Media Literacy to Prevent Adolescent Smoking Initiation

候选人耶鲁大学毕业（英语和数学优等生，1991年）， 哈佛大学（人类发展与心理学教育硕士，1993年）和埃默里大学（医学博士总结 1999年以优异成绩毕业），候选人于2002年完成了家庭医学住院医师培训， 匹兹堡大学（UP）助理教授。在教职员工中，候选人首次撰写了 11份出版物，在关于大众媒体和保健的国家会议上提出论文， 关于媒体素养教育对青少年吸烟率的潜在影响的引人注目的试点研究。 职业发展。候选人的长期职业目标是成为一个独立的，NIH资助的 研究人员评估媒体/通信为基础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）发展涉及临床研究的知识和技能; 2） 成为烟草控制专家; 3）获得行为科学知识和技能， 公共卫生;以及4）获得大众传播和媒体扫盲领域的专业知识，因为它们涉及 烟草控制。为了实现这些目标，候选人将补充健康和 临床研究培训计划的行为跟踪（UP非常成功的NIH资助的K30）， 在烟草控制、大众传播和媒体素养方面的其他正式学习经历。的 候选人将参加当地研讨会和全国会议，涉及临床研究，烟草控制， 行为医学和健康传播，并将定期会见一个杰出的队列， 有才华的导师和顾问研究项目。媒体素养是一个强大的工具，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、有效的吸烟测量方法 青少年的媒介辨识能力; 2）确定媒介辨识能力与吸烟的关系; 3） 在青少年人群中进行反烟草SML干预的试点测试。目标1将在1年内实现 和2规模发展活动，管理的发展样本的525名学生，和因素 分析.目标2将在第三年通过一项涉及525名学生的横断面研究实现，在此期间， 将寻求SML评分、当前吸烟行为和未来吸烟标记之间的关联 例如吸烟意图和吸烟态度。目标3将在第4-5年通过试点测试实现， 作为二至三年级职业计划的一部分，制定了媒体素养课程。候选人将在 五年的技能和必要的背景，以实施和评估干预措施的大 通过R 01（将在第4年获得）进行扩展。

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 1will 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).