Media Literacy to Prevent Adolescent Smoking Initiation

描述（由申请人提供）：候选人。毕业于耶鲁大学（1991年以优异成绩获得英语和数学学士学位），哈佛大学（1993年以优异成绩获得人类发展和心理学硕士学位）和埃默里大学（1999年以优异成绩获得医学博士学位），候选人于2002年完成家庭医学住院医师培训，并担任匹兹堡大学（UP）助理教授。在任职期间，该候选人发表了11篇论文，在全国大众媒体与健康会议上发表了论文，并完成了关于媒体素养教育对青少年吸烟率的潜在影响的令人信服的试点研究。职业发展。候选人的长期职业目标是成为一名独立的，由美国国立卫生研究院资助的研究者，评估基于媒体/通信的干预对青少年吸烟的影响。相关的近期职业目标包括：1)发展与临床研究相关的知识和技能；2)成为控烟专家；3)获得涉及公共卫生行为科学的知识和技能；4)获得与烟草控制有关的大众传播和媒介素养领域的专门知识。为了实现这些目标，候选人将在临床研究培训计划（美国国立卫生研究院资助的一个非常成功的K30）的健康和行为课程中补充其他在烟草控制，大众传播和媒体素养方面的正式学习经验。候选人将参加当地的研讨会和全国性会议，涉及临床研究、烟草控制、行为医学和健康传播，并将定期与优秀的导师和顾问会面。研究项目。媒体素养是一个强有力的工具，有可能减少青少年开始吸烟。本研究的目的是：1)开发一种可靠、有效的青少年吸烟媒介素养（SML）测量方法；2)确定SML与吸烟的关系；3)在青少年人群中试点测试反烟草SML干预措施。目标1将在一年级和二年级通过规模开发活动，对525名学生的开发样本进行管理和因素分析来实现。目标2将在三年级通过一项涉及525名学生的横断面研究来实现，在此期间，将寻求SML分数、当前吸烟行为和未来吸烟的标志（如吸烟意图和吸烟态度）之间的联系。目标3将在第4-5年通过对作为第2-3年职业规划一部分而制定的媒介素养课程进行试点测试来实现。候选人将在五年内通过R01（将在第四年获得）获得实施和评估大规模干预所需的技能和背景。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Candidate. A graduate of Yale University (BA magna cum laude in English and Mathematics, 1991), Harvard University (EdM in Human Development and Psychology, 1993) and Emory University (MD summa cum laude, 1999), the candidate completed Family Medicine residency training in 2002 and has been Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh (UP). While on faculty, the candidate has first-authored 11 publications, presented papers at national meetings on mass media and health, and completed compelling pilot research on the potential impact of media literacy education on adolescent smoking rates. Career Development. The candidate's long-term career goal is to become an independent, NIH-funded investigator assessing the impact of media/communications-based interventions on adolescent smoking. Related immediate career goals include: 1) To develop knowledge and skills involving clinical research; 2) To become an expert in tobacco control; 3) To gain knowledge and skills involving behavioral science in public health; and 4) To gain expertise in the fields of mass communication and media literacy as they relate to tobacco control. To achieve these goals, the candidate will supplement coursework of the Health and Behavior track of the Clinical Research Training Program (a highly successful NIH-funded K30 at UP) with other formal learning experiences in tobacco control, mass communication, and media literacy. The candidate will attend local seminars and national conferences involving clinical research, tobacco control, behavioral medicine, and health communication and will meet regularly with an outstanding cohort of talented mentors and advisors. Research Project. Media literacy is powerful tool with potential to decrease adolescent smoking initiation. The research project aims: 1) To develop a reliable, valid measure of smoking media literacy (SML) for adolescents; 2) To determine the relationship between SML and smoking; and 3) To pilot test an anti-tobacco SML intervention in a population of adolescents. Aim 1 will be achieved in years 1 and 2 with scale development activities, administration to a development sample of 525 students, and factor analysis. Aim 2 will be achieved in year 3 via a cross-sectional study involving 525 students, during which associations will be sought between SML scores, current smoking behavior, and markers of future smoking such as intention to smoke and smoking attitudes. Aim 3 will be achieved in years 4-5 via the pilot testing of a media literacy curriculum developed as part of the career plan in years 2-3. The candidate will emerge in five years with the skills and background necessary to implement and evaluate the intervention on a large scale via an R01 (to be secured in year 4).