Media Literacy Substance Abuse Prevention Parent Training

描述(由申请者提供)：提议的项目将创建和评估针对父母的媒体素养和药物滥用预防计划的可行性，称为媒体侦探家长之夜。该计划将与以小学为基础的媒体侦探课程相联系，并采取由课堂教师主持的为期一节的媒体素养培训的形式。家长和孩子将在参与媒体素养活动方面进行合作，家长将观看儿童创建的媒体宣传文章。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，以及如何在家里加强孩子的媒体素养技能的建议。最终目标将是开发一个基于证据的、易于使用的计划，以增加学生从以学校为基础的计划中获得的积极结果。在项目的第一阶段，我们将在教师顾问的帮助下开发整个项目。亲子配对将试行可能的活动，纳入该计划。最后确定的计划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，以系统地提供关于计划的可行性和质量的意见。假设原型计划显示出希望，第二阶段将涉及改进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：从开发和测试这一媒体素养计划中获得的知识最终将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在社会认可和无后果使用物质方面受到媒体劝说的脆弱性。

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.