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

NCT01591213 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 426

Last updated 2015-01-13

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Katherine Ayers, MS · St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2014-03-31
Completion
2014-03-31

Countries

  • United States

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