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A School-Based Intervention to Reduce Lyme Disease

NCT00594997 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3570

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Summary

Our overall purpose of this study is evaluate whether a short in-class Lyme Disease education program based on social learning theory and the Health Belief Model can impact a child's knowledge, attitude, and preventive behavior.

1\. Deliver an educational program in schools to promote personal protective practices, encourage early disease detection and modify residential habitats to reduce tick density.

3\. Evaluate the program's efficacy by comparing the acceptability and practice of precautionary behavior, tick density in residential areas and rates of Lyme disease between groups using primary and surveillance data sources Evaluate the contribution of knowledge, attitudes, and parental involvement to children's adoption of prevention strategies.

Hypothesis

The community intervention will reduce the incidence of Lyme disease among children and families living in endemic areas by increasing the practice of precautionary behavior and reducing tick density in residential areas. Specifically, we hypothesize that:

1. The educational intervention will reduce the incidence of Lyme disease among children and families living in an endemic area.
2. The educational intervention will improve the childrens' self-confidence (behavioral self-efficacy), intention to perform, and actual practice of Lyme disease prevention behaviors.

Conditions

  • Lyme Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Education

Students receive an educational intervention delivered by a member of our staff in conjunction with the teacher as well as a health education entertainer

BEHAVIORAL

Control (pre and post surveys)

Students fill out a pre and post survey and then receive the same intervention given to the controls.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Nancy A Shadick, MD, MPH · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-04-30
Primary Completion
2006-03-31
Completion
2016-08-31

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