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St. Jude Cancer Education for Children Program: The Feasibility of Teacher Delivery (Pilot Study)

Sponsor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT01591213
Collaborator
(none)
426
Enrollment
1
Location
15.9
Duration (Months)
26.7
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

-The St. Jude Cancer Education for Children Program was created in 2006 as part of the outreach mandate of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The curriculum is designed to teach schoolchildren about cancer and dispel common misconceptions, inform students about healthy lifestyle choices that can translate to reduced cancer risk in adulthood, and to inspire an interest in science and scientific careers. In the 2010-2011 school year, researchers examined the impact of the program in regard to knowledge.

It has always been clear that St. Jude personnel are limited to visiting a small number of schools in person each year so in 2011, a teacher's kit to the education program was created. The kit includes all the lesson plans needed to complete the program without the presence of St. Jude staff members. As a result, researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital want to test the feasibility of the intervention by schoolteachers, and how this mechanism of delivery will affect student knowledge, attitudes, and health behaviors associated with cancer and healthy living.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase

    Detailed Description

    Teachers who agree to participate will use the teacher's kit developed by the St. Jude International Outreach Program to deliver the St. Jude Cancer Education for Children curriculum to 4th grade students over the course of 1 week. Pre and post survey data will be collected from students to measure knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, perceptions of vulnerability, intentions, and behaviors associated with cancer and healthy living. Rates of compliance and feedback about the curriculum will be collected from teachers via curriculum checklist, survey, and interviews.

    Primary Objective:
    • To determine if it is feasible for classroom teachers to implement the St. Jude Cancer Education for Children Program.
    Secondary/Exploratory Objectives:

    • To determine factors that may contribute to the program's feasibility such as school and teacher characteristics.

    • To measure the impact of the intervention on student knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, perceptions of vulnerability, intentions, and self-reported health behaviors.

    Study Design

    Study Type:
    Observational
    Actual Enrollment :
    426 participants
    Observational Model:
    Case-Only
    Time Perspective:
    Prospective
    Official Title:
    St. Jude Cancer Education for Children Program: The Feasibility of Teacher Delivery (Pilot Study)
    Study Start Date :
    Nov 1, 2012
    Actual Primary Completion Date :
    Mar 1, 2014
    Actual Study Completion Date :
    Mar 1, 2014

    Arms and Interventions

    Arm Intervention/Treatment
    Healthy Volunteers

    Fourth grade students enrolled in Memphis-area schools.

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Rate of compliance [1 week (at end of three teaching modules)]

      Delivery of the educational curriculum by classroom teachers will be demonstrated to be a feasible method of delivering the St. Jude Cancer Education for Children Program. The program will be determined to be feasible if 80% of the schools that agree to participate complete the delivery of the program. A complete delivery will be defined as all grade consenting teachers delivering 2/3 of the educational content in each of the three modules.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    8 Years to 11 Years
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    Yes
    Inclusion Criteria:

    • Located in the United States or United States territories

    • District & school provide permission

    • 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade student with cognitive capacity to complete questionnaires (as determined by the teacher)

    • Assents to study participation

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • Located outside of the United States or United States territories

    • Student does not assent to participation

    • Student without cognitive capacity to complete questionnaires (as determined by the teacher)

    • Parent or guardian refuses consent

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis Tennessee United States 38105

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Katherine Ayers, MS, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Additional Information:

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT01591213
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • XPD12-040 SJCECP2
    First Posted:
    May 3, 2012
    Last Update Posted:
    Jan 13, 2015
    Last Verified:
    Jan 1, 2015
    Keywords provided by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Cancer education
    Prevention education
    Volunteers

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Jan 13, 2015