevention curriculum in their science classes.

2

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 19 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Student in 9th/10th/11th grade science classes at Fenway High School at start of study or student in 11th grade science classes at Boston Arts Academy at start of study
• Parental permission to participate

You may not qualify if:

• No parental permission to participate
• Unable to read English

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Boston Children's Hospital: lead
• Boston Public Schools: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Children's Hospital Boston

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

Location

Related Links

• Web page of the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Substance-Related Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Sion Kim Harris, PhD

  Boston Children's Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 29, 2008
• First Posted: February 11, 2008
• Study Start: December 1, 2006
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2008
• Study Completion: January 1, 2008
• Last Updated: March 14, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-03

Locations

US (1)