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Recruiting middle/high schoolers for virtual feedback on a new drug education curriculum

The Center for Addiction Medicine is developing a new drug educational curriculum. We are recruiting students who use substances to get feedback on content and implementation strategies.

Massachusetts General Hospital Marijuana E-Cigarettes Alcohol
7 visits over 2 months
Estimated Time Commitment
Female, Male, Transgender Female, Transgender Male, Nonbinary, Intersex, Gender-expansive, 13-22 years
May Be Eligible
Payment up to $200
May Be Offered
Survey, Group discussion (e.g., focus group)
May Be Required
 
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This project is not recruiting.

Overview

What we are studying

iDECIDE (Drug Education Curriculum: Intervention, Diversion, and Empowerment) was developed to provide schools with a science-based intervention for students caught violating school substance use policy (e.g., using at school or at school sanctioned events or reporting to school intoxicated). iDECIDE is an alternative to punitive responses to student substance use.


Why it is important

iDECIDE is a scalable and sustainable best practice education- and skills-based curriculum designed to retain students in school and empower them to make healthy decisions. iDECIDE will also help to improve health equity among students and ensure that responses to substance use infractions at school are effective, age-appropriate and science-based.


What we hope to accomplish

iDECIDE promotes education and empowerment, instead of punishment, as an equitable response to adolescent substance use. Providing youth with science-based knowledge and skills, iDECIDE challenges young people to make decisions that align with their core values and future goals to support their own personal well-being.

Principal Investigator

Randi Schuster, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Public Profile

Who can participate

Current Middle or High School students that have used substances in the last 30 days,


Current Middle or High School students that have ever used substances at or shown up to school or a school event intoxicated.


 

What you may be asked to do

Students who enroll in our pilot program will attend 4 virtual visits where they will recive the full iDECIDE drug education curriculum and provide feedback on it's content and implementation. These visits are approximatly 1-hour long and are held weekly for one month.


Students will also attend 3 other virtual visits comprised of surveys, questionairs, and additional feedback. These visits are approximately 2-hours long and will be held once at the beginning, once at the end, and once one month after the curriculum is finsihed.


These visits will be lead virtually by research staff and may be held in group or one-on-one settings.  


 


Project activities may include:

  • Survey
  • Group discussion (e.g., focus group)

Estimated Time Commitment

7 visits over 2 months

What You May Get

Students that participate in our pilot study can earn up to $200.


 


 


 


 

Location


Travel

  • No travel required

Travel and Parking Details

Additional Information

Project Website

https://www.idecidemyfuture.org/


Participating Institutions


Funding Source

  • Other
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