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Mechanisms of Media Literacy Education for Promoting Relationship Health in Older Adolescents

Award Number: R01HD099134
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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Project Abstract Community college students are an underserved and at-risk population in terms of sexual and relationship health. Older adolescents/young adults consume a plethora of media messages, and many media messages about sex and relationships are inaccurate and unhealthy. Consumption of unhealthy media messages (e.g., those that normalize or glamorize risky sex) is related to risky sexual behaviors. Media literacy education (MLE), which aims to enhance critical thinking about media messages, is a novel and effective approach to relationship and sexual health promotion. A recent evaluation of a MLE program for older adolescents, Media Aware Sexual Health for Young Adults (MASH-YA), found that the program resulted in favorable short-term effects on community college students’ (ages 18-19) sexual and relationship beliefs and behaviors, including a reduction in risky sexual behaviors. While evidence supports the effectiveness of MLE, there are no studies that have attempted to isolate its effects (i.e., enhancing critical thinking about media messages) on health outcomes, and little is understood about the mechanisms underlying the relationship between MLE and sexual health outcomes or the trajectory of MLE effects on sexual and relationship health over time. There are also gaps in our understanding of the challenges surrounding the effective implementation of sexual health programming at community colleges. Thus, this project proposes conducting a three-arm randomized control trial with older adolescents (i.e., ages 18-19) attending community college (N=1680). Community college campuses will be randomized to either the: (1) intervention group (i.e., MASH-YA); (2) active control group (i.e., sexual health programming from MASH-YA without MLE content); or, (3) no-treatment control group. Students will complete online questionnaires at pretest, posttest, 6m, and 12m follow-ups. The aims of this project are to evaluate the incremental effects of MLE on primary and secondary sexual and relationship health outcomes, compare the mechanisms underlying MASH-YA’s effects on health outcomes to the mechanisms underlying the effects of the active control program, and evaluate the long-term efficacy of MASH-YA on proximal and distal outcomes compared to an active control and no-treatment control. To assess challenges faced by community colleges in implementing evidence-based sexual health programming and gather information to inform strategies to enhance and support program implementation, community college personnel (N=60) will be asked to review the MASH-YA program and complete a questionnaire and structured interview to provide feedback on the program content and implementation. MLE is an effective approach to sexual and relationship health promotion with the potential to reduce health disparities among community college students. The findings from this study could advance theory, inform the development of future MLE interventions, and provide a rigorous long-term evaluation of the first evidence-based MLE program for sexual and relationship health promotion for older adolescents.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $622,861 )
2024	2024	INNOVATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING, INC.	5316 HIGHGATE DR	DURHAM	NC	27713	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	5	4/2/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$566,237
2024	2024	INNOVATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING, INC.	5316 HIGHGATE DR	DURHAM	NC	27713	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	001	5	5/2/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$56,624
														Subtotal = $622,861

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $650,214 )
2023	2023	INNOVATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING, INC.	5316 HIGHGATE DR STE 125	DURHAM	NC	27713	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	4	3/23/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$650,214
														Subtotal = $650,214

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $675,556 )
2022	2022	INNOVATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING, INC.	5316 HIGHGATE DR STE 125	DURHAM	NC	27713	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	3	5/1/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$675,556
														Subtotal = $675,556

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $688,876 )
2021	2021	INNOVATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING, INC.	5316 HIGHGATE DR STE 125	DURHAM	NC	27713	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	2	4/1/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$688,876
														Subtotal = $688,876

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $717,738 )
2020	2020	INNOVATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING, INC.	5316 HIGHGATE DR STE 121	DURHAM	NC	27713	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	4/6/2020	NEW	$717,738
														Subtotal = $717,738

Grand Total All Awards = $3,355,245

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Mechanisms of Media Literacy Education for Promoting Relationship Health in Older Adolescents

Award Number: R01HD099134

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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