Clinical trial NCT05899946: An Integrated Program to Promote Anti-cannabis Messages
Official title: An Integrated Program Led by Nursing Students as Peer Role Models With Robots to Promote Anti-cannabis Messages in Parents and Their Children
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cannabis
Keywords: Nursing Students
Child
Parents
Lead sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-06-12
Enrollment: 200
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The number of youngsters abusing cannabis is surging, the public health consequences caused by cannabis can be unpredictable. Educating the public especially the young population about cannabis need to be highlighted. To successfully promote anti-cannabis messages to youngsters and prevent them from taking cannabis, the involvement of their parents and modern technology such as robots can be helpful. This project aims to educate the young population and their parents about cannabis, particularly its legal consequences and clarifying their misconceptions.

Detailed description: A pre-post study design will be used. A total of 50 nursing students and 150 parent-child-dyads will be recruited by sending mass emails or sending invitation letters. The nursing students are in their year 2 or above bachelor program in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The inclusion criteria for parent-child-dyads include: (1) children who are aged 13 - 20, (2) children who have a parent who are willing to join with the child, and (3) parent-child dyads who are able to speak in Cantonese and write in Chinese. The outcome measures will cover demographic data, the knowledge about cannabis-related harm, the permissive attitude towards smoking cannabis and drugs trafficking.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria

* children who are aged 13 - 20
* children who have a parent who are willing to join with the child

Exclusion Criteria:

-parents and children who are not able to speak Cantonese and write in Chinese

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Beat Drugs Fund Question Set No. 24 for knowledge at baseline
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: The Beat Drugs Fund Question Set No. 24 for knowledge at the end of educational workshops completion
timeFrame: at the end of educational workshops completion, an average of 10 months
measure: The BDF Question Set No. 25 for attitude towards Smoking Cannabis at baseline
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: The BDF Question Set No. 25 for attitude towards Smoking Cannabis at the end of educational workshops completion
timeFrame: at the end of educational workshops completion, an average of 10 months
measure: The BDF Question Set No. 26 for attitude towards drugs trafficking at baseline
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: The BDF Question Set No. 26 for attitude towards drugs trafficking at the end of educational workshops completion
timeFrame: at the end of educational workshops completion, an average of 10 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: Katherine Lam
state: Hong Kong,China
Study officials:
affiliation: School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
name: Ka Wai Katherine Lam
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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