The Effect of Primary Care Interventions on Children's Media Viewing Habits and Exposure to Violence
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Purpose
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents receive anticipatory guidance about violence prevention as part of the routine well child visit. Educational resources are needed to help physicians routinely provide these important anticipatory guidance messages. In this study, consecutive parents will be exposed to routine anticipatory guidance messages before the well child visit with the physician. After the clinic visit, parents will be invited to participate in a research study to determine if they plan any changes at home. The key research question of this study is:
Can a brief multimedia program (i.e. Play Nicely program) and/or the AAP Connected Kids brochure, entitled, "Pulling the Plug on TV Violence", help parents develop plans to decreases their children's exposure to violence in the media (e.g. less media time, no TV in the bedroom)?
| Condition | Intervention |
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Violence |
Behavioral: AAP Handout entitled, Pulling the Plug on Violence. Behavioral: Play Nicely Program Other: Control Group |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Prevention |
| Official Title: | The Effect of Primary Care Interventions on Children's Media Viewing Habits and Exposure to Violence |
- Changes in media viewing habits [ Time Frame: Baseline and 2-4 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
At the 2 week follow up phone call, parents were asked:
"Since your clinic visit, have you made any changes related to your child's media viewing habits such as TV, movies, or computer games?"
- Changes in exposure to violence. [ Time Frame: Baseline and 2-4 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
At the 2 week follow up phone call, parents were asked:
"Since your clinic visit, have you made any changes related to decreasing your child's exposure to violence, either violence in the media or violence at home?"
| Enrollment: | 336 |
| Study Start Date: | June 2010 |
| Study Completion Date: | September 2010 |
| Primary Completion Date: | September 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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Placebo Comparator: Control
Parents in control group experienced a routine primary care visit.
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Other: Control Group
Standard care in primary care clinic.
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Experimental: Handout intervention
Caregivers assigned to the hand-out group were instructed to read the AAP hand-out "Pulling the Plug On TV Violence." This 2 page hand-out emphasizes the negative effect that television has on children's behavior and makes recommendations about limiting media. The RA did not supervise the reading of the handout.
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Behavioral: AAP Handout entitled, Pulling the Plug on Violence.
This handout is two pages and is part of the Connected Kids Program, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Experimental: Multimedia intervention
Caregivers assigned to the multimedia group were instructed to watch "Recommendation 3: Decrease Exposure to Violence" from the Play Nicely program, a 5 minute video in English and Spanish that teaches caregivers about the negative impact of violent media and instructs parents about the importance of limiting media. The intervention was presented to the parents on a mobile laptop computer.
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Behavioral: Play Nicely Program
Multimedia program available at www.playnicely.org.
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Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 70 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participants included English and Spanish speaking caregivers of 2-12 year old children presenting to the pediatric primary care clinic for a well-child visit.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Parents who could not speak either English or Spanish.
Contacts and Locations| United States, Tennessee | |
| Vanderbilt University Pediatric Primary Care Clinic | |
| Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 27232 | |
| Principal Investigator: | Seth J Scholer, MD, MPH | Vanderbilt University |
More Information
Additional Information:
Publications:
| Responsible Party: | Seth Scholer, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01490320 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | IRB# 100401 |
| Study First Received: | December 7, 2011 |
| Last Updated: | December 8, 2011 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by Vanderbilt University:
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Violence prevention Media Primary care Parenting |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 21, 2013