Sun Protection for Florida's Children
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 2,984
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Increase the use of hats when children are outside at school
研究概览
简要总结
Purpose of the project is to develop a school-based intervention aimed at increasing hat use when children are outside at home and at school. The intervention is targeted to fourth grade children in Hillsborough County, Florida and is based on Theory of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior. It is structured to accomplish the following goals: (a) increase sun protection knowledge of children in regards to hat use,(b) foster more positive attitudes in regard to wearing hats,(c) change the subjective norms of wearing hats (d) target persons that children perceive as controlling their behavior of wearing hats(parents,teachers) and increase the use of hats when children are outdoors at school(primary outcome) and when outdoors at times other than school(secondary outcome).
详细描述
Intervention is aimed at encouraging students to use a wide brim hat when participating in outdoor activities. To accomplish this goal our approach will be multifaceted and will include:
- individual sessions with school principals to facilitate a school policy that encourages hat use when children are outdoors.
- sessions with fourth grade teachers that explains the importance of sun protection and hat use, and that addresses potential concerns by teachers.
- classroom sessions with fourth grade children that improves sun protection knowledge, fosters more positive attitudes about hat use. and that changes the subjective norm of wearing hats when at school.
- follow-up sessions in which children are provided free hats with a customized design that represents their school.
- sun protection educational materials that are mailed to the parents of targeted children.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 8 Years 至 11 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •One fourth/one fifth grade class.
- •20 students minimum.
- •25% of students are Caucasian.
- •Principle/teachers agree to participate.
- •Majority of parents agree to participate.
- •Majority of 4th grade students provide written assent.
- •One outdoor session lasting 20 minutes once per week where children are directly exposed to the sun.
- •Outdoor session in an area observable by data monitors.
- •School can accommodate intervention components of study.
- •School environment stable over the intervention period.
- •Randomized control school delay sun protection initiatives until project is completed.
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
Sun Protection Intervention
School based sun protection education, provision of free hats.
干预措施: Increasing hat use (Behavioral)
Control arm
Usual sun protection practices
结局指标
主要结局
Increase the use of hats when children are outside at school
时间窗: june 2008
次要结局
- Increase the hat use when children are outside at times other than school(june 2008)
研究者
Richard Roetzheim
Professor of Family Medicine
University of South Florida