Media Literacy Substance Abuse Prevention Parent Training

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的项目将创建和评估媒体素养的可行性，为家长预防药物滥用计划，称为媒体侦探家长之夜。该计划将与小学媒体侦探课程相联系，并采取由课堂教师主持的一次性媒体素养培训的形式。家长和孩子将合作参与媒体扫盲活动，家长将查看儿童创建的媒体宣传片。家长将收到一本带回家的小册子，其中包含如何调解孩子的媒体消费和加强孩子在家媒体素养技能的建议。最终目标将是开发一个以证据为基础的，易于使用的程序，增加积极的学生成果从学校为基础的程序获得。在项目的第一阶段，我们将在教师顾问的帮助下制定整体计划。亲子对将试点可能的活动纳入该计划。最终方案的可行性研究将在三个小学教室进行，并将获得教师，学生，家长和观察员的反馈，以提供该方案的可行性和质量的系统输入。假设原型程序显示的承诺，第二阶段将涉及完善该计划，并在随机对照试验中评估其有效性，为父母提供调解和媒体素养技能，使他们能够提高孩子的媒体素养技能。公共卫生相关性：从开发和测试这个媒体素养计划中获得的知识将最终帮助父母掌握媒体素养和调解技能。这些技能将有助于减少幼儿对媒体关于社会认可和无后果使用药物的说服的脆弱性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed project will create and evaluate the feasibility of a media literacy, substance abuse prevention program for parents, called Media Detective Parent Night. The program will be linked to the elementary school-based Media Detective curriculum and take the form of a one-session media literacy training hosted by classroom teachers. Parents and children will collaborate on engaging media literacy activities, and parents will view child-created media advocacy pieces. Parents will receive a take-home brochure that contains suggestions on how to mediate their child's media consumption and strengthen their child's media literacy skills at home. The ultimate goal will be to develop an evidence-based, easy-to-use program that increases positive student outcomes obtained from the school-based program. In Phase I of the project, we will develop the overall program with the help of teacher consultants. Parent-child pairs will pilot possible activities for inclusion in the program. A feasibility study of the finalized program will be conducted in three elementary classrooms, and teacher, student, parent, and observer feedback will be obtained to provide systematic input on the feasibility and quality of the program. Assuming the prototype program show promise, Phase II will involve refining the program and evaluating its effectiveness in a randomized controlled trial for providing parents with mediation and media literacy skills that will enable them to enhance their children's media literacy skills. Public Health Relevance: The knowledge gained from developing and testing this media literacy program will ultimately help equip parents with media literacy and mediation skills. These skills will serve to reduce young children's vulnerability to media persuasion regarding social approval of and consequence-free use of substances.