Longitudinal Evaluation of Teens Against Tobacco Use
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interventional
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Brief Summary
This study evaluates the efficacy of Teens Against Tobacco Use anti-tobacco presentations on tobacco use susceptibility in 4th-8th grade. Classrooms are randomly assigned to either receive a series of two presentations or wait listed to receive them later in the school year.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Sep 2015
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 21, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 28, 2015
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2016
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2016
CompletedAugust 19, 2016
August 1, 2016
9 months
August 21, 2015
August 17, 2016
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Change in tobacco susceptibility at 24 hours as assessed by 10 likert scale items drawn primarily from the global youth tobacco survey
Tobacco susceptibility captures the likelihood of using tobacco in the future. It is a continuous variable that will be standardized, so outcomes will represent standard deviation unit differences in tobacco susceptibility.
baseline and 24 hours
Change in tobacco susceptibility at 6 months as assessed by 10 likert scale items drawn primarily from the global youth tobacco survey
baseline and 6 months
Study Arms (2)
Intervention
EXPERIMENTALClasses receive anti-tobacco presentations from Teens Against Tobacco Use members
Wait list control
NO INTERVENTIONClasses continue as usual without receiving anti-tobacco presentations from Teens Against Tobacco Use members until the end of the year, when data collection is complete.
Interventions
Teens Against Tobacco Use teen teachers develop and then deliver anti-tobacco presentations to the target population of younger students.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- th to 8th grade student
- Classroom must be willing to be randomly assigned to either receive presentations earlier in the school year or late in the school year.
You may not qualify if:
- Classes in participating schools that are not in the 4th to 8th grade
- Students not able to read English or Spanish
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, El Paso Regional Campus
El Paso, Texas, 79902, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Louis D Brown, Ph.D.
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Assistant Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 21, 2015
First Posted
August 28, 2015
Study Start
September 1, 2015
Primary Completion
June 1, 2016
Study Completion
June 1, 2016
Last Updated
August 19, 2016
Record last verified: 2016-08