Prevention of illicit substance use among secondary school pupils through a Theatre-in-Education intervention. Other
Conditions
Interventions
This is a multicentre interventional pre-post study evaluating the impact of a theatre-in-education intervention on preventing substance use among secondary school pupils. The theatre-in-education int
Sponsors
University of Brighton
East Sussex County Council
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ALL 1. Must provide informed consent 2. Must have sufficient English language proficiency to understand and complete the surveys and participate in focus groups or interviews. PUPILS 3. Participants must be secondary school pupils aged 12-15 years (Years 8 and 9). 4. Must be enrolled in a participating secondary school in East Sussex that is receiving the theatre-in-education intervention. 5. Must attend the theatre-in-education performance and associated classroom activities as part of the standard curriculum. 6. Must have parental/guardian consent (opt-out for surveys, opt-in for focus groups/interviews where required). SCHOOL STAFF 7. Must be involved in the delivery of the theatre-in-education intervention within participating schools (PSHE leads, teachers delivering PSHE, and school leadership). PARENT/CARERS 8. Must be a parent or carer of a pupil in a participating school who has attended a parent/carer theatre performance. 9. Must have attended the parent/carer's theatre-in-education performance.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals who have not attended the theatre-in-education performance. 2. Pupils identified by teachers as at risk of distress due to the performance content – Teachers will assess whether individual pupils might be negatively impacted and should not take part in focus groups. 3. Individuals unable to provide informed consent. Participants must be able to understand and agree to take part in the study (parental consent also required for pupils).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
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| PUPIL SURVEYS 1. Audience Engagement with the Theatre-in-Education Performance measured using an adapted Theatre Audience Experience Questionnaire (TAEQ) & Audience Experience Index (AEI) (Radbourne et al., 2009; Au et al., 2017) at post-intervention only. 2. Knowledge and refusal self-efficacy of substance measured using an adapted Drug Knowledge Questionnaire (Hansen & Graham, 1991) and adapted Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS) scale (Marsden et al., 1998) at pre- and post-intervention. 3. Social influence on substance use measured using the Social Media Influence Scale (SMIS) (adapted from Moreno et al., 2013), adapted Monitoring the Future Survey (Johnston et al., 2021), Social Norms Theory (Perkins & Berkowitz, 1986), and Monitoring the Future: National Survey on Drug Use (Johnston et al., 2021; Prinstein & Dodge et al., 2008) at pre- and post-intervention. 4. Attitudes and behavioural intentions to use substances measured using an adapted Theory of Planned Behaviour scale (Ajzen, 1991) and Reasons for Drug Use Scale (Boys et al., 2001) at pre- and post-intervention. 5. Substance use behaviour and triggers measured using an adapted Brief COPE Inventory (Carver, 1997), adapted Self-Reported Habit Index (SRHI), and a custom-developed questionnaire to capture context of substance use behaviour at pre- and post-intervention. SCHOOL STAFF SURVEYS 1. Effectiveness and ease of delivery of the theatre-in-education package: School staff will rate the perceived effectiveness of the intervention and its ease of delivery for pupils. Measured post-intervention. 2. Knowledge and confidence in delivering PSHE content on substance use: Measured at pre- and post-intervention to assess changes in staff knowledge and confidence in teaching about illegal substance use. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pupils subjective psychological wellbeing measured using the WHO-5 Well-Being Index (World Health Organization, 1998) at pre- and post-intervention. | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactJörg;David Huber;Bishop
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Outcome results
None listed