An Integrated Program to Promote Anti-cannabis Messages

Cannabis Clinical Trial

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05899946
• Other study ID #: Anti-cannabis promoting
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2023
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Contact: Ka Wai Katherine Lam
• Phone: 27666420
• Email: kw-katherine.lam[@]polyu.edu.hk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cannabis
• Marijuana Abuse

Intervention

Other:
• A community-based network training program
A 3-phase program including establishing a community-based network, video competition, and Video promotions will be conducted.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hong Kong	Katherine Lam	Hong Kong	Hong Kong,China

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The Beat Drugs Fund Question Set No. 24 for knowledge at baseline	The Beat Drugs Fund Question Set No. 24 (Knowledge about Cannabis-related Harms Pre/post-activity Evaluation Questionnaire) will be used to measure the knowledge about cannabis-related harm among youngsters and their parents, and the nursing students	at baseline
Primary	The Beat Drugs Fund Question Set No. 24 for knowledge at the end of educational workshops completion	The Beat Drugs Fund Question Set No. 24 (Knowledge about Cannabis-related Harms Pre/post-activity Evaluation Questionnaire) will be used to measure the knowledge about cannabis-related harm among youngsters and their parents, and the nursing students	at the end of educational workshops completion, an average of 10 months
Primary	The BDF Question Set No. 25 for attitude towards Smoking Cannabis at baseline	The BDF Question Set No. 25 (Permissive Attitude towards Smoking Cannabis Pre/Post-Activity Evaluation Questionnaire) will be used to assess the permissive attitude towards smoking cannabis among youngsters and their parents, and the nursing students	at baseline
Primary	The BDF Question Set No. 25 for attitude towards Smoking Cannabis at the end of educational workshops completion	The BDF Question Set No. 25 (Permissive Attitude towards Smoking Cannabis Pre/Post-Activity Evaluation Questionnaire) will be used to assess the permissive attitude towards smoking cannabis among youngsters and their parents, and the nursing students	at the end of educational workshops completion, an average of 10 months
Primary	The BDF Question Set No. 26 for attitude towards drugs trafficking at baseline	The BDF Question Set No. 26 (Questionnaire to Measure Attitude towards Drug Trafficking) will be used to record the permissive attitude towards drugs trafficking among youngsters and their parents, and the nursing students	at baseline
Primary	The BDF Question Set No. 26 for attitude towards drugs trafficking at the end of educational workshops completion	The BDF Question Set No. 26 (Questionnaire to Measure Attitude towards Drug Trafficking) will be used to record the permissive attitude towards drugs trafficking among youngsters and their parents, and the nursing students	at the end of educational workshops completion, an average of 10 months