Media Literacy to Prevent Adolescent Smoking Initiation

描述(申请人提供)：候选人。应聘者毕业于耶鲁大学(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教育硕士学位)和埃默里大学(以优异成绩毕业于1999年)，2002年完成家庭医学住院医师培训，并一直担任匹兹堡大学(UP)助理教授。在担任教师期间，这位候选人首先撰写了11本出版物，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调查员，评估基于媒体/通讯的干预措施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)成为烟草控制方面的专家；3)获得与公共卫生中的行为科学有关的知识和技能；4)获得与烟草控制相关的大众传播和媒体素养领域的专业知识。为了实现这些目标，候选人将在临床研究培训计划(NIH资助的非常成功的K30 at UP)的健康和行为跟踪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。候选人将参加涉及临床研究、烟草控制、行为医学和健康传播的地方研讨会和全国会议，并将定期与一批优秀的有才华的导师和顾问会面。研究项目。媒介素养是降低青少年吸烟启动率的有力工具。该研究项目的目的是：1)为青少年制定可靠、有效的吸烟媒体素养(SML)测量；2)确定SML与吸烟之间的关系；3)在青少年人群中试行反烟草SML干预。目标1将在1年级和2年级通过规模发展活动、对525名学生发展样本的管理和因素分析来实现。目标2将在第三年通过一项涉及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标志(如吸烟意图和吸烟态度)之间的联系。目标3将在4-5年级通过试行测试作为2-3年级职业规划的一部分编制的媒体扫盲课程来实现。候选人将在五年内具备通过R01实施和评估大规模干预措施所需的技能和背景(将在第四年获得)。

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).