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Behavioral Research of Environment and Air Pollution Through Education

NCT02471872 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 600

Last updated 2018-12-13

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Summary

The BREATHE (Behavioral Research of Environment and Air Pollution Through Education) study is a pilot randomized control trial comparing the efficacy of a classroom-based intervention to no intervention in helping middle-school students understand and make behavioral decisions about air pollution. This study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the classroom-based intervention on knowledge of air pollution, understanding of air pollution sources, and behavioral choices made to reduce both contributions to air pollution and personal exposure to air pollution.

It has been well established that pollution is a racial and economic issue. Low-income areas with populations of predominantly people of color tend to be those with the highest rates of pollution and the largest particulate exposure. Creation of and exposure to this pollution is a key issue for the health of inhabitants of these areas, and of those in the broader surrounding areas. By developing, and assessing the effectiveness of, the investigators hope that the BREATHE study will give the investigators insights into how to better combat this higher exposure and reduce the health risks for those in high pollution areas.

The study will take place in 4 visits over a period of 12 months. The hypothesis is that the classroom-based intervention will be effective in leading to behaviors that will reduce exposure to air pollution.

Conditions

  • Attitude to Health
  • Pollution Related Respiratory Disorder
  • Health Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Air Pollution Education

Students are presented with a one-hour interactive session on air pollution.

OTHER

Non-Air Pollution Education

Students are presented with a one-hour interactive session on vaccines.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-28
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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