{"id":4251,"date":"2018-11-19T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T09:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irtinc.us\/irt-awarded-grant-for-further-development-of-a-high-school-media-literacy-education-program-for-sexual-health-promotion\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T21:27:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:27:43","slug":"irt-awarded-grant-for-further-development-of-a-high-school-media-literacy-education-program-for-sexual-health-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/irt-awarded-grant-for-further-development-of-a-high-school-media-literacy-education-program-for-sexual-health-promotion\/","title":{"rendered":"iRT Awarded Grant for Further Development of a High School Media Literacy Education Program for Sexual Health Promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>innovation Research &amp; Training (iRT) is honored to announce that it has received a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health &amp; Human Development (NICHD) to further develop and evaluate the\u00a0<em>Media Aware\u00a0<\/em>program.<\/p>\n<p><em>Media Aware<\/em>\u00a0is a comprehensive sexual health education program for high school students that uses a media literacy education (MLE) approach to build students\u2019 critical thinking skills and promote healthy decision-making about relationships and sexual health. The web-based program includes four interactive lessons that cover a variety of health topics including gender role stereotypes, healthy and unhealthy relationships, dating violence, consent, abstinence, contraception, sexually transmitted infections, and teen pregnancy.\u00a0<em>Media Aware<\/em>\u00a0teaches students to think critically about the messages that see and hear in media about sex and relationships, and includes many current media examples\u2014movies, advertisements, music\u2014 that are relevant and engaging for teens.\u00a0 The online format enables students to proceed at their own pace and provides an individually-focused experience.<\/p>\n<p>An initial feasibility study of\u00a0<em>Media Aware<\/em>\u00a0found that the program resulted in students\u2019 having more accurate knowledge and beliefs about teen sex and sexual health, increased intentions to intervene in situations that could lead to sexual assault, and students reporting that they would be less willing to engage in risky sexual behaviors. \u201cWe are excited by the findings from the feasibility study and the promise that\u00a0<em>Media Aware\u00a0<\/em>has to improve adolescent health, and we are looking forward to further enhancing the program and conducting additional research,\u201d says\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Tracy Scull, the Principal Investigator on the project.<\/p>\n<p>With this most recent grant from NICHD, iRT will build upon its promising work to further evaluate the program\u2019s effectiveness. With help from an advisory panel of teachers and school administrators, iRT will also be developing interactive tools and resources to improve the ease of implementation and scalability of\u00a0<em>Media Awar<\/em>e within schools.<\/p>\n<p><em>S<\/em>chool-based sexual health education varies greatly across the U.S. Only 20 states require that sexual health education be medically accurate, while 17 states don\u2019t require sex education at all. In the absence of concrete information, young people often turn to media for information about sex and relationships and typically receive unhealthy, incomplete, or inaccurate messages about relationships, contraceptives, consent, and STIs.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, iRT hopes that\u00a0<em>Media Aware<\/em>\u00a0will prove to be a cost-effective program that high schools can easily implement to deliver an unbiased and broad-ranging education on important sexual health topics to their students. iRT has developed several evidence-based MLE health promotion programs to promote adolescent health, including a version of\u00a0<em>Media Aware<\/em>\u00a0for college-aged youth (older adolescents) that is currently commercially available (<a href=\"http:\/\/mediaawarecollegeprograms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">http:\/\/mediaawarecollegeprograms.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>iRT is a behavioral science research company that develops and evaluates cutting edge products and services\u2014all designed to improve the lives\u00a0of youth, families, organizations, and communities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>innovation Research &amp; 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