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Pittsburgh and Rural Area High School Tobacco Prevention

NCT05081843 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 318

Last updated 2025-06-04

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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.

Conditions

  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Tobacco Use
  • E-Cig Use

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

AD IT UP media literacy intervention

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.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual health education curriculum

The schools' regular health education curriculum includes classroom lectures, hands on activities and group work.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jaime Sidani, PhD MPH · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-01
Primary Completion
2024-03-01
Completion
2024-03-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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