Pittsburgh and Rural Area High School Tobacco Prevention
Tobacco Initiation Prevention for Pittsburgh and Rural Area High School Students
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
This research project will explore the feasibility and acceptability of a web-based media literacy tobacco prevention program. The project will be conducted with 9th graders in two schools in the Pittsburgh area.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Mar 2022
Typical duration for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
October 4, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
October 18, 2021
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
March 1, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 1, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 1, 2024
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
June 4, 2025
CompletedJune 4, 2025
June 1, 2025
2 years
October 4, 2021
April 29, 2025
June 3, 2025
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (3)
Percentage of Eligible 9th Grade Students Recruited to Participate in the Study
Parents will be asked to return an opt out form if they do not want their student to participate. Students will provide assent if they wish to participate. Recruitment will be determined by calculating the percentage of eligible 9th grade students not opted out by their parents that also provide assent.
1 month
Percentage of Participants Retained Through the Final Data Collection
Retention will be calculated as the percentage of 9th grade students who completed the baseline survey and also completed the 12 month follow-up survey.
12 months
Percentage of Participants Indicating Moderate to High Acceptability of the AD IT UP Program
Acceptability of the intervention will be assessed with closed-ended and open-ended items on the post-test survey immediately following completion of the intervention. Students will be asked on a 5-point Likert scale with responses ranging from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree (with a neutral middle) their agreement about the following: "I enjoyed AD IT UP," "I understood AD IT UP," "AD IT UP was easy to use," "I tried my hardest when I was doing AD IT UP," "I think AD IT UP would be helpful to other kids my age," "I would recommend AD IT UP to a friend," and "I agree with AD IT UP's message." An answer of "Strongly Agree" or "Agree" on these items indicates high and moderate acceptability, respectively. Each of these items will be assessed individually, not as an overall scale. Open-ended items will ask: what the student would change about AD IT UP, what the student liked about AD IT UP, what made AD IT UP fun, and what made AD IT UP not fun.
post-test immediately following completion of the intervention
Secondary Outcomes (4)
Changes in Intention to Use Tobacco Products
baseline vs. 12 month follow-up
Changes in Attitudes Toward Tobacco Products
baseline vs. 12 month follow-up
Changes in Normative Beliefs About Tobacco Products
baseline vs. 12 month follow-up
Change in Tobacco-related Media Literacy
baseline vs. 12 month follow-up
Study Arms (2)
Usual Health Education Curriculum
ACTIVE COMPARATORStudents will receive the school's usual health education curriculum.
Usual Health Education Curriculum plus Intervention
EXPERIMENTALStudents will receive the school's usual health education curriculum. Students will also receive the intervention. Delivery of the intervention (i.e., timing, frequency) will be determined by discussing the results of the Aim 1 focus groups with teachers and administrators.
Interventions
AD IT UP was originally developed in 2006 as a classroom-based cigarette prevention program focused on traditional media influences, and was converted to a web-based program in 2011. In 2019, the AD IT UP program was updated substantially to include other forms of tobacco, such as e-cigarettes, and other forms of media, such as social media.
The schools' regular health education curriculum includes classroom lectures, hands on activities and group work.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- th grade student
- enrolled at participating Pittsburgh-area school
You may not qualify if:
- Inability to read the surveys
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University of Pittsburghlead
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)collaborator
Study Sites (1)
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Dr. Jaime Sidani
- Organization
- University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jaime Sidani, PhD MPH
University of Pittsburgh
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- Yes
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
October 4, 2021
First Posted
October 18, 2021
Study Start
March 1, 2022
Primary Completion
March 1, 2024
Study Completion
March 1, 2024
Last Updated
June 4, 2025
Results First Posted
June 4, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-06
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, ANALYTIC CODE
- Time Frame
- Data will become available approximately December 2023 and remain available for 3 years in accordance with the NIH Grants Policy Statement on Data Sharing.
- Access Criteria
- Interested researchers will contact the PI to request access.
Appropriate data from this project will be made available via the Open ScienceFramework, which is recommended by the University of Pittsburgh Library System. Shareable data generated during the project will include longitudinal survey results, which will contain both quantitative and qualitative information. Survey data will be sufficiently de-identified and formatted in a broadly accessible spreadsheet format. Generic participant ID numbers will be available to link data across survey timepoints. These data will be made available with accompanying metadata (i.e., file descriptors and codebook). For example, available codebooks will include labels and descriptors for each quantitative survey variable as well as definitions used for qualitative coding.