CLIMATE Schools: Alcohol Module. The feasibility and efficacy of a universal school-based computerised prevention program for alcohol misuse and related harms.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12607000355471

Acronym

CLIMATE

Enrollment

1858

Registered

2007-07-03

Start date

2004-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The aim is to assess the feasibility and efficacy of an evidence-based computer-driven alcohol prevention program for year 8 of high school. Currently, evidence-based programs do exist, but are largely not implemented in schools due to implementation (e.g., limited resources and teacher training) and dissemination failure. The aim of developing CLIMATE Schools: Alcohol Module is to overcome such concerns by developing a computer-driven intervention which would have the advantage of providing complete, consistent and flexible delivery on every occasion, without demanding excess teacher’s time, resources and training. CLIMATE Schools: Alcohol Module would also have the potential advantage of being an interactive program which would allow high-risk populations, who often do not seek help, to seek help with relative anonymity and confidentiality.

Interventions

CLIMATE Schools: Alcohol Module is a computerised universal prevention program delivered as part of the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) Syllabus for New South Wales. This intervention is based on a comprehensive social influence model. The CLIMATE Schools: Alcohol Module consists of a six lesson harm minimisation program aimed at decreasing alcohol misuse and related harms. Each of the lessons is broken into two components. The first is a 15-20 minute computer module. The second part involves the choice of one or more interactive class based activities which have been prepared in a program manual. The control schools received PDHPE classes as usual. The alcohol prevention programs delivered in the CONTROL schools were also social influence programs based on a harm minimisation approach. Effectively, the content of the prevention program was the same content as was delivered in the CONTROL schools. The main difference between the two interventions was the mode of delivery (computer delivered intervention coupled with interactive class activities).

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Students currently enrolled in year 8 of high school who provide self and parental consent. schools: Catholic and Independent high schools.

Exclusion criteria

None

Outcome results