{"id":7141,"date":"2022-08-24T18:52:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T18:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=7141"},"modified":"2025-02-13T20:39:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T20:39:33","slug":"family-based-web-based-media-literacy-education-for-the-prevention-of-substance-abuse-in-elementary-school-students","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/avada_portfolio\/family-based-web-based-media-literacy-education-for-the-prevention-of-substance-abuse-in-elementary-school-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Family-Based, Web-Based, Media Literacy Education for the Prevention of Substance Use in Elementary School Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Investigaci\u00f3n<\/h2><\/div>
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Purpose: To develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based, media literacy education, substance use prevention program for use by families of elementary school-aged children<\/p>\n<\/div>

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OVERVIEW<\/span><\/h2>\n

The objective of this project was to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based media literacy education, substance use preventive intervention program, Media Detective Family, for use with parents and their elementary school children. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The decision to create the program as a web-based program was to provide a method for overcoming barriers to prevention efforts that are frequently encountered in rural communities. <\/span>MDF<\/span><\/em> provides families with media literacy and media mediation skills through an interactive software application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Benefits include increased parental awareness of the importance of media literacy education, improvements in parents\u2019 and children\u2019s critical thinking skills, improvements in parent-child communication about substances and the media, and an increase in the frequency of rural families receiving evidence-based prevention programming. A randomized controlled trial evaluation of the program revealed that children whose families used Media Detective Family<\/em> reported a significant reduction in their use of substances over time compared to children in the control group. This research supports the use of an online family-based program with a media literacy education approach for reducing children’s substance use behaviors.<\/p>\n

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TEAM MEMBERS<\/h2><\/div>
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\"Tracy<\/span><\/div>
Tracy Scull<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Janis<\/span><\/div>
Janis Kupersmidt<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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RELATED PRESENTATIONS<\/span><\/div><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Scull, T.M. & Kupersmidt, J.B., & Weatherholt, T. (2016, May). Reducing health disparities in rural communities through an interactive, web-based family media literacy education program for substance abuse prevention. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.<\/p>\n

Scull, T.M. (2014). Challenges and strategies for evaluating prevention programming in rural areas.\u00a0 Presentation at the 16th<\/sup> Annual NIH SBIR\/STTR Conference, Albuquerque, NM.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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